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Amps and Women

I have been happily married for over 20 years now. I am the supposed audiophile, yet my wife ,god bless her, can pick out the differences in amplifiers in about two seconds. I change over from my Spectral stuff to my Classe stuff,"Honey did you change the system again?" She was not even listening seriously, she was doing something totally different. So the question I pose, and my wife is not the only one I have noticed this with, do women in general possess better listening/hearing capabilties then men?? That is why I take her(and usually with great resentment on her part.) to audition audio equipment. In fact, in all fairness, she narrows the choices pretty quickly.

Shubertmaniac (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

01-20-01

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01-20-01 My boss's wife have a similiar "six" sense when it ... 3chihuahuas

01-20-01 Woman do not intrinsically hear better than me. men are much ... Rec

01-20-01 Sorry for the typo, i meant to say that woman don't intrinsi ... Rec

01-20-01: Angela100
Perfect. Here's where I come in. I think that my husband's passion with this hobby is both in the technical understanding and the journey of improving the reproduction of sound (that includes obtaining the gear, but also the personal relationships established in doing so). He can speak to this, this is just what I have observed. He was on the phone, just this morning, for an hour with someone discussing Innersound gear Me? I just love to listen. He troubleshoots, works out the details, then I come in and sit down with a glass of wine. Pretty good gig, actually! Sure, I enjoy understanding enough to intelligently understand WHY there are differences, but for me - it's in the discovery of hearing something in a piece of music that I never heard before. You can listen to your collection again and again and it's like hearing it for the first time. Who would have thought changing out power cords could bring such enjoyment! It's insane. I love the musical gear - Rowland amps, Apogee speakers, tubes in the front end. I tend to get a personal attachment to stuff, too. Something really has to come in the door and show me something more, before I am ready to let go. I, of course, trust his judgement and go along with whatever he is ready to try. The Apogee stages lasted the longest, but we have moved on to electrostatic panel hybrids. We are now in the middle of seeing what we think about a Classe 300 in place of the two Rowland Model 1's mono-blocked. And it is very musical. But, I bet we end of getting the gain adjusted on the Rowlands and tri-amp the whole bloody thing. It is so much fun!
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01-20-01 My wife calls my system a radio...until she hears her favori ... Vayasteve

01-20-01 I'm not sure whether it's better or no to live with a wife w ... Cornfedboy

01-20-01 This morning my wife and i took a drive to the ocean side an ... Sfstereo

01-21-01 Thanks, kelly... and i think that you should show your post ... Angela100

01-21-01 In the last couple of years when i audition major equipment ... Tom_munro

01-21-01 Just to play devil's advocate for a moment,-- what it sounds ... Avguygeorge

01-21-01 I have been blessed with a girlfriend who is "tolerant& ... Sean

01-21-01 God bless women that will take some time to appease their si ... Lak

01-21-01 I can spend all day doing a, b testing with speaker cables,t ... Jsbail

01-22-01 That women have better hearing acuitiy is an established fac ... Detlof

01-22-01 There is no genetic base that woman have better hearing than ... Rec

01-22-01 Is there a doctor in da house? Angela100

01-22-01 Sorry, rec... i assume from your earlier post that you are a ... Angela100

01-22-01 I practice occupational medicine at a large metro hospital a ... Rec

01-22-01 My stereo always sounds better when my girlfriend is listeni ... Tireguy

01-23-01 Jsbail, the difference between you a-b'ing all day and your ... Sean

01-23-01 You are a moron if you let somebody tell what you like if yo ... Merle

01-23-01 Your girlfriends' comments are totally biased, fully subject ... Merle

01-23-01 It's all subjective. it's all subjective. it's all subjectiv ... Merle

01-23-01 In all this discussion about differences in hearing between ... Detlof

03-13-01 I wonder why this thread fell asleep? it seems interesting e ... Katharina

03-13-01 Great post, but would the males not also be in need of an ea ... Detlof

03-13-01 I would like scientific proof that women hear better, ask an ... No_money

03-13-01 Yea, so would i, lots of opinions floating around. maybe &qu ... Katharina

03-13-01 Katharina, it's an interesting question you pose, but its p ... Adamanteus

03-13-01 One point not made here is a sort of zen thing. the woman is ... Elizabeth

03-13-01 Very nice post, adamanteus and i've rated it accordingly. i ... Detlof

03-13-01 Thanks for the flowers d, but maybe i was just too much tryi ... Katharina

03-13-01 My wife's hearing is much keener than mine at lower spl's. ... Dekay

03-13-01 Detlof, i appreciate your thoughtful reply, and, yes, you i ... Adamanteus

03-13-01 Deklay, this is fascinating, because after trying another su ... Detlof

03-14-01 okay whatever... i just had my hearing tested last month ... Pcc

03-14-01 I think imho it may not have anything to do with sex and tha ... Liguy