She Did It Again - Holiday Speakers

CCNJ
CCNJ Posts: 384
edited December 2013 in The Clubhouse
Came home from work and this is what I find on my speakers --- Let the wife bashing begin....

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Rig1 - Totem Hawks, Benchmark HDR, Parasound A21, Sonus, Samsung 52 LCD, Audioquest Type4
Rig2 - LFD LE IV Integrated, Harbeth P3ESR, Rega Dac, MF V-Link, IMAC, Audioquest Type4
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  • Thorton
    Thorton Posts: 1,324
    edited December 2013
    CCNJ wrote: »
    Came home from work and this is what I find on my speakers --- Let the wife bashing begin....

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    Sorry, but that is Freakin Hilarious. You'll just have to live with it for a month.
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    Ethernet Filter: GigaFOILv4 with Keces P3 LPS
    Source: Roon via ethernet to DAC interface
    DAC: Bricasti M1SE
    Pre/Pro: Marantz AV8805
    Tube Preamp Buffer: Tortuga TPB.V1
    Amp1: Nord One NC1200DM Signature, Amp2: W4S MC-5, AMP3: W4S MMC-7
    Front: Salk SoundScape 8's, Center: Salk SoundScape C7
    Surround: Polk FXIA6, Surround Back: Polk RTIA9, Atmos: Polk 70-RT
    Subs: 2 - Rythmik F25's
    IC & Speaker Cables: Acoustic Zen, Wireworld, Signal Cable
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,466
    edited December 2013
    You could opt for some B&W 802d's as well. Magnepans also don't allow for room to sit anything on top of them.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • mytime
    mytime Posts: 87
    edited December 2013
    Nice to see I'm not the only one who deals with that. Take heart, it's almost over.
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  • Thorton
    Thorton Posts: 1,324
    edited December 2013
    Look at the bright side, she could have wrapped them with tinsel and lights too.
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    Ethernet Filter: GigaFOILv4 with Keces P3 LPS
    Source: Roon via ethernet to DAC interface
    DAC: Bricasti M1SE
    Pre/Pro: Marantz AV8805
    Tube Preamp Buffer: Tortuga TPB.V1
    Amp1: Nord One NC1200DM Signature, Amp2: W4S MC-5, AMP3: W4S MMC-7
    Front: Salk SoundScape 8's, Center: Salk SoundScape C7
    Surround: Polk FXIA6, Surround Back: Polk RTIA9, Atmos: Polk 70-RT
    Subs: 2 - Rythmik F25's
    IC & Speaker Cables: Acoustic Zen, Wireworld, Signal Cable
    Power Cables: Acoustic Zen, Wireworld, PS Audio
    Room Treatments: GIK Acoustics
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    edited December 2013
    Knock on wood....so far my wife knows how freakish I am about setting things on top of speakers and stays away. The mantle...now that's another story.
    2 ChannelTurntable - VPI Classic 2/Ortofon 2M BlueAmplification - Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum II, Parks Audio Budgie PhonoSpeakers - GoldenEar Triton 17.2 Home TheaterDenon AVR-X3300W; Rotel RMB-1066; Klipsch RP-280F's, Klipsch RP-450C, Polk FXi3's, Polk RC60i; Dual SVS PB 2000's; BenQ HT2050; Elite Screens 120"Man CaveTurntable - Pro-Ject 2.9 Wood/Grado GoldAmplification - Dared SL2000a, McCormack DNA 0.5 DeluxeCD: Cambridge AudioSpeakers - Wharfedale Linton 85th Anniversary; LSiM 703; SDA 2A
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  • Moose68Bash
    Moose68Bash Posts: 3,843
    edited December 2013
    You have to love it!

    Those guys are kinda cute.

    Cut the wife some slack.

    :razz:
    Family Room, Innuos Statement streamer (Roon Core) with Morrow Audio USB cable to McIntosh MC 2700 pre with DC2 Digital Audio Module; AQ Sky XLRs to CAT 600.2 dualmono amp, Morrow Elite Speaker Cables to NOLA Baby Grand Reference Gold 3 speakers. Power source for all components: Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One with dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel.

    Exercise Room, Innuos Streamer via Cat 6 cable connection to PS Audio PerfectWave MkII DAC w/Bridge II, AQ King Cobra RCAs to Perreaux PMF3150 amp (fully restored and upgraded by Jeffrey Jackson, Precision Audio Labs), Supra Rondo 4x2.5 Speaker Cables to SDA 1Cs (Vr3 Mods Xovers and other mods.), Dreadnaught with Supra Rondo 4x2.5 interconnect cables by Vr3 Mods. Power for each component from dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel, except Innuos Statement powered from Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One.

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  • smglbrth
    smglbrth Posts: 1,481
    edited December 2013
    That's something my wife would joke around with 'cause she knows it drives me nuts...
    Remember, when you're running from something, you're running to something...-me
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    edited December 2013
    Unless Santa's butt has double face tape on it, I'd laugh it off. My Ex was forever putting Chatchkas on my speakers. Be happy they're not plants.
    Home Theater/2 Channel:
    Front: SDA-2ATL forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/143984/my-2as-finally-finished-almost/p1
    Center: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/150760/my-center-channel-project/p1
    Surrounds & Rears: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/151647/my-surround-project/p1
    Sonicaps, Mills, RDO-194s-198s, Dynamat, Hurricane Nuts, Blackhole5
    Pioneer Elite VSX-72TXV, Carver PM-600, SVS PB2-Plus Subwoofer

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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,014
    edited December 2013
    hochpt21 wrote: »
    Knock on wood....so far my wife knows how freakish I am about setting things on top of speakers and stays away. The mantle...now that's another story.

