Audiophile demographics?

@danvignau ,

"And, since it was mentioned, how much money do women spend on things to make them pretty, i.e.shoe comment?"


As long as we remain human, physical attractiveness will remain important.

It always did for many women, but now some men are feeling that pressure too.

The cosmetics/fashion/health industry probably dwarfs the audio one by a factor of millions.

When someone wrote that the fashion and cosmetics industry dwarfs audio, I do not believe he was considering all of audio.  How many actual audio drivers do you each own?  I have several in my cars, a few portables, 10 in my main stereo system, six in my garage, two in my phones, some in my televisions, and computers, six in my bedroom, etc.  I know I hoard, but I quit counting at 50.  My boy, who is not at all into audiofoolerey, has 6 in his car, as many in his truck, one in his phone, six or eight in his stereo and who knows how many in his in wall home theater.  Of course, the writer is spot on, when only considering our mutual hobby of self indulgent ear-brain tickling and massage.

Most of those drivers are a couple bucks bought once.

Fashion and cosmetics are regular ongoing purchases. Way way bigger. It's not even close.

« I became a cosmetic seller and a successful audiophile because i am too short to play chess»-Groucho Marx

This has been said differently, but music, mathematics and critical thought are all processed in the same part of the brain (it is said that listening to Mozart for 30 minutes before a math test will make you do better unless you would already be 100%).  These are all male related likes (yes, there are always exceptions) so I think that our biology plays a part as others here do.