is it sacrilege?

Sure it should be OK...don't worry at all about your wife.

It is a social signal. She is just marking her territory with a clear signal to all others. Her mark, the statue, sits over and above your dominion, the stereo speakers.

If you want your wife to be happy then you must show obeyance by allowing her to make these social statements about her authority over your dominion.

Ya know, everytime I see someone selling their big speakers because the wife says, "Either they go or I do", I get a mental image of a guy saying, "Let me think about that".

Would it be bigamy to marry the speakers?

Does she allow you to put your sports memorabilia in the kitchen? No, right! Some things are off limits, and unfortunately this one had NO win/win solution.

Leave the music system as a music system and not a statue stand.

I've learned something new again. Thanks Shadorne. I never knew that women had territory. It must be a sign of the 21st century.

Live and learn.

Next thing they'll have thingies and we'll call them men.

I would have a hard time listening to my music with two things staring at me. Now if they are made from either brass or carbon fiber, then perhaps the anti vibration control would outweight the uncomfortable stare down.