Have you ever deceived your wife-audio purchase

This definitely takes the cake for most hilarious post on the 'gon.

I have a pretty nice rig. I have never told the truth regarding cost of any component.

In fact, I bought my line arrays a month before I got married. When asked how much they cost, I gave the price of one speaker. Since it was still comfortably less than the price of the engagement ring, it was 'acceptable.'

Keep 'em coming!

this is certainly not a sugestion,but i just got rid of my wife.THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION.

Well to all that lie about Audio, just imagine what your wife may be less then honest about, now thats funny!

This is very simple and has taken me 30 years to figure out:

1. Haul the boxes in when she's asleep
2. Have an entire floor that is so untidy/revolting/messy (she regards a speaker more than 3 nm from the wall as messy, wire on the floor as untidy and a sound level of greater than 60 db as revolting)- I now have such a floor - the basement - she won't set foot in it under any circumstances
3. Most important - desensitize her from asking the price - she was so appalled at the cost of one of my components that she never ever asked again. It's called shock therapy - and it works.

Chadnliz, if my wife snookers me on issues as essentially harmless as my buying omigawd-priced gear, I'll squeeze an eye shut (hard to translate that expression - it connotes deliberately selective awareness) and let her have her fun her way. Two basic rules though for either of us:
Don't invade retirement/vacation money.
Don't use audiomania as a decoy for infidelity. Marital, not sonic....
cheers apo

Just installed some Valkyrja behind the speakers yesterday. Hard not to notice. "Do I want to know what those cost?" "Not really, dear. But I got them at [small]% of list. Think of the money I saved you!!" Wow. It almost worked, too.