Man, I've got that itch again!

muncybob
muncybob Posts: 3,065
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Just saw the Parasound 2125 is on sale and I've been wanting one to serve the game room and the deck speakers. But I promised the Mrs the kitchen will finally get done this year. I'll be in the doghouse if I buy an amp before the kitchen sees new everything. If I wasn't so damn honest I would buy it and store it for awhile. Maybe, just maybe she won't notice the 2125...it sorta/kinda looks like a HCA1000.. no?
Yep, my name really is Bob.
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  • gwh
    gwh Posts: 1,451
    edited August 2016
    Get up early on a Saturday and say you are going to hit some garage sales come home and say "look what I got for $20."
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,056
    Sometimes it is easier to ask for forgiveness than permission....
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    Willow wrote: »
    Sometimes it is easier to ask for forgiveness than permission....
    This^^^^^^^^^^^
    I read the thread title and was going to recommend an ointment.
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,668
    ^^^^ this. Man up & prepare yourself
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited August 2016
    Scratch that itch, after a while (the wifes) they don't know the difference anyways.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    say it's a new deep dish pizza!
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    That is just a small kitchen budget item. Some creative bookkeeping, and you are fine.
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  • muncybob
    muncybob Posts: 3,065
    Yea, no kidding! I could do some serious audio upgrades on what this kitchen is gonna run me! I can't believe the kitchen was my idea too.
    Yep, my name really is Bob.
    Parasound HCA1500A(indoor sound) and HCA1000(outdoor sound), Dynaco PAS4, Denon DP1200 w/Shure V15 Type V and Jico SAS stylus, Marantz UD7007, Polk L600, Rythmik L12 sub.
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  • tratliff
    tratliff Posts: 1,706
    edited August 2016
    I find it easier to just be upfront. We, my wife and I, have an understanding. Nothing that is purchased will be a surprise to the other. The last thing I want to find out about is a $1500 pair of shoes after the purchase. It works very well for us and she usually tells me to go ahead.
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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    Been in that same situation many, many times. :D
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  • muncybob
    muncybob Posts: 3,065
    tratliff wrote: »
    I find it easier to just be upfront. We, my wife and I, have an understanding. Nothing that is purchased will be a surprise to the other. The last thing I want to find out about is a $1500 pair of shoes after the purchase. It works very well for us and she usually tells me to go ahead.
    We are the same, she never offers where the $$ will come from though! I think she'll miss the counter top if I buy the amp.
    Yep, my name really is Bob.
    Parasound HCA1500A(indoor sound) and HCA1000(outdoor sound), Dynaco PAS4, Denon DP1200 w/Shure V15 Type V and Jico SAS stylus, Marantz UD7007, Polk L600, Rythmik L12 sub.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    Tell her the AMP is FOR the kitchen. Problem solved.
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,668
    muncybob wrote: »
    tratliff wrote: »
    I find it easier to just be upfront. We, my wife and I, have an understanding. Nothing that is purchased will be a surprise to the other. The last thing I want to find out about is a $1500 pair of shoes after the purchase. It works very well for us and she usually tells me to go ahead.
    We are the same, she never offers where the $$ will come from though! I think she'll miss the counter top if I buy the amp.
    Id do the kitchen & worry about the amp for the game room down the road.

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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Dont lie to her, your kitchen will leave you right along with the rest of the house.
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    My wife pays absolutely no attention to what gear I have at any given time...I bet you could get away with it.
    Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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  • muncybob
    muncybob Posts: 3,065
    So, she comes home from work today and says if she keeps working(she had planned to go semi-retired at year end) maybe we should think about a new vehicle.....hmmmm. I'm thinking no vehicle, go semi-retired and an amp for the kitchen :)

    I have little doubt she would notice a different amp as long as it is black...explaining the UPS delivery could be something else though.
    Yep, my name really is Bob.
    Parasound HCA1500A(indoor sound) and HCA1000(outdoor sound), Dynaco PAS4, Denon DP1200 w/Shure V15 Type V and Jico SAS stylus, Marantz UD7007, Polk L600, Rythmik L12 sub.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    If you do it, get a bigger amp.
    Never sneak anything small!
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