An orthogonal comment to what has been said so far: I submit that women have more sensitive hearing, especially in the higher registers (they also have much more sensitive noses and olfactory memory). Most home-audio gear will fail them in this regard, meaning: the reproduction won’t convey to them the pleasure they remember from a real life event. Men, on the other hand are often engrossed by technical specs, which often leads to expectation bias, letting them become much more forgiving. Women, on the other hand, might become emotionally disengaged quite easily if the home audio reproduction lacks the "truth"; they sure don’t get swayed by "unheard-of THD values". My wife is a very critical listener, who points out to me certain inaccuracies, when I just marvel at the overall presentation. Needless to say, after her comments, I hear the same thing, which is then sticking out like a sore thumb, and leads to further quests for better sound. The financial expenses correlating with that quest, however, are now easily justified, when she sees new expenses showing up on our shared accounts, such as: "remember when you objected to the sound of the so-and-so recording? This will hopefully take care of that for good." And thus a new USAudiomart order is being created. Her incorruptible ears are part of our marital bliss.
Why do almost all women today hate home audio?
Why do almost all (99%) of women never seriously, sit, and listen to home audio through even one album?
I knew many, many women that listened, and had there own stereos, in the late 60's and 70's.
They even had big record collections, and some even had real-to-real tape recorders.
Why did they disappear?
What changed?
- ...
- 135 posts total
- 135 posts total