Women hear better then men but the high end tweeter reproduction gets on their nerves. This is of course a subjective personal opinion but who can prove I'm wrong ? Another theory is that "the look" is at least as important to women as sound. Bottom line, they would rather have cute invisable sound then good sound. Speakers away from walls, ugly wires and exposed components aggravate them more then inferior sound. It's called priorities !
The gender-split in audio
Are there any theories as to why audio seems to be such a male interest? I KNOW that there are some female audiophiles out there (and, of course, that most men are not audiophiles), but there seems to be a very large imbalance within the audio world. I think audio should be important to any music-lover. There are lots of women for whom music is an important part of their life, so why the gender-split in audio? As I said, I am wondering about theories, not anecdotes. For example, maybe it's all about marketing, not the accurate reproduction of music per se. But I look at my gear and some ads in audio magazines and for the most part there doesn't seem to be anything intrinsically "male" about them or how they're pitched, and I doubt it would be sufficient to account for the apparent imbalance if there were. However, maybe I, as a male(!), underestimate these factors.