My "other half" is quite confident to use the main Hi-Fi but then she has to do very little. It's permanently on so all so has to worry about are two things - the volume control and the CD player. It took her a while to negotiate the latter, it being a Meridian.
As far as musical tastes are concerned, that's another matter entirely. There is a certain level of cross-pollination but it's one way I confess. I like very little of her choice (it's not quite Kenny G but almost that bad) but she does like a fair deal of mine. Or at least she confesses to and I'm too long in the tooth to attempt to delve into the psychology of that little chestnut!
Suffice it to say I will be in another room when she is listening! That's not an issue - we are both comfortable about spending time apart :)
As far as musical tastes are concerned, that's another matter entirely. There is a certain level of cross-pollination but it's one way I confess. I like very little of her choice (it's not quite Kenny G but almost that bad) but she does like a fair deal of mine. Or at least she confesses to and I'm too long in the tooth to attempt to delve into the psychology of that little chestnut!
Suffice it to say I will be in another room when she is listening! That's not an issue - we are both comfortable about spending time apart :)