Audiophile demographics?

True, the whisk would apply more to  how men view hammers. Certain ones for certain applications. Using stereotypes diamonds and rubies make women feel more feminine and huge speakers and glowing tubes men more masculine. If only stereo equipment appreciated like jewelry. 

I think true (maybe more serious or committed) audiophiles only care about how their systems sound - the ones who care more about how it looks are looking to show it off (possibly) - ergo all the attached pictures showing their impressive equipment on this and other websites.

Also, I disagree with the appreciation comment of jewelry being better than stereo equipment. They can both be antiques and the appreciation is highly dependent on the individual object. Some jewelry is almost worthless immediately after purchase.

@sokogear Interesting comment about only sound mattering to serious audiophiles. Would you say the same thing about food -- doesn't matter how it looks, only how it tastes? It seems that analogy should carry over. If it doesn't, I'm curious what you think the difference is.

You can blame me for asking the question again, but if the responses are any indication, the demographics haven't changed and female stereotyping is still an issue. Sad, but not surprising as the world gets more polarized every day.

What a steaming pile of malarkey! First YOU divide audiophiles by sex. Then YOU complain about stereotyping??? YOU divide- then you say the world is more polarized! That's rich!  

(Psychologists have a term for this behavior: projection. I prefer steaming pile of bull....)

Why do you care what sex audiophiles are? Since when did that become your responsibility? What are you going to do anyway, run around comparing demographics making sure the 50.8% or whatever it is females in the population are precisely 50.8% of audiophiles? Then what? When you have perfected that, you think you will stop there? No way, Jose! Then you will fret why are there more white ones, we need more brown ones! Why are you all healthy? We need more disabled! Why are there so few unemployed audiophiles??? (No dumber than your female fixation by the way.) On and on down the line dividing people by your always arbitrary made up ideas of how the world should be.  

Can't you see where this is going? The only place it can go? Some Big Brother telling everyone you must be this, you must be that. Give it up. Please.  

Or at least realize the problem isn't audiophiles ITS YOU, and quit giving us normal people who just want to live and let live such sanctimonious little sermons. Trust me when I say, you are not all that. 

hilde45 - I don't think your food analogy holds much weight, unless the taster is blind. How appetizing a food looks can make you think it will taste better, which actually makes it so.

I am by no means a foodie, but I like what I like and am picky, and I can tell you that a thrown together plate of food is not as appetizing as a neat one or a carefully constructed one at a restaurant. I would be the cooking judges at contests take presentation into account. When people judge stereos they are supposed to close their eyes.