Do female audiophiles exist

(1) as written, a politically incorrect original post just waiting to flame up.
(2) one of the largest audio dealers in Toronto is a member of the fairer sex.

I’ve sold teo GC cables to about 4 women, probably members of this forum, or at least readers who are audiogon members. The cable reveals much not before heard, but it does it with no false added exaggeration in the disputed frequency ranges--which wire will falsify and distort.. Which is why some guys find it dark, when it is not, no, not at all.

Angie (american sound) has trained many of the people who opened up their own shops, over the years..in the Toronto area. She says she trained her own competition. She’s not wrong.

Regarding women and hearing. the place they use in their hearing range to interpret the cries of children and newborns, is the range the human ear is most sensitive to, and it (the spacial and detail sensitivity) peaks at about 3-4khz.

Women do not like equipment, cables, or speakers that emphasize or distort this region of frequencies and transients.

Men use this range of frequencies to hunt through the jungle and be able to spatially locate things in 3d space, in order to protect or to hunt. Men find this to be exciting and is the detail range of frequencies, which many men look for in audio. I find this sound characteristic to be fatiguing and hard.

Men get excited (in general terms) by it and women (in the same scenario and room) run from the room clasping their ears (in general terms).

Yeah, but Canadian women are smarter , better educated and more astute than American ones .

Excellent post teo. After 25 years of experience with my (American) wife (boy, can she hear!) and audio, I find what you say about women’s sensitivity to upper mids and highs in the vocal range very true. Many a time she has saved me from getting stuck with aggressive-sounding gear/cables that, at first, sounded detailed/lively/exciting/etc to me but ultimately fatiquing later on (thankfully before the return period expiration).

I say the more women in audio the better. 😁

Dave

How about the fact that both Stereophile and Absolute Sound now have excellent female reviewers?  In addition to the dealer mentioned above in Toronto, there's also Stereotypes Audio (GREAT NAME) in Portland, OR.  Yes, we are out here.  I know several women audiophiles, including my sister and best friend (both Harbeth fans).  I've been deep into this for about five years--I've put in dedicated lines and acoustic treatment, and have KEF, Harbeth, Silverline, Trenner & Friedl, Mr. Speakers, Vinnie Rossi, Brinkmann, Exposure, Rega, & Line Magnetic gear currently in use in one set up or another.  Getting started now with vinyl and tubes.  Yes, there are a lot of us!  I've gotten a lot of help from this forum over the past several years.  Thanks for that -Margot