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Since this is entitled "Advice from Axiom Owners", I feel obligated to pass this information on:

I searched all resources I could find for a few weeks. I am not talking about a couple hours a night after work, but probably around 250 plus hours. My goal was to set up a audio/video set up that would be enjoyed for years to come. After all the painstaking research I purchased 46" Plasma, M60's, Q8'd, v150, Denon 3805, Denon 2200, SvS pb2 plus.

My advice to anyone one step behind me, is keep following down the Axiom path, BUT when you go home excited and share that with your significant other. When your overflowing with excitment and anticipation of delivery dates and dropping wires through walls ect. When the significant other asks, "What did all this cost?" DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, NO MATTER HOW CONFIDANT AND GOOD YOU FEEL...LET ME REINTERATE : DO NOT TELL THE TRUTH. Now I am not advocating lying, cause we all know honesty is the foundation of a good relationship. I'm thinking... not providing all the information may be good in this situation. I dont know for sure so... How did other Axiom owners handle it?

Now before you reply..beating your chest and bellowing out how your the king of your castle. My gear is still on order, I just cant sleep in the same room of the castle I used to

Well njoy, i hate to say this but...my wife bought the $3200 RPTV to go along with the $3400 of Axioms i purchased.
We split on the receiver.
Her priorities for good music were shared by my passion. There was really little or no discussion about $$ except for our upper limit. Even then i still went and purchased another 4k of speakers late last year.
The passion continues.

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My gear is still on order, I just cant sleep in the same room of the castle I used to

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On the floor, LMAO!

I swear this forum is populated with more creative, articulate, funny people with a delightful sense of humor.

I'm not married, so I can't really give you advice based on personal experience. But, let me be the first to pass along what is generally considered, in these here parts, the proper wisdom for this sort of situation................................SELL THE WIFE!

That's funny, njoy. She'll get over it - eventually.

My wife wasn't wildly in favor of the cost of the new home theater, until she saw and heard it! The solution to your problem is after the gear arrives: set it up and play a DVD movie that she'll really like. You'll have the run of the castle again.

I'm telling you guys--separate bank accounts! Solves everything. Except I have to wait a long time between purchases... Hmmm...

I really didn't have such an issue at all. My wife just said that if it made me happy, then I should just purchase my M3s, and that would make her happy to see my happy.

But then, when the speakers came, she was genuinely happy for me and herself.

And then we all lived happily ever after....

i am with aquaman-

my wife knew how bad i wanted a HT, so she said "DO IT", and so i did it.. her main concern was having those "big ole' black speakers in my living room".. but once she saw that they were smaller than the ones i already have, and she got to pick out the custom cabinet color, she was OK with it.

and like aquamans wife, she knows how happy this will/has made me, and she likes to see me happy. i know once the speakers get here, and i get everything set-up and running, she is gonna be blown away.. she already said she wants to start having her girlfriends over for 'movie night'.. i guess thats when i will go play poker with the boys.

bigjohn

Ahhhh...I love being single!

I admittedly fudged numbers to get the WAF in the positive end of the spectrum. My wife was more miffed about the size of the M60's than the cost. I made her sit in the "sweet spot" and put on Episode II and she saw why I wanted them

Don't get me wrong I have done some appeasing to:

Panasonic wide screen for me = Lexus GX470 for her
Axiom m60's, vp150, qs8s, ep350 = New back yard for her
and just recently: Denon AVR3801, DVD2200, DCM380 = new tile and granite counter tops for her.

Yes, the monitary cost is significantly higher on her end but the price of peace is worth it.