Any ladies in the audience?

mark200mph  as an ear doctor I have read many 10 of thounds of hearing tests and it is true that men tend to lose high frequency more often than women. 

I suspect that men's high freq hearing loss is because many a'philes are in electronic sound hearing mode which ignores the audio distortion noise (and harsh sound) as if they don't exist.

Listen to your voice while whispering "hello". If your voice is bright (makes your eyes to blink) and sounds like out of phase, you may be in the electronic sound hearing mode.

To normal ears 1) Equalize your ears (only once, pinch your nose and gently blow) and swallow saliva (2 times slowly). Keep whisper "hello" and listen to you voice until your ears feel like it's melting (cracking sounds) and your voice is soft, organic, less bright. This can take 20~60 seconds to be normal ears.

Your ears probably go back to electronic sound mode when you hear any speaker sound. 

Alex/Wavetouch audio

In general men have more hearing loss with age because of the work they do and their hobbies. I would also like to say hi to Sarah and wish all a Happy New Year.

Oh I don't mind women hearing and listening better, especially when I am talking.

I worked the admission desk at CAF for a few hours this year. I checked in 3 solo female show goers. I have worked CAF for 6 years and never checked in a solo female. I hope that signals hope.

I see an equal number or more females than males at concerts on a regular basis.

Nitpicky hifi dinosaurs nitpicking about soundstage and precise placement of instruments (acting like some half baked version of mastering engineers working in a studio) is probably very unappealing to females.

Sony has been figuring it out, probably did the research....selling compact immersive surround systems like the bravia quad theater (which produces a concert like envelopment) to a lot of females, including my spouse.

If the hifi sales dinosaurs can’t figure out how to tap into the other 50%’s bank accounts and closes shop after the old guys expire, it is quite understandable.  The females, even the ones with audiophile inclinations certainly don’t seem to want your fatass/uglyass wilsons dude...cry a river, if you need to