Have you ever deceived your wife-audio purchase

Sheffb is so right !! All upgrades should go unnoticeable !!
Audio cies surely don't take care of their true customers. Why always change the design for every wife to notice !!!??? I say all upgrades should come from power supply, cables, interconnects or behind the shelf stuff !!

By the way, all hobbies (for men) are afflicted by the same damnation. Talk to dealers in model building, aquariums, astronomy or audio, they all know the tricks, the cheats, the white lies about purchases in their stores. They all will supply you graciously with new lies if you become dry in this department ! !!! I know !!!!Because I've spoken to so many of them !! Because I'm in all of these hobbies.... You should hear the stories about rare tropical fish buying and some very expensive telescopes that some guys try to pass for tools in their garages !!!! Hell....you can't keep a fish hidden behind a curtain for weeks !! Those things are temperemental !!! What a crazy life !!!

i only tell my girlfriend about the prices...never my wife.

I remember this thread was one reason I joined Audiogon. Good to see It again. Not married but used to have a girlfriend who thought she knew best how to spend my money. Firstly buy gear that looks similar and use tracking. The day it arrives take off early get it off the porch , break down the box and put in the car trunk. Throw that away at work. Get that piece into the rack preferably the bottom shelf. Put something audio related in front of it (but not something she will want to move. Couple weeks and your good. If you have a dedicated room it works even better cause she probably won't go in there anyway. Especially since you use thick heavy curtains over the windows for sound absorbtion of course and a single 40 watt bulb inside a dark lampshade. If ups fails you by being late the fallback is that this is your piece that you sent in for a "free" repair and just got back. Don't have that girlfriend anymore but I don't think there was any relationship.

I'm kinda jumpin in late here but I just discovered this old thread.
This is all real funny but now I have my doubts about those $10 shoes, the $5 blouse and the $120 sofa to match the $60 drapes. ! Hmmmm maybe the jokes on me.....