    Amen brother, same here. She puts a remote on a speaker and she knows I'm giving her the look from behind.
    HT SYSTEM-
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    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

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    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

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    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
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  • 11tsteve
    11tsteve Posts: 1,166
    edited December 2013
    but they're just speakers.... right?
    Polk Lsi9
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    NAD 1020 completely refurbished
    Keces DA-131 mk.II
    Analysis Plus Copper Oval, Douglass, Morrow SUB3, Huffman Digital
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  • Tornado Red
    Tornado Red Posts: 939
    edited December 2013
    Her friends will probably tell her: "Oh cool, you found some tall thingys to stick under your Santas."
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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited December 2013
    I guess I have a different take: as long as whatever she puts on them doesn't get them wet or cause scratches, I don't get worried. I find I enjoy my system alot more if I'm not too obsessive about it. Easier to get lost in and enjoy the music.


    BTW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays!
    "Science is suppose to explain observations not dismiss them as impossible" - Norm on AA; 2.3TL's w/sonicaps/mills/jantzen inductors, Gimpod's boards, Lg Solen SDA inductors, RD-0198's, MW's dynamatted, Armaflex speaker gaskets, H-nuts, brass spikes, Cardas CCGR BP's, upgraded IC Cable, Black Hole Damping Sheet strips, interior of cabinets sealed with Loctite Power Grab, AI-1 interface with 1000VA A-L transformer
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited December 2013
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    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited December 2013
    Light them on fire and throw them in the yard where she can see them as she's walking in and out.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited December 2013
    Eh, as mentioned it could be worse. At least she didnt try to hang stocking holders from them lol......

    Or just move them and claim it was the "Elf on the Shelf".....
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • miner
    miner Posts: 1,305
    edited December 2013
    Did she also move the speakers back behind the front of the table? Move them forward to help with sound stage - the table is interferring with it..
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited December 2013
    Well, at least it wasn't a potted plant or candle. LOL My wife and I worked this one out before proposal to place. Nothing goes on top of my speakers but dust. Anyone who has bought equipment from me knows I'm anal about keeping it minty fresh. I once sold a pair of speakers because a small scratch was discovered---true story.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,656
    edited December 2013
    I have my 4ft Christmas tree set up on my SVS cylinder sub.
    "Some people find it easier to be conceited rather than correct."

    "Unwad those panties and have a good time man. We're all here to help each other, no matter how it might appear." DSkip
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,606
    edited December 2013
    My SVS moves around a bit on the hardwood floor. That tree wouldn't stay up there.
    I did have a cat that would sit up on it during movies. I have no idea why.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • CCNJ
    CCNJ Posts: 384
    edited December 2013
    You guys were too kind this year. I usually post these pics and share Polkie responses with my wife to show how fanatical OTHER Polkies are about their equipment - and demonstrate that I am only moderately obsessed with audio.

    BTW - I do get obsessed about speakers and would freak out if they were to get scratched. The little Santas are made of soft cloth and I tolerate them.

    Happy Holidays!
    Rig1 - Totem Hawks, Benchmark HDR, Parasound A21, Sonus, Samsung 52 LCD, Audioquest Type4
    Rig2 - LFD LE IV Integrated, Harbeth P3ESR, Rega Dac, MF V-Link, IMAC, Audioquest Type4
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  • CCNJ
    CCNJ Posts: 384
    edited December 2013
    miner wrote: »
    Did she also move the speakers back behind the front of the table? Move them forward to help with sound stage - the table is interferring with it..

    I was the one who moved them back. I played with positioning and they sound better to me closer to the back wall. When I moved them forward I could differentiate left and right speaker output, they disappeared when I moved them back and I get a wider soundstage.
    Rig1 - Totem Hawks, Benchmark HDR, Parasound A21, Sonus, Samsung 52 LCD, Audioquest Type4
    Rig2 - LFD LE IV Integrated, Harbeth P3ESR, Rega Dac, MF V-Link, IMAC, Audioquest Type4
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,786
    edited December 2013
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    Eh, as mentioned it could be worse. At least she didnt try to hang stocking holders from them lol......

    Or just move them and claim it was the "Elf on the Shelf".....

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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    edited December 2013
    Bethlehem scene on the sub right now, works for me for the season...
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,606
    edited December 2013
    hehe...My Infinity RSIIIa's look about the same right now! We just have a few more weeks of this! lol
    --Gary--
    Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out.
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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    edited December 2013
    Then again there is a neat looking package under the tree for me, box has the right size and weight.
    Who knows, maybe all the hints got me a new toy?
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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    edited December 2013
    Oh thats not funny, besides I did "snoop" some, and at my age... Pathetic.....but justified...
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  • cmy330go
    cmy330go Posts: 2,341
    edited December 2013
    George Grand wrote: »
    Light them on fire and throw them in the yard where she can see them as she's walking in and out.

    My thought exactly! Make an example out of those suckers! lol
    HT
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  • cincycat13
    cincycat13 Posts: 887
    edited December 2013
    At least she is holiday themed. My spouse finds any flat surface simply irresistible for anything that will fit. One of the reasons I think the LSiM design may be for me...
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  • mytime
    mytime Posts: 87
    edited December 2013
    cincycat13 wrote: »
    At least she is holiday themed. My spouse finds any flat surface simply irresistible for anything that will fit. One of the reasons I think the LSiM design may be for me...

    Oh no. No, no no. Trash can stat!
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,781
    edited December 2013
    That's just poor training. My wife knows better than to set anything on my speakers. :)
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