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Women who enjoy quality speakers

In my former marriage i was introduced to high end audio by my husband.

At the time the endless visits to highend shows , meetings and shops annoyed me. Tech talk and not very female friendly designs came and went in my living room.

And although i couldnt get used to all of the above, one thing i learned , how to listen.

Now years further , in my second marriage quality audio wasnt a very well know topic of my husband working in tech. Mediocre cheaper hifi dominated the house, which looked even worse and sounded even a lot worse.

When we talked about new speakers and bang and olufsen was mentioned i knew i had to educate him , to let him know whats on the market and how things can sound.

The revelation ended in buying avalon speakers and simular quality equipement and cables.

Now its up and running i really enjoy music again!

Who would have thought that!

I have never seen a lot of other women enthousiastic about quality sound and music. Are there any in this group? Do your wifes experience the same as i did?

Wishing you all a very musical festive season,

A very happy wife,

Jasmine

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corelli
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Jasmine,
I suspect many men on this site are a bit jealous right now. I think women are very capable of discerning good sound, perhaps even better than their male counterparts. What I don’t understand is why seemingly fewer woman make it a priority to want to take the time and sit down and do any substantial listening. I can recall only one time where my wife asked to listen to a Hamilton CD--she sat in the sweet spot and loved it. She said it sounded better than the live production she heard in Chicago! But she hasn’t been back since. Just don’t get it.
corelli
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@justmetoo          I in no way doubt your experience.  I'm sure that what you suggest applies to many.  But there are a good number of others where the reason lies somewhere else.  

I have Fridays off so my routine is to bike, clean the house from top to bottom, do the yard work.  So when my wife comes home on Friday we are set for on open weekend to relax.  I will spend a good number of hours listening to music.  She will spend her time with reading or some other interest.  So it is not that she feels compelled that she has to be doing some ingrained expectation as you have experienced.  And, yes, I often play music SHE likes, but to no avail.  We have enjoyed many broadway productions live together.  But she is a no-show in the audio room.

Now there are obviously many woman that love music.  But a smaller percentage seem to be into the experience of listening intently to reproduced music.  In the end, I'm sure the reasons are many and varied.
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