Women in High End Audio

hifitommy said:
my wife was the antithesis of one who demands WAF (invisible system). i moved my relatively massive stereo into her fairly small apartment. i cam home on saturday after working at the hospital and the TEAC open reel was running (fleetwood mac playing) which she had never been shown. the small Celestion County speakers i was trying out had been disconnected and the Infinity Monitors back on because she preferred their sound.

when we moved into a house, she prompted me to hook up the Dynaquad rear speakers because she missed the added realism they added.

after 12 nice years of marriage and two children, she succumbed to a long term illness. she has NOT been replaced.
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So sorry to hear of your loss. It sounds like the two of you had something quite fantastic.
 
thanks all you guys for your empathy. i feel VERY lucky to have gotten at least one good spouse. so many people never get that and for them, i am the one with empathy. i can't mope about the loss because i have all those years of good memories and two beautiful daughters from it.

another thing i feel extremely fortunate about is that our second daughter only went to 5 1/2 months gestation and weighed in at one pound and 6.5 ounces. that was in 1983 and she survived without major health issues. the hopital bill was $270k (1983 dollars) and i am not kidding. worth every penny. the insurance covered 100% because it was a complication of pregnancy.

i don't often mention this in public forums but i just wanted you guys to feel good about this overall.

thanks again.

...t
 
... lifes as good as you make it tommy. Sounds like you had some good times too & in the end, it's who we are. all the best for the new season buddy!
 
hifitommy said:
thanks all you guys for your empathy. i feel VERY lucky to have gotten at least one good spouse. so many people never get that and for them, i am the one with empathy. i can't mope about the loss because i have all those years of good memories and two beautiful daughters from it.

another thing i feel extremely fortunate about is that our second daughter only went to 5 1/2 months gestation and weighed in at one pound and 6.5 ounces. that was in 1983 and she survived without major health issues. the hopital bill was $270k (1983 dollars) and i am not kidding. worth every penny. the insurance covered 100% because it was a complication of pregnancy.

i don't often mention this in public forums but i just wanted you guys to feel good about this overall.

thanks again.

...t
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Sorry for your loss Tommy, I agree with you about finding a great woman. Mine is an absolute gem, I wish everyone could experience that kind of relationship.
 
Tommy - You have a wonderful philosophy about life. Congratulations on having had a terrific wife and partner as well as two wonderful daughters.
 
With respect to my wife, she is very supportive about this audio hobby of ours. She enjoys music as much as I do but will not sit in the sofa to listen for more than 30 minutes. She prefers that I play the music through the speakers we have set up through the entire house. Music is playing at home typically the entire weekend - unless we are in the Christmas holiday season in which the Hallmark channel seems to get a lot of her time.

In terms of system upgrades, she is very supportive. Actually, pushes me to get whatever I want. Her philosophy has been that we work too hard and that we need to share and enjoy what we have.
 
Ritmo said:
With respect to my wife, she is very supportive about this audio hobby of ours. She enjoys music as much as I do but will not sit in the sofa to listen for more than 30 minutes. She prefers that I play the music through the speakers we have set up through the entire house. Music is playing at home typically the entire weekend - unless we are in the Christmas holiday season in which the Hallmark channel seems to get a lot of her tim

In terms of system upgrades, she is very supportive. Actually, pushes me to get whatever I want. Her philosophy has been that we work too hard and that we need to share and enjoy what we have.
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That is right attitude. My wife supports the hobby I'm into but doesn't embrace it as I do. Hopefully after the next upgrade she will be more involved. I want her involved but yet I don't. I don't want to argue over what I spend on this hobby.
 
MDP said:
Sorry for your loss Tommy, I agree with you about finding a great woman. Mine is an absolute gem, I wish everyone could experience that kind of relationship.
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Mark,

I am sure she is and you are also a lucky man; that said I wouldn't be honest if I didn't confess that sometimes I really miss Adriana!!!!!
 
hifitommy said:
my wife was the antithesis of one who demands WAF (invisible system). i moved my relatively massive stereo into her fairly small apartment. i cam home on saturday after working at the hospital and the TEAC open reel was running (fleetwood mac playing) which she had never been shown. the small Celestion County speakers i was trying out had been disconnected and the Infinity Monitors back on because she preferred their sound.

when we moved into a house, she prompted me to hook up the Dynaquad rear speakers because she missed the added realism they added.

after 12 nice years of marriage and two children, she succumbed to a long term illness. she has NOT been replaced.
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So sorry you lost your soul mate. She seems to have been a real treat and I hope you are holding up well after such a huge loss. Blessings man.
 
There was a pre-Christmas thread on a Dutch forum last week with the question who would be able to make it through 2015 without investments in his audio gear or anything related like power, acoustics and so on.
I can tell you that my wife thinks I can. Even after I told her I was eyeballing an Amp with a big, old fashioned attenuator dial. She is always telling me that it is too difficult to turn the volume down when of instance the phone rings. And of course I did explain het how to easily do it with one of the iPads including her own iPAd and with the buttons on the preamp but she keeps telling me she wants an old fashion rotary knob.
So I thought this could enable my Octave HP 700 purchase but she said: "No, you don't need that. You are telling all the time that you are so happy with the sound". And of course she is right! But you know, we have this urge that we cannot control....
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Women love high end audio, period. Those who deal with WAF - you are doing it wrong!


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o0OBillO0o said:
Women love high end audio, period. Those who deal with WAF - you are doing it wrong!


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Bill-It's really time for you to put the crack pipe down.
 
mep said:
Bill-It's really time for you to put the crack pipe down.
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HA! :snicker:

Statistically, women aren't "In" to audio.


All those articles are well thought out and presents a clear problem, We need more people to join our hobby.
 
In last millenium, I designed and printed promo flyers for my radio-show back then. They featured stylized turntable arm of Technics SL-1200. I showed flyers to my female friend and she said "What is that, a vacuum cleaner?"
 
Mate said:
In last millenium, I designed and printed promo flyers for my radio-show back then. They featured stylized turntable arm of Technics SL-1200. I showed flyers to my female friend and she said "What is that, a vacuum cleaner?"
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Did you say yes, all we need is the sucker on the end?
 
Im looking for someone nice,I don't have a mod,I'll take what ever if works ,I have brand new smart phone,it's old but brand new.my tou h fender still in its box,Eric Clapton phone.never been used,special edition.let me know
 
vititito said:
Im looking for someone nice,I don't have a mod,I'll take what ever if works ,I have brand new smart phone,it's old but brand new.my tou h fender still in its box,Eric Clapton phone.never been used,special edition.let me know
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Being single, obviously I am not an expert, but I seriously doubt any semi-coherent woman uses the smartphone as any type of criteria for anything. Especially one that is "it's old but brand new". LOL.
 
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