Going to war with the wife. - Blu-ray Forum

Graphite · 05-07-2010, 05:43 PM

So i finally got a pretty good setup in the basement HT room. I'm super happy with it. Took my old setup and threw it in the garage. Simple 5.0 setup, nothing fancy...just old junk for speakers.

She complained that the garage didn't need to be a HT room as well. My problem is now that things are working great in the basement, she's recording oprah, tlc, and lifetime movies to watch. Hence, the garage is going to become the "man cave v2.0."

I need some help. If you have some crappy speakers or subs laying around you are looking to throw out or whatever, hit me up with a PM. I'll try and be fair with price and shipping to.

Going to reserve a couple of posts to document this war. Should be entertaining to say the least. Married 8 months ago, so i gotta bunker in now while i can.

Updates: I live up in North Dakota, shipping is tough.

Got a couple of Onkyo surround speakers from a buddy.

SDon1969 · 05-07-2010, 05:49 PM

Haaaha, man best of luck to ya! I have waged similar wars myself...

Johnny Vinyl · 05-07-2010, 05:50 PM

Wow! Only 8 months and she has you relegated to the garage already. Man, she's quick. Good luck and you have my condolances!

John

Moefiz · 05-07-2010, 05:51 PM

Why do you need a man cave 2.0...just asking

and good luck.

Graphite · 05-07-2010, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by FlappyJacks

Why do you need a man cave 2.0...just asking

and good luck.

she's took over man cave 1.0...so 2.0 is needed.

Fors* · 05-07-2010, 05:55 PM

Just remember to pick your battles wisely. It's OK to lose a few, but don't lose the war!

I have some old Pioneer center channel, Sony Towers and Bookshelves, but it would cost as much to ship them as it would for me to sell them. So essentailly, I might even lose a few bucks....

progers13 · 05-07-2010, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Fors*

Just remember to pick your battles wisely. It's OK to lose a few, but don't lose the war!

I have some old Pioneer center channel, Sony Towers and Bookshelves, but it would cost as much to ship them as it would for me to sell them. So essentailly, I might even lose a few bucks....

Same here.

threefiftyrocket · 05-07-2010, 06:08 PM

Man I wish I could help you out... I've even got a set of speakers that I'm looking at getting rid of... but as Fors* pointed out... shipping I'm sure would be OUTRAGEOUS so unless ur in the Indianapolis area... I wouldn't be much help...

Astrakan · 05-07-2010, 06:14 PM

Graphite, if you're in a metropolitan area I'd suggest hitting up Craigslist.org.

As an example, in Toronto there's right now six people giving away speakers. I'm sure they're old, but for your purposes that would probably work. On top of that there's hundreds of for-sale ads.

So yeah, check out the listings in your area and I'm sure you'll find something to suit your needs.

Blu Titan · 05-07-2010, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Fors*

Just remember to pick your battles wisely. It's OK to lose a few, but don't lose the war!

I have some old Pioneer center channel, Sony Towers and Bookshelves, but it would cost as much to ship them as it would for me to sell them. So essentailly, I might even lose a few bucks....

I was going to post the exact same thing.

crazyBLUE · 05-07-2010, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Blu Titan

I was going to post the exact same thing.

I don't have to worry about this

But to the OP ~ Good Luck with the outcome !!

Fors* · 05-07-2010, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Blu Titan

I was going to post the exact same thing.

This is something I practice, and not just preach. As you can see in my sig, I must be doing something right.

P@t_Mtl · 05-07-2010, 06:33 PM

It's so funny how women find these HT rooms and speakers and movies useless but as soon as they get use to it they suddendly take everything over and it's no longer useless

phlydude · 05-07-2010, 06:54 PM

get her a 37-42" set and put it another room in the house and get her a DVR for her shows...wives, in general, don't appreciate the sound and the visuals that we do.

I'm sure she will be quite content with her own HD display to view

I have to ask...8 months in and she is taking your room over? Did you live together before getting hitched?

bandit29 · 05-07-2010, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

It's so funny how women find these HT rooms and speakers and movies useless but as soon as they get use to it they suddendly take everything over and it's no longer useless

Tell me about it...our DVR that she didn't want.. is loaded with crap like Dr. Oz and garbage shows like Kendra ..ugh

Rblu-Dblu · 05-07-2010, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by bandit29

Tell me about it...our DVR that she didn't want.. is loaded with crap like Dr. Oz and garbage shows like Kendra ..ugh

Looks about like my dvr. Then when the shows are on there for more than a week I have to tell her watch them or I'm deleting them. Theyre taking up too much space!

P@t_Mtl · 05-07-2010, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by bandit29

Tell me about it...our DVR that she didn't want.. is loaded with crap like Dr. Oz and garbage shows like Kendra ..ugh

It's these threads that make me so happy my wife is so different....she is actualy bugging me right not to go and see Iron Man tonight while I want to wait and let the rush pass

No Dr. Phil or Oprah crap on the DVR at home, she would probably kill me if that happen

Graphite · 05-07-2010, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by phlydude

get her a 37-42" set and put it another room in the house and get her a DVR for her shows...wives, in general, don't appreciate the sound and the visuals that we do.

I'm sure she will be quite content with her own HD display to view

I have to ask...8 months in and she is taking your room over? Did you live together before getting hitched?

Yeah, we lived together for a couple years before we got married.

