Wife trouble

It’s a good thought.. I just don’t think he’s going to be able to use his floor standers after his wife gets the console. Going on past experience, if the wife buys a big piece of furniture she loves the probability of her being ok with floor standers positioned directly in front of it is extremely close to zero.

I do like your idea of moveable panels.. I’ve been toying with that idea for my room, as I’ve a wall of glass on my left and don’t want curtains. Did you use any plans for your panels?

The upgrade from the much smaller Spica TC-50s on stands to Magnapans was made easier once my wife heard them. In fact she's commented several times how she can hear details in familiar recordings that she hadn't noticed before...of course some of that may also be due to the simultaneously purchased OPPO everything player...

I made simple drawn plans on paper.  Using 1/4" fiberboard from Home Depot at roughly 54"x23", I cut, glued and nailed 1/2"x3/4" quarter round (the wider portion laid horizontally) at the edges of the board, with the curved portion facing outwards.  For most of them, I cut and laid 5/8" thick, 12 oz. Dacron Fiberfill batting three layers deep into the space between, using spray adhesive to fix it to the board and lightly secure the layers to one another.  

Several panels were wider (31", as I recall), specific to their location.  Also, for the panels behind the speakers, I used 2" thick recycled denim insulation rolls (one layer).

I carefully cut and stretched the fabric, stapling it around the back of the panel.  I actually had to redo this on several panels, because they appeared to have "cellulite."  I loosened the stretch until it was smoother.  

I added mounting hardware on most panels, although I was able to use simple eye hooks with picture wire and found that much easier on my last panel or two.  I wish I'd done this with all of them!

I can share more later, if you'd like.

Cheers,


Juan 

PS -- I cut the corners of the quarter round where they meet with a plastic jig that a friend lent me for cutting corners like that at 45 degree angles.  

Sounds easy! I ended up buying my panels online a while back, but for a moveable set, I think DIY is the way.

No need to bash women or marriage   No 2 are the same.  I am a music loving woman whose been married to the same man for 38 years.  Anytime there's more than 1 person there's going to be differing opinions.  It may be hard (sometimes even impossible) but try your darnedest to find a compromise that leaves both of you happy.  And yes, I know that's easier said than done.

Women are no better than men or no worse .
Both sexes have general ways of behavior forged by biology and culture .
At the end of the day women  are all more alike than different As are men .
Love is just accepting people as they are, but it is foolish to enter into a marriage that you know will eventually end in divorce. And ,factoring out lust, you always know .

Take all the stuff down stairs 
Or buy a place that has one.  Be a man. 

I think I'm going to go with ceiling speakers.  Don't know what you all think about that. Center channel and six ceiling speakers scattered throughout living and dining room. Sub woofer also of course. Can that set up sound good considering no towers?

Never tried, but I'm interested to hear from those who have.

I'm very lucky, my wife knew I loved audio way back before we were married.....  she could care less what my gear looks like or what space it occupies   

We have a family room with a 60" TV that everyone gravitates toward and my den where I have my system and a smaller TV.   When the kids have friends over we will hang in the den, usually watching TV but sometimes a concert video or music through the stereo.   

And as far as what twoch said about being a man,  it takes a bigger man to put his wife first and make her happy .........  

I would suggest some nice bookshelve speakers on stands with a small footprint and a sub.  

Did you buy the console yet?   If so maybe you could both compromise.

I had to laugh at the title of this thread. I agree with Stereo5... keep the speakers and trade in the wife for an upgraded model.