My sister was a professional musician, now retired. Not an audiophile. In fact, I remember her complaining that the 400Hz dolby calibration "Your A is flat"...
On the other hand, my wife while not really interested in the technical details, really likes her music to sound "right", and always has. No, she isn't going to build anything, but when I do, she appreciates the results.
On the other hand, my wife while not really interested in the technical details, really likes her music to sound "right", and always has. No, she isn't going to build anything, but when I do, she appreciates the results.
I would pose the question "why are there so few women musicians compared to men musicians?" as a response.
Could it be that women in general are just not as interested in music as men, and this caries through to audio as a hobby?
I've only known two women in my life who had had what I consider nice stereo systems and record collections.
Could it be that women in general are just not as interested in music as men, and this caries through to audio as a hobby?
I've only known two women in my life who had had what I consider nice stereo systems and record collections.
I have to share this. I remember reading a study that said that, generally / on average / you can't generalize / blah blah but with obvious statistical significance, from an early age girls are more interested in people, boys in things, hence a preference for dolls vs. toy cars etc. So I googled and I got this:
Well a random sample of the UK orchestras that publish lists of their members suggests a very even balance between men and women. So which particular genre are you talking about with few women?
Cal's Oh baby switch...
Yah Cal.
That switch turns on pictures of women, doesn't it 😛 .
Yah Cal.
That switch turns on pictures of women, doesn't it 😛 .
My girl used to complain about all the horns everywhere at home. Now she complains about the sound quality, but only when we are not home. 😉
When I was a lad delivering pizza in the mid 90's I met some interesting people.
I once delivered to a woman in a ritzy urban condo and she opened the door and asked me to set the pizza on the counter inside the door, she was dancing around as she grabbed some money. Some music was playing on some gigantic speakers (not sure what they were, but they reminded me at the time of some of the 5 foot tall flagship Genesis speakers.) Something like these, but I don't remember any bass towers
Genesis Technologies 200 Floorstanding Speakers reviews - Audioreview.com
If she were anything like many of the women I know, she might have enjoyed listening almost as much on a bluetooth speaker.
I once delivered to a woman in a ritzy urban condo and she opened the door and asked me to set the pizza on the counter inside the door, she was dancing around as she grabbed some money. Some music was playing on some gigantic speakers (not sure what they were, but they reminded me at the time of some of the 5 foot tall flagship Genesis speakers.) Something like these, but I don't remember any bass towers
Genesis Technologies 200 Floorstanding Speakers reviews - Audioreview.com
If she were anything like many of the women I know, she might have enjoyed listening almost as much on a bluetooth speaker.
Oh, not at all, quite the contrary.
Problem is that their braincell quota alloted to "phile" things, is already 40dB oversaturated with gossip-phile , fashion-phile , bust-hubby's-balls-phile , compete-with-other-women-phile , etc. and I'm neither kidding nor insulting/despising anybody, just a field observation.
My wife likes to sing. Sometimes she even does it in the right key. When we listen to canned music, she doesn't give a hoot what it's being played on. She likes the song not the equipment. The song is what gets the job done.
Just like her car. She doesn't care anything about how it works, just that it does. The car gets a job done.
Just like her husband. She overlooks the fact that he's not quite as svelte as once, as long as he gets the job(s) done.
They don't care about such trivial things, their minds are constantly elsewhere solving all the world's problems.
Scientific tests? Sure they tried, but the test equipment blew up.
Just like her car. She doesn't care anything about how it works, just that it does. The car gets a job done.
Just like her husband. She overlooks the fact that he's not quite as svelte as once, as long as he gets the job(s) done.
They don't care about such trivial things, their minds are constantly elsewhere solving all the world's problems.
Scientific tests? Sure they tried, but the test equipment blew up.
We aim to please.
Due to a sick crafts teacher, I had broderie classes for a year in highschool. A g/f I lived with taught me how to knit my own sweaters, work with paper dressmaking patterns, and how to use an electric sewing machine.
Which comes in really handy for a bloke into outdoors and boats, I've sewn shelters for tents and boats, boat pillow covers in textile, plus real and imitation leather. Back in the old days, the military taught how to stitch socks, sew on buttons and iron pants, marines are taught how to make clothing themselves and a whole bunch of other faggy stuff.
I still iron my shirts myself, with a sleeve mini laundry board helper, also cook dinner seven days a week.