I live up in the middle of nowhere in North Dakota. We pipe sunlight into the area

You guys are right, shipping makes it tough. A couple of my intown buddies saw the post, and they donated a couple of onkyo speakers. I'm up to 7.0. Hopefully i can find a sub of some kind for little to nothing. Won't take much, double stall garage with little to no sound absorbtion.

Moefiz · 05-07-2010, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Rblu-Dblu

Looks about like my dvr. Then when the shows are on there for more than a week I have to tell her watch them or I'm deleting them. Theyre taking up too much space!

And mine too...Dr OZ...Oprah and Dr.Phil,5 days a week and I CAN'T delete them until she looks at them

threefiftyrocket · 05-07-2010, 07:37 PM

See... I was lucky enough to win a bunch of gift cards at work that I was able to build a decent 5.1 system with a new receiver and everything, and it didn't cost ANYTHING out of pocket. Now its not the best system here by ANY means, but it serves what I want in my Man Cave getaway and it sounded AWESOME with Saving Private Ryan and Minority report (I actually just got the tower speakers yesterday!!!) But since it cost us nothing out of pocket, she can't say a word!!! I love it!

05-07-2010, 05:43 PM	#1
Graphite Member Member since:Oct 2009	Going to war with the wife. So i finally got a pretty good setup in the basement HT room. I'm super happy with it. Took my old setup and threw it in the garage. Simple 5.0 setup, nothing fancy...just old junk for speakers. She complained that the garage didn't need to be a HT room as well. My problem is now that things are working great in the basement, she's recording oprah, tlc, and lifetime movies to watch. Hence, the garage is going to become the "man cave v2.0." I need some help. If you have some crappy speakers or subs laying around you are looking to throw out or whatever, hit me up with a PM. I'll try and be fair with price and shipping to. Going to reserve a couple of posts to document this war. Should be entertaining to say the least. Married 8 months ago, so i gotta bunker in now while i can. Updates: I live up in North Dakota, shipping is tough. Got a couple of Onkyo surround speakers from a buddy. Last edited by Graphite; 05-07-2010 at 07:17 PM.

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05-07-2010, 05:49 PM	#2
SDon1969 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Massachusetts Home Theater Gallery:32 Blu-ray collection:745 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	Haaaha, man best of luck to ya! I have waged similar wars myself...

05-07-2010, 05:50 PM	#3
Johnny Vinyl Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:At the crossroad of Analogue Dr & 2CH Ave Home Theater Gallery:19 Blu-ray collection:205 DVD collection:7 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:8	Wow! Only 8 months and she has you relegated to the garage already. Man, she's quick. Good luck and you have my condolances! John

05-07-2010, 05:51 PM	#4
Moefiz Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jul 2007 Blu-ray collection:288 DVD collection:20 Blu-ray reviews: 15 Trading Score:70	Why do you need a man cave 2.0...just asking and good luck.

05-07-2010, 05:55 PM	#6
Fors* Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Pottstown, PA Home Theater Gallery:160 4K collection:12 Blu-ray collection:142 Trading Score:11	Just remember to pick your battles wisely. It's OK to lose a few, but don't lose the war! I have some old Pioneer center channel, Sony Towers and Bookshelves, but it would cost as much to ship them as it would for me to sell them. So essentailly, I might even lose a few bucks....

05-07-2010, 06:08 PM	#8
threefiftyrocket Blu-ray Guru Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Carmel, IN Blu-ray collection:478 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:3	Man I wish I could help you out... I've even got a set of speakers that I'm looking at getting rid of... but as Fors* pointed out... shipping I'm sure would be OUTRAGEOUS so unless ur in the Indianapolis area... I wouldn't be much help...

05-07-2010, 06:14 PM	#9
Astrakan Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 Location:Toronto, ON Blu-ray collection:164 Trading Score:6	Graphite, if you're in a metropolitan area I'd suggest hitting up Craigslist.org. As an example, in Toronto there's right now six people giving away speakers. I'm sure they're old, but for your purposes that would probably work. On top of that there's hundreds of for-sale ads. So yeah, check out the listings in your area and I'm sure you'll find something to suit your needs.

05-07-2010, 06:33 PM	#13
P@t_Mtl Blu-ray Duke Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Montreal Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:452 DVD collection:513 Trading Score:3	It's so funny how women find these HT rooms and speakers and movies useless but as soon as they get use to it they suddendly take everything over and it's no longer useless

05-07-2010, 06:54 PM	#14
phlydude Power Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Winter Garden, FL USA Playstation ID: phlydude Blu-ray collection:132 Trading Score:1	get her a 37-42" set and put it another room in the house and get her a DVR for her shows...wives, in general, don't appreciate the sound and the visuals that we do. I'm sure she will be quite content with her own HD display to view I have to ask...8 months in and she is taking your room over? Did you live together before getting hitched?

05-07-2010, 07:37 PM	#20
threefiftyrocket Blu-ray Guru Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Carmel, IN Blu-ray collection:478 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:3	See... I was lucky enough to win a bunch of gift cards at work that I was able to build a decent 5.1 system with a new receiver and everything, and it didn't cost ANYTHING out of pocket. Now its not the best system here by ANY means, but it serves what I want in my Man Cave getaway and it sounded AWESOME with Saving Private Ryan and Minority report (I actually just got the tower speakers yesterday!!!) But since it cost us nothing out of pocket, she can't say a word!!! I love it!

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