Also, imo, the speakers don't stand out any more than people leaving coats and bags lying around the place.
My wife is unusually OK with the speakers and stereo that I chose for our living room. (The only place physically large enough to have it in this very small house.)
But, if you are unwilling to leave your outside shoes off & change to indoor shoes (we have a selection of various sizes & styles) or have your coat & bag hung up in the closet by the front door for that purpose, you are NOT coming inside.
She is the watch dog for that sort of thing & even I am obedient to it.
I am not known for conformity to rules ('m more like Smokey Yunick was to NASCAR, Trans Am & Indy racing in the late 50's through 80's:
[As with most successful racers, Yunick was a master of the
grey area straddling the rules. Perhaps his most famous exploit was his #13 1966
Chevrolet Chevelle, driven by
Curtis Turner. The car was so much faster than the competition during testing that they were sure that cheating was involved; some
aerodynamic enhancement was strongly suspected, but the car's profile seemed to be entirely stock, as the rules required. It was eventually discovered that Yunick had lowered and modified the roof and windows and raised the production car's floor] {to lower the body}).
But there are things that she puts her foot down about and those are some of the very few.
Since her rule are very few, I find them tolerable.
