Ladies analogy lover?

"My wife loves music but was never exposed to good gear until she met me."

So you exposed your gear to her when you met and she married you? I thought they just put you in jail for that sort of thing.

A lot of audiophiles claim to be "music lovers" but hey, actions speak louder than words - and all the evidence you need is two pageclicks back from here:

Audiophile Forums:
--- Amps Preamps (11301)
--- Cables (4041)
--- Music (2598)

There are almost 4 times as many threads about Amps and Preamps as about Music, and astonishingly (IMHO) nearly twice as many posts about freakin' CABLES as about Music!!! I find that rather sadly telling.

Armstrod, tq for yr advise. Will work on it. Is glad that my wife is understand. I got started into audio gears abt 15mths ago. Gone overly excited abt it so much so that I subscribed to 5 audio/home theatre magazines and 1 online magazine. Not once she complain despite me spending so much money and time on it. I suppose men are more extreme in their interest. Ladies are probably more practical. Anyway m really glad to discover audiogon.com. Learn so much and saw so much exciting gears in members sytem.Happy listening

Let's face it, this hobby has a lot in common with 60's and 70's muscle cars. High performance, powerful, fast, and slick looking machines.

Absolutely. The fastest car. The most powerful amp. The biggest fish.

"My big brother's gonna beat you up!"
"Oh yeah? Well, my monoblocked big brothers could kick your big brother's ass!"
"Oh yeah? Well, my power cord smokes yours."
"Smoke this, idiot, because power cords don't make any difference, especially yours!"

Men and their genitalia. Did you think this was about something else? Read the threads. We may as well be droppin' trou for a locker-room dangle-off.

"I'll show you my system if you show me yours."
"I would, but for me, it's all about the music."
"Uh-huh...bass clarinet fan, right?"

Opalchip hits the nail on the head. Whereas the music is supposed to be the end, and the gear is the means, some people reverse the two.