Women in High End Audio

Mike

Mike

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A couple of interesting posts of late:

(A Man's Perspective)
How Not to Get Women Interested in Audio | Confessions of a Part-Time Audiophile

(A Woman's Perspective)
No Girls Allowed: Why I Hate ?Wife Acceptance Factor? | Confessions of a Part-Time Audiophile

My wife read both and her take is:

A. Yes, the audio industry is NOT very welcoming of women.
B. The Photography industry has worked wonders over the past 10 years or so to be more inclusive of women and no longer suffer these stereotypical challenges.
C. Women, generally, tend to be more interested in the "visual" than the "audible".
 
Mike said:
A couple of interesting posts of late:

(A Man's Perspective)
How Not to Get Women Interested in Audio | Confessions of a Part-Time Audiophile

(A Woman's Perspective)
No Girls Allowed: Why I Hate ?Wife Acceptance Factor? | Confessions of a Part-Time Audiophile

My wife read both and her take is:

A. Yes, the audio industry is NOT very welcoming of women.
B. The Photography industry has worked wonders over the past 10 years or so to be more inclusive of women and no longer suffer these stereotypical challenges.
C. Women, generally, tend to be more interested in the "visual" than the "audible".
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Well there's a big frickin' surprise.
 
CPP said:
Men have their hobbies, women have theirs.

And then they both have hobbies together. Next
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I read an obituary the other day and the only thing they had to say about the guy's hobbies was that he liked to walk his dogs and spank his monkey.
 
Mike said:
A couple of interesting posts of late:

(A Man's Perspective)
How Not to Get Women Interested in Audio | Confessions of a Part-Time Audiophile

(A Woman's Perspective)
No Girls Allowed: Why I Hate ?Wife Acceptance Factor? | Confessions of a Part-Time Audiophile

My wife read both and her take is:

A. Yes, the audio industry is NOT very welcoming of women.
B. The Photography industry has worked wonders over the past 10 years or so to be more inclusive of women and no longer suffer these stereotypical challenges.
C. Women, generally, tend to be more interested in the "visual" than the "audible".
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I get my wife involved by playing Blue Ray concert videos of her favorite artists. She lasts about 20 minutes during two channel only listening. Then out comes the iPhone and she starts texting and becomes disengaged.
 
The only way I could get my wife into my listening room is if I left a trail of diamonds leading into my room. Once she had collected all of the diamonds, she would head back out.
 
mep said:
The only way I could get my wife into my listening room is if I left a trail of diamonds leading into my room. Once she had collected all of the diamonds, she would head back out.
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So true, mine is the same way. She always had this saying " what's wrong with the other speakers or that amppy thing don't they still work. I always come back with, well how many freaking pair of shoes do you really need, don't the old ones you only wore once still work. :whoa:



oh PS: we all know how the outcome of that went.
 
Maybe a nice pair of Cream leather & natural Walnut Sonus Faber Liliums would get them interested:
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mep said:
The only way I could get my wife into my listening room is if I left a trail of diamonds leading into my room. Once she had collected all of the diamonds, she would head back out.
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it would take something more than diamonds for my wife. why is our society so bent on making woman into men and feminizing males?? my spouse is no more interested in joining me in the garage fixing stuff as I am helping her choose outfits or stand with her at the cosmetics counter.:weird:
 
If SF changed the name from "Liliums" to Lithium, you might stand a better chance.
 
mep said:
If SF changed the name from "Liliums" to Lithium, you might stand a better chance.
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No, SF just needs to include a matching Gucci handbag:
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If you get them a Gucci handbag, they would just want to leave and show it off to their friends. With Lithium, it might calm them down long enough to listen to a little music.
 
Wish they would, it'd save me a lot of time in the dog house & hearing "I liked the last ones better."
 
My girlfriend loves listening to music with me. I cook a nice meal, pair a bottle of wine and have some great music playing during dinner. Then, once the meal is done, we take our remaining wine and sit down to listen to music. When we first started dating, she was so spoiled with my system that she needed to have something different at her place. So, she now has a nice little system from me. Definitely not near the level of my system at all, but very enjoyable. She recognizes the differences easily between our two systems or if a change is made in my system. She isn't an audiophile at all, but certainly wouldn't be the type to discourage someone from spending/upgrading as she has incredible appreciation of how the better gear makes a difference.
 
Everest Audio said:
My girlfriend loves listening to music with me. I cook a nice meal, pair a bottle of wine and have some great music playing during dinner. Then, once the meal is done, we take our remaining wine and sit down to listen to music. When we first started dating, she was so spoiled with my system that she needed to have something different at her place. So, she now has a nice little system from me. Definitely not near the level of my system at all, but very enjoyable. She recognizes the differences easily between our two systems or if a change is made in my system. She isn't an audiophile at all, but certainly wouldn't be the type to discourage someone from spending/upgrading as she has incredible appreciation of how the better gear makes a difference.
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The key word here is "girlfriend." Women pretend to like all sorts of things you like when you are dating. The truth comes out after you say "I do." Ditto for men. Remember, people are always 1000 times nicer when they first start dating than they are in real life.
 
Women have a very different take on audio. They want to hear the music, not look at the gear and its switches and pretty lights. The biggest problem is on the front lines though. Finding a dealer that will actually talk to a woman on her terms and patiently answer her questions is tough. Just like buying a new car, dealers tend to talk to the men, and talk down to the women.
When we were first married (25 years ago) we needed a new system. We went to several dealers, and listened to a number of systems. The place that got my money, was a Linn dealer who talked to my wife, set up the gear she wanted to hear and took the time to explain everything to her in non-technical terms. She used that system more than I did, and even demanded upgrades eventually.
The main reason was that system allowed her to enjoy the music without fussing over it.
 
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