Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Is Hi-Fi or Home Theatre a guy thing?

Okay I've noticed that it appears that the vast majority of users on this forum are guys. I'm just curious if there are any women lurking in any of these threads.

In general I don't know any women who care about a) home theatre - I've know women who said their 20" tv was good enough! b) big speakers systems. Most seem to think floor standing speakers are the work of the devil and belong in the basement...which is fine if that's where your HT is.

So where are the women?

The only female on teh boards I've noticed is Sonicfox. As far as floorstanding speakers, my wife preferred the M60's over the M22's (and I gave her the choice). Maybe she's not the norm, but I think at the price point she was considering it a piece of furniture.

My wife doesn't participate in any sort of online discussions, but she loves good music and appreciates quality sound as much as I do. She enjoys going to specialty home theater shops for demos and such, and is very picky about what things sound like and isn't afraid to tell the salesperson that they're full of it. I've had to convince her on more than one occasion that we don't need (nor can afford) $5,000/pair speakers.

So I can tell you that there's at least one woman on the planet that doesn't care if they're giant floorstanding monsters.

I have heard from Amie that she loves M80s. Also, one could point out Andrea...

Hi Ken:

I just ordered an Epic 80/500.
Ian tried to convince me I needed 4 subs but I could not get my significant other to agree.

I'm thinking a is coming up real soon now...

My wife would prefer the M60/80 as well I think, only because from a style standpoint she likes the look of towers better then speakers on stands.

Likewise.

So where are the women, huh? Here's one more, why do you ask? I have been layn low for a while checking out this place, so I guess you called me out, lol.

Maybe one day I'll get the nerve to ask some questions about speakers, but since I'm in a dorm, I guess I can't get any towers yet, ha ha. Oh well, see ya.

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So where are the women, huh? Here's one more, why do you ask?

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I was talking to my best friend who happens to be female. I was telling her about upgrading from the M22's to M60's and as I was telling her I could see a yawn slowly appearing lol. That kinda got me thinking and it occured to me that this forum is about 99% male. Curiousity got the better of me so I thought I'd ask the question.

I definitly think speakers on stands are more of an eye sore than floorstanding speakers, hence some women's aversion to HT systems.