How Cool Is My Wife!

My wife loses points in the stereo-friendly department. Almost always a "Can you turn that down?" when she walks in and I'm playing the stereo by myself. But when it comes to food, she more than makes up for it. So I've learned to let my taste buds provide the pleasure that was my ears' province when I was single. Can you say home-made sushi?

Hey CRT, may be your $15k system is not set up optimally and truly does'nt sound much better than an Aiwa or your wife is tone deaf.

Does she have a sister???

My s.o. has got to be one of the best. We greatly enjoy our system, but a year-and-a-half ago increasing equipment space constraints dictated our transport-dac duo had to go, in favor of one box. After lengthy auditions of CD players, we decided on the Accuphase DP55. Jo said, "I'll buy it for us." We also talked about new speakers down the road and decided on the Avalon Arcus. Last fall she bought them as "thanks" for helping make her home-based biz a success. I don't think it gets much better than that. Downside: new amp and preamp come out of my pocket. Okay, okay, fair's fair. Kolson, if you had kept the relationship going, you might have ended up with a complete system! Eldragon, Crt and Jazzzman, maybe Kolson's ex is available. Barring that, our sympathy and support. Michael, bring the sushi and a good bottle of saki over to our place and we'll crank the gain. And bring your wife, Jo wants her sushi recipes. Gary and Garfish have a good thing going with the listening rooms, but Rfenol's got the best deal--he and his wife can move into the garage, turn the whole house into a listening room, have his wife completely upgrade their system, and cater a great listening party from the adjacent kitchen. Ditto Garfish, a good thread.

Gino -- I'll keep this brief as to not turn it into a food discussion. Tell Jo two words: Cooks Illustrated. Great mag and source for all things related to food. The sushi recipes, though, came from a local cooking class. Not too hard, really. Head to your nearest Asian market for basic equipment.