One of the best vintage hi-fi shops in the world?

[Marco]

Excellent!

Marco.

[Vinyleyes]

Indeed, snap, and join the club!

I couldn't imagine married life, or a partnership, being any other way.

I don't understand why others can't find wifes or partners who share the same interests, and therefore are tolerant of the 'paraphernalia' that goes with having a top-notch hi-fi system and a large collection of music?

No way would I put up with the shite some other guys do, about not being 'allowed' to have big speakers, etc, in the lounge. Feck that pish. If I'm earning 50% of the household income, or more, then I'm entitled to a 50% say, or more, as to what goes in the bloody house, and if she didn't like that, she'd know where the freakin' door was!!

Marco.

I've had this conversation before with mates ... I mean what the dickens is a LOUNGE ROOM for !! ....... It's for LOUNGING ABOUT IN AND ENJOYING YOUR FAVOURITE THINGS ......... even when I was married my ex could understand that .. and now any new girlfriend is treated to the acid test of something like ...In The Court of the Crimson King ... played at full welly on the hi fi system in THE LOUNGE which just happens to obscure all of the fireplace and the whole one side of the room ,, ............ AND ........ It is growing all the time the longer I spend on this bloomin' forum ...........

Couldn't live with a woman who did not share my love of music .. and was too fussy to get her head round the fact that life is for living and not just keeping a tidy house to impress someone else ............

However what can happen is that some of us who catch the hifi bug a bit later in life may already have partners who do not share this passion ... Then it can be a constant battle to win floor space for the system essentials ... to all of those folks I offer my sympathies .. ... and the number of a good lawyer ........

[The Black Adder]

FWWWWWWWWOOOORE! Check out the Braun coffee machine on the last pic... Where's the SodaStream?... come on... they must have a SodaStream.

[Beobloke]

If I'm earning 50% of the household income, or more, then I'm entitled to a 50% say, or more, as to what goes in the bloody house,

Sadly, on that basis I'm only allowed a 26% say on what comes into the house.

Consequently, thirty odd turntables and (currently) five LARGE pairs of loudspeakers suggests I'm doing something else right......

[Frog]

Not for sale and it's likely you've seen it before but this is one on the most amazing collections of vintage hifi anywhere. Browse room by room.

Good reference material too.

http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Vanguard/room1/room1.htm

Good grief !

[Frog]

Well, indeed, and I now have the luxury of my sitting room being effectively my listening room. I bought this house almost solely on the merits of the room. The estate agent thought I was amusing, clapping my way around.

Ah...yes... I've done that twice now. It is possible to get a house with at least the potential for a dedicated music room, but you sometimes have to think a bit laterally about it !

[worthingpagan]

The links from the first post on this thread, jupiteraudio.com, i've never seen anything like it all in one place, out of this world I've got to go to Japan before I go deaf

[pavalon]

Hope it wasn't affected by the recent earthquake that has devasted/destroyed many parts of the country.

Glad to hear that 'they' are slowly getting back to normality.