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My sales pitch was based on replacing a pair of 1980s vintage Genesis speakers that I got right after college with M22s. 'Honey, look how much smaller these speakers are.' I even let her pick out the color to match the decor. When I ordered them, I snuck in a VP100 and acted surprised when it arrived. I explained that it must have been a package deal. Once she heard the huge improvement in sound quality, the QS4s were an easy sell.

I say get the whole thing at once. Chances are your wife will be convinced once she hears them.

Well....It is a tough call. I bought a Sony 52" LCD just before Thanksgiving. By the way, the big boxers do not honor the refund on the incremental difference if a competitor has a lower price on Black Friday. They can and will on Saturday....but not Friday. OF course I had to stand in line for an hour to find that out. Last week I bought the new Yamaha 663 from J&R on their preorder deal that they were offering over on AVS. That upgraded me to Pro Logic IIx. That in itself is a serious improvement. So now I am beginning the saving regimen for the speakers. I have a while to think about it....so I will probably lurk some more in the meantime..........

Piece by piece here. I think it's funner that way,I thought I was done until they brought out their amp., always something to look forward to.

Hmm... tough call indeed. Will she stand or will she cave?

Me, no WAF, it will be piece by piece and exactly what I want.

Piecemeal--it's been a long journey. Pretty much done with the speakers now, unless I upgrade the surrounds. (I think I just set of my wife's "frivolous purchase" radar...) I started with a surround receiver (used it in stereo), then bought M50s, bought QS4s, then my wife got tired of not being able to hear dialog, and bought a VP100. I was given a pair of M80s by a group of friends and family a year and a half ago (eee!), and I just got my EP350v3. The M50s are now in the computer/baby/junk room. All of my speakers other than the QS4s are in Vermont Maple custom vinyl.

You've got good freinds Ken!

I bought 4 QS8s 18 months ago (just missed the discount by 1). When it was time to upgrade my mains/front/sub, that would have been 4 speakers and would have missed by 1 again. I decided to buy all factory outlet (to save 10%), then bought an additional sub to make it 5 pieces (another 5%). So, I wound up getting a $600 total discount doing it this way.

But, if your wife is willing to let you get a piece or two now, I would certainly jump on that offer!

Not all wives fail to understand/appreciate home theater. I guess I'm just lucky. My wife loves home audio & theater as much as I do. She loves both the music and the equipment. I think her ears are even more critical than mine. I've read that women generally have more sensitive ears than men, and I think it's true. She'll pick up on differences between speakers and when she points them out I can usually hear it too, even though I didn't before.

I knew she was something special back in High School (yes, yes, we're HS sweethearts) when she used to love helping me wire & re-wire various amps, speakers, & subs in my car. Ahh memories...

She was the one that pressed my recent QS8 purchase. "Would you just order them already? I'm tired of the M22's back there! They're too directional.".

Just a few weeks ago she was commenting on how it really was time to upgrade our 36" SD TV to something bigger & HD. Standing at the local big-box electronics store, I commented that a 50"-56" would be about the right size for our den. Her only comment was, 'are you sure that's big enough?', as she's pointing to a 73". I won't go any further with where the conversation went from there....

She's also recently made comments that our Pioneer AVR is getting a little old too, and that I ought to figure out how to replace it with something better soon.

Sounds like your wife is a keeper! Good for you!

I think I'm in Love with your wife!