I am glad you decided to tackle this topic. I do not see this as a hobby. Music is one of the main things that brings me joy! As a professional musician, for over forty years....music is not my primary career. I have engaged with many female music lovers, women musicians and women sound engineers. The classism and sexism in this pursuit is real. For me, looking and learning about gear is great....BUT...not my main goal or happiness. My main goal is only to learn and seek to get items that serve the music. It allows me to have a better relationship with sound. Most men I have encountered, in this so-called hobby, regurgitate what they read, viewed on a video, or what their associations shared with them. Most I know have a shallow comprehension at best. They know little or nothing about: music history, music performance, music theory, or composition. But because they know more about gear than I they feel they can tell me how music is suppose to sound. Or tell women I know (who work in the music field) that their opinions are insignificant. Ridiculous behavior. Subscribed!
In 2021 my daughter's family had to move in with me for a full year. Their home had been flooded following Hurricane Ida. Prior to this, she'd let me know "Dad, you realize that when you die, we're going to put a dumpster in the driveway and just throw everything away?" Well, after a couple months she changed her mind. "Dad, I've changed my opinion. When you die I'm going to keep your music collection and your stereo." At one point, I'd been playing Sarah Barielles' "Amidst the Chaos" vinyl album. She was very familiar with the music. She remarked, "Dad, I've never heard this ever sound so good! I'm hearing things in the music I've never heard before." Yup! Great video about reality!
My wife isn't into Hifi but she listens to my system more than I do. She listens to music for the sake of listening to music. I agree that women can hear better than men maybe that's why we spend so much on Hifi because we are chasing what they can already hear. I always ask my wife's opinion on equipment.
I have loved music and have played music my whole adult life and watching the different VC channels I have never seen such arrogance and stupidity amongst a lot of the audiophile community Bragging about their 1000 cables, or about their 900 dollar cartridges! Anything less is just not good enough for my ears It’s a shame they just can’t enjoy the music anymore!!
From my personal experience, my wife listens to everything and she does express her opinion on how things sound or look, when it comes to my photography, but she doesn't care at all about hardware and my belief is that for males, a big part of the enjoyment is playing around with the gear, reading reviews, comparing (males love it) adjusting and dreaming about the next big thing that will be a life changer. Women, being more mature, usually don't waist energy on gear, being usually troubled with real life
My mother was a real deal musical savant and pianist. I picked out gear based on her opinion, and I still own most if not all of it. iI’m a musician as well, but trusted her ears more than mine. Love Skunkie! 💜🦨 She’s absolutely brilliant. If someone judges her because she’s a woman, that’s just complete and utter nonsense and a bunch of BS.
I am glad you decided to tackle this topic.
I do not see this as a hobby. Music is one of the main things that brings me joy!
As a professional musician, for over forty years....music is not my primary career. I have engaged with many female music lovers, women musicians and women sound engineers.
The classism and sexism in this pursuit is real.
For me, looking and learning about gear is great....BUT...not my main goal or happiness. My main goal is only to learn and seek to get items that serve the music. It allows me to have a better relationship with sound.
Most men I have encountered, in this so-called hobby, regurgitate what they read, viewed on a video, or what their associations shared with them. Most I know have a shallow comprehension at best. They know little or nothing about: music history, music performance, music theory, or composition. But because they know more about gear than I they feel they can tell me how music is suppose to sound. Or tell women I know (who work in the music field) that their opinions are insignificant. Ridiculous behavior.
Subscribed!
In 2021 my daughter's family had to move in with me for a full year. Their home had been flooded following Hurricane Ida. Prior to this, she'd let me know "Dad, you realize that when you die, we're going to put a dumpster in the driveway and just throw everything away?" Well, after a couple months she changed her mind. "Dad, I've changed my opinion. When you die I'm going to keep your music collection and your stereo." At one point, I'd been playing Sarah Barielles' "Amidst the Chaos" vinyl album. She was very familiar with the music. She remarked, "Dad, I've never heard this ever sound so good! I'm hearing things in the music I've never heard before." Yup! Great video about reality!
Fantastic offspring.. 😔
My wife isn't into Hifi but she listens to my system more than I do. She listens to music for the sake of listening to music. I agree that women can hear better than men maybe that's why we spend so much on Hifi because we are chasing what they can already hear. I always ask my wife's opinion on equipment.
What's your opinion of G.R. research an the mods that Danny Richie performs on the speakers sent in to the company.?
I have loved music and have played music my whole adult life and watching the different VC channels I have never seen such arrogance and stupidity amongst a lot of the audiophile community Bragging about their 1000 cables, or about their 900 dollar cartridges! Anything less is just not good enough for my ears It’s a shame they just can’t enjoy the music anymore!!
Don't you have a spare room?
From my personal experience, my wife listens to everything and she does express her opinion on how things sound or look, when it comes to my photography, but she doesn't care at all about hardware and my belief is that for males, a big part of the enjoyment is playing around with the gear, reading reviews, comparing (males love it) adjusting and dreaming about the next big thing that will be a life changer. Women, being more mature, usually don't waist energy on gear, being usually troubled with real life
Lot of women magnepan users 😊
I don’t believe Skunkie is an actual woman.
My mother was a real deal musical savant and pianist. I picked out gear based on her opinion, and I still own most if not all of it. iI’m a musician as well, but trusted her ears more than mine.
Love Skunkie! 💜🦨 She’s absolutely brilliant. If someone judges her because she’s a woman, that’s just complete and utter nonsense and a bunch of BS.