Have you turned your loved ones into audiophiles

My 20 year old Son has started to show a little interest in vinyl. Not to long ago he asked me to set up one of my tt's for him. So I let him have my Technics SL-10 with a Bellari VP130 phono preamp. It's connected to his Yamaha packaged Receiver/CD player table top unit. He can use any of my LP's or CD's because he treats them with respect.

My wife is another story. All she ever says is "That's nice dear" or the ever popular "How much this time"

Good Luck

Interested responses. So it seems for most, it is not possible to turn the loved ones into audiophiles. But do you most of you have spouses and all that at least accept your hobby? I know it is much more than a hobby.

My wife isn't technically oriented, but she enjoys listening with me, and she appreciates the sound quality, the music, and the physical appearance of the equipment. She is not interested in frequent and endless changes of equipment in search of some presumed sonic nirvana, or that will result in benefit that is miniscule in relation to either the cost or the amount of time required for experimentation and optimization. For that matter, neither am I.

Regards,
-- Al

And I have been asking myself, "have I shared the pleasure and joy I derive from music with my loved ones?"
The answer I get, "not so much with my loved ones, but definitely with strangers." (Keeps me a good mood)

My 20 year old Son has started to show a little interest in vinyl. Not to long ago he asked me to set up one of my tt's for him. So I let him have my Technics SL-10 with a Bellari VP130 phono preamp. It's connected to his Yamaha packaged Receiver/CD player table top unit. He can use any of my LP's or CD's because he treats them with respect.

My wife is another story. All she ever says is "That's nice dear" or the ever popular "How much this time"

Good Luck

My wife will turn on the tube preamp to listen to the AppleTV because just going through the reciever sounds "tin-ny" compared to the tube preamp.

She will actually toss on vinyl for certain music she likes.