Are there any Women interested in high fidelity?


My wife and I are wondering if there are any women out there interested in this high fidelity world. We own a dedicated LINN business in the Midwest US and get frustrated that there are very few women aorund. Women seem to be better Music listens than most men and have a greater passion for Music (not sound).

Please let us know if you are out there and what you think about women in hi-fi.

Thanks!

Susan & Brian
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Showing 2 responses by bombaywalla

I 2nd the idea that you might be wasting your time in rounding up women to partake in hi-(sp)end! I feel women are more likely to engage in hi-fidelity if they are partnered with their significant other. This is where I have seen the most # of women - the 2 of you are another case in point! The reason I feel this is that a serious interest in hi-end audio involves some rudimentary understanding of physics, electrical engineering & acoustics engineering. Traditionally, these are not strong suites of women. There are exceptions & there always will be but I'm talking generally. Have you ever caught women talking amongst themselves about damping factor or skin effects in cables or what it takes to filter the AC power? I don't think that you will for a long time! However, this knowledge is much needed to take a hi-fi system to the next level where it becomes emotionally involving. This is where their men come (I'm talking about straight women here & we'll leave out the others in this discussion 'cuz I don't even want to go there!). Once the rig is emotionally engaging, one is more likely to hold a women'a attention but do not ask her to phyically work on getting the rig to that point. There are other things that she's much better at (compared to men) that she'd rather be doing. Women are much more into human relationships & so a stereo rig is just a means to an end: music; however, men can form a strong bond with an inanimate thing. Of course, JMHO. FWIW. YMMV.
Hey Everyone,
I stumbled upon a real hi-end lady in this audio hobby! She has 2 systems - check out both at the link below:-

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr_memb.pl?&&memb&zzTwopippis

Most of us men are going to be eating our hearts out 'cuz we'd all love to own this much & this expensive equipment!!

Who would have thought that such a moniker would be that of a woman? I'm sure that there must be others "hiding" out there. She's certainly the exception that I spoke about earlier. FWIW.