r.cherry Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 how many think it is obsessive to ask your spouse to refrain from placing a bowl of water with flowers in it on your speaker that you have waited 30 yrs to own??? it didn't seem like that big of a request to me, but then i'm a guy. i really like these speakers. does that seem obsessive or just being cautious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 water and wood don't mix, mistakes are expensive- why do women think a fern is going to camoflage a friggin Klipschorn or LaScala Cabinet. Tell her to keep the friggin plants off the speakers. Get her a plant stand. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkrop Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 WARNING!!! You're are undergoing a "spousal evaluation"! You can not run, you can not hide, there are no right answers! Wait, what's that burning smell??? Could it be TOAST? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott0527 Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 Wait until you have a party and people try to set their drinks on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 Buy her a few of these. As an added bonus, she can't kill them.) http://forums.klipsch.com/idealbb/files/artfern.jpg http://www.indoortropical.com/haresfoot.html Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psg Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 I've given up a long time ago on my living room speakers (non Klipsch, I know) and they are littered with rings and scratches. I don't care! But don't you dare put anything on top of the KHorns! Those are my babies! So... buy some sacrificial non-Klipsch speakers for her to put something on! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st. patrick Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 you can fight it but you will NOT win!! I bit the bullet and got some thick glass tops with beveled edges made for my CW's. $75.00 for peace of mine is cheaper than refinishing them, hiring a divorce lawyer, etc. Now she can put whatever she wants up there . . . . and you know they will, similar to an animal marking its territory. Go get glass. JMHO, YMMV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckears Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 ---------------- On 6/4/2005 9:11:41 PM st. patrick wrote: you can fight it but you will NOT win!! I bit the bullet and got some thick glass tops with beveled edges made for my CW's. $75.00 for peace of mine is cheaper than refinishing them, hiring a divorce lawyer, etc. Now she can put whatever she wants up there . . . . and you know they will, similar to an animal marking its territory. Go get glass. JMHO, YMMV ---------------- I will seasonally allow a knick-knack or two on mine, but she knows I don't care for it; there will never be a liquid, enclosed or not, placed on my Fortes. If there were a spill, I would immediately upgrade to a brand-spanking new pair of LaScalas, with a couple of PB12-Ultras to round out the bottom end. Ah, the subtle threat of retaliation through increased credit-card debt. Ain't Western society great? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted June 4, 2005 Moderators Share Posted June 4, 2005 Dtel's wife here: I learned very early in my marriage to dtel that you do not come between a man and "sound sytem". Once and only once did I place a small houseplant on a speaker. Based on "the look" I knew to remove the plant immediately, and never repeated that mistake. At that time a compromise was reached on knick-knacks. Initially I put all kinds of little things on the speakers. He was not a happy camper, but let it slide. We have recently reached an agreement that small (5x7 or smaller) picture frames are acceptable on top of the speakers. Only one or two picture frames per speaker please. As we now have three grandchildren this provides additional space to display our photographs of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 Ask her to wait 30 years to put the bowl on the speakers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholtl Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 You guys are lucky it's just your wife you need to deal with. So many friends of mine come and go through my apartment, if I could list the things that have been put ontop of my RF7's, this board would crash. Everything from KFC chicken-buckets to housekeys, a laptop to a bong, fuzzy little hamsters to brass knuckles. I know...RF7's aren't anywhere in the same league as Khorns...but still. It's the principle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyholiday Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 you can' put plants, on any thing ,that has motors mounted in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputnik Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 My wife hasn't tried a plant yet, but any little doodad or thingamajig on top of my speakers will shake off rather quickly at the right the volume level . "Sorry dear, I guess that we just shouldn't put anything there" . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 Tell her, "If you don't want me rebuilding my 4-barrel carberator on top of your fancy oak and glass coffee table in the front room, then you'll find another place to put your potted rubber tree plants that you always overfill each time you water them." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audible Nectar Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 We do have some items on our cabinets, but the rules are very specific. All cabinet tops are covered in heavy/thick cloth, fabric, or in one instance, a Guinness bar towel. This prevents any possibility of scratching, and keeps any items in place that are used as deco. ABSOLUTELY NO fluids or candles permitted on or IN THE VICINITY OF speakers or other audio gear....EVER. Did I say EVER? This means, of course, NO PLANTS on the cabinets. I like plants, but plants + speaker cabinets = Any items placed on cabinets that vibrate or move across the surface during system use is removed. Small rugs, towels, weavings, or custom cut glass are all good ways to protect the tops. Protection of the tops is necessary, especially if in good condition - and absolutely worth defending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 Nicholtl, BRASS KNUCKLES!? tough neighborhood there in LA I guess. Be careful with the glass tops though, friends will distribute talcum powder all over the tops of those! LOL Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 See, if you all just had Heresys tilted back, you wouldn't be able to put anything on them. They would just slide off. We have a stack of sheet music on one cabinet, as it sits next to the piano. The other one has a small easel with a phot book on it. I don't think my wife has ever even tried to put plants on them, since the early '70s. But my house often looks like a studio with mic cables and mixers everywhere. Marvel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raypenn Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 I think that the electromagnetic waves from the speakers might cause harm and possible genetic mutation to any plants placed above them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockbobmel Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 How about Lava Lamps with those skid pads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raypenn Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 ---------------- On 6/5/2005 4:10:27 PM rockbobmel wrote: How about Lava Lamps with those skid pads? ---------------- Bob - The lava lamps (with a coaster underneath) are OK. I am not so sure about the wallpaper, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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