What, are you nuts??? How long have you been married, a week????
NEVER tell your wife how much you need to spend, they don't think that way. You have to talk the way THEY talk, not the way WE think.
TELL HER the replacement cross overs are needed because the old ones are not safe, they are known to catch on fire, especially while you are sleeping. Even if they are unplugged.
Then tell her they are regularly $1500 bucks, but because you know "a guy," you can get them for only $575, but you have to get them before he sells them to someone else. Tell her (and this is the most important part) that you can SAVE a thousand bucks, but you have to act, now!
She will write you the check for that $575, and tell you she'll take over your job of mowing the yard so you have the time to go pick that safety equipment.
Steve, go get those cross overs, now, before your wife leaves you for making her unsafe!
You can thank me later.
I like the way this guy thinks!