Last night I dreamt of doing another luxurious spa all-day, including the full hour massage, despite that the bloke who did the handywork last time was clearly of the pink persuasion.
Oh dear, I also adore spending hours in a tearoom with loads of cakes and lots of gossip, as do millions of Brits apparently.
Last I heard, most haute couture designers are men, who started out as stitchers, and some are not even gay.
EEK, come to think of it, on a percentage basis, I know more men who are into making clothes, shoes, nursing or cooking food than gents who build audio gear.
When I start my usual audio amp rap, most men turn bored after a couple of minutes.(straight ones, gays, and inbetweens)
My g/f has 3 soldering irons, plus various other electric tools, also her own tool box. (I easily turn nasty when someone touches my tools minus one)
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hey, they lower their expectations far enough, and it's easier to meet them
most of the time
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I suspect that the 'philes dont have social skills compatible with a more balanced attendence to the hobby
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reminded me that I was given ^ mnemonic in the classroom for resistor color codes
sexism in the sciences is ingrained in our society.
I don't think it is just sexism in the sciences. Although that exists if someone is interested enough in something they will take that interest and fly with it.
I was never 'given' any electronics kits or whatever as a child but I was always interested in how things work. Was far more interested in taking something to pieces so I could see what was going on under the lid. This was when I was like 5 years old too. I went to a friends birthday party at a similar age and instead of doing birthday party things I sat in front of their washing machine to watch it spin around because it was intriguingly different to our own.
At car boot sales we visited I always wanted to buy the odd electrical items with the stall owners saying in disbelief to my parents - are you sure he wants this?
When I first saw an escalator I vanished from sight and was found on my hands on knees trying to see how it worked with similar things happening at fairs and fetes. Where they would have motor driven or sometimes steam powered! rides and displays I'd always be crouched down so I could see the inner workings.
The most interesting of these though is when I was a very young child without even a decent command of the english language. At the local swimming pool there was a rather large fan, in some glass windows, on the side wall at one end of the pool. I was probably around 3. I would bob along with my buoyancy aids around my arms simply looking at the thing, spinning slowly, in the wind , pointing and saying 'fan' repeatedly.
There was no need to buy me electronics kits (although that did happen later), I was hooked and destined to 'build things' from the day I was born. I have absolutely no objections to sexism. There's a reason why sayings like - women are from venus, men are from mars - exist, we ARE fundamentally different at some level I think. Then again there are some women who obsess over tech and love science things like men do as much as there are some men who really could not care any less about them.
Dr Samantha Tang (from periodic videos on youtube) is one women who comes to mind as being the kind of girl that probably didn't want to play with barbie as a child, she probably wanted to melt her into a blob and maybe set her on fire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnP...otation_416825&src_vid=HJJ5kC_SlfQ&feature=iv
I was never 'given' any electronics kits or whatever as a child but I was always interested in how things work. Was far more interested in taking something to pieces so I could see what was going on under the lid. This was when I was like 5 years old too. I went to a friends birthday party at a similar age and instead of doing birthday party things I sat in front of their washing machine to watch it spin around because it was intriguingly different to our own.
At car boot sales we visited I always wanted to buy the odd electrical items with the stall owners saying in disbelief to my parents - are you sure he wants this?
When I first saw an escalator I vanished from sight and was found on my hands on knees trying to see how it worked with similar things happening at fairs and fetes. Where they would have motor driven or sometimes steam powered! rides and displays I'd always be crouched down so I could see the inner workings.
The most interesting of these though is when I was a very young child without even a decent command of the english language. At the local swimming pool there was a rather large fan, in some glass windows, on the side wall at one end of the pool. I was probably around 3. I would bob along with my buoyancy aids around my arms simply looking at the thing, spinning slowly, in the wind , pointing and saying 'fan' repeatedly.
There was no need to buy me electronics kits (although that did happen later), I was hooked and destined to 'build things' from the day I was born. I have absolutely no objections to sexism. There's a reason why sayings like - women are from venus, men are from mars - exist, we ARE fundamentally different at some level I think. Then again there are some women who obsess over tech and love science things like men do as much as there are some men who really could not care any less about them.
Dr Samantha Tang (from periodic videos on youtube) is one women who comes to mind as being the kind of girl that probably didn't want to play with barbie as a child, she probably wanted to melt her into a blob and maybe set her on fire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnP...otation_416825&src_vid=HJJ5kC_SlfQ&feature=iv
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