Not sure a woman's perspective is any different TBH..... and if it is, I've been told so often how un-typical I am that maybe I'm not best placed

But thx and I shall have a mooch around the place.

I notice you are in Aus - all my Dad's side of my family live in NSW, mostly South Penrith, Blacktown and near the blue mountains. Been there a few times and enjoyed it a lot.

The one advantage you may have over the likes of me at least , is your hearing.
I don't mean to generalise but a lot of us man types spend a lot of time in noisy places earning our wage.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm....biker rock chick ?
Forget that then , your lugs are probably worse than mine !!!!!


Now there is enough of us we could have a Yorkshire ' bake off '...........with beer ?

Yep - I used to be a biker rock chick - loved motorbikes, but my love of speed and the vulnerability of being on a bike when so many car drivers are blind/stupid/both ....... I got out on the grounds of self preservation. But still miss it.
And yes, lots of rock gigs.......

Bake off sounds good, but my kit is not portable. The amp weighs 50kgs!!! Not long ago I could have said that my amp weighed more than me!! lol.

OK Sam , so it's all round to yours !
Oh , happy birthday belatedly

How d'you like the gyro with the orbe platter compared to the standard which I have ?

Hi Samantha! Sorry for the late welcome but I've been a bit of a slacker online of late. Anyway, enjoy the forum, we're a friendly bunch!

Hi JS - sorry for my tardy reply.

I realise that there are less women into this hobby and yes, tis a puzzle. But I think it is for different reasons to the 'being ignored' one.

I think society norms put the woman into the role of home-maker. The man may be the bread-winner, but she is deemed to be the one who keeps it all working. Has to be the sensible one. Has to 'grow up'.
So she tends to not put priority on toys.
Men however like toys and it is valid to argue "work hard, deserve a treat".

Now the world is different and many women find themselves in the role of bread winner as well as home maker. Many choose a single lifestyle or a partnership but no kids. Many shun 'society norms'. I certainly do.

I work hard, I like toys. I see no need to 'grow up' and don't see any need to conform to what society expects. We only have one shot at life, so do what you want and enjoy it (consenting adults & harming no-one of course).

I understand the problem the lady in the hifi store had though. I used to run a car club and also got involved in the motoring press a little and sourced vehicles for some TV shows ..... I always used the shortened version of my name as I knew that some people would be put off if they realised I was a woman. The car club was funny - I would receive emails and answer questions when people had problems or wanted to know stuff regarding their cars - and the advice was usually gratefully received, but if the query came via phone call - sometimes you would hear the dubious tone of the voice and I would know I was wasting my breath and the caller would go ask 'a man' even if that man knew half what I did.

Prejudice is a silly thing, and it is always the biggot that comes out looking stupid.

Oh, your final point ...... I actually have more male friends than female - but of my female friends, one uses my old kit (Linn amp, Meridian CDP, Epos speakers) and loves it - loves my current system and when she comes over, we always make some time for music. Another is less interested in hifi, but she is a music fan and plays in 2 bands. Others - no interest or understanding.

Girl after my own heart ..... enjoying toys!

I think the Home Cinema observation is very valid.

Perhaps as it is sort of an extension of watching TV, that is how it gets through as 'families' watch TV together and go to the movies.
It would be rare that adults and kids would all want to sit and enjoy music together - irrespective of a sweet spot or not.

There is a lot of stunning hifi equipment though so I don't think it is aesthetics. I think it is the 'one person indulgence' that is what counts against it. Although for me, it is often a social joint pleasure where my friend and I will take turns choosing next the next piece of music to play.

For any business I believe it's vital to have a woman on board, I'd never work with another bloke, it would just end up being too blokey, a woman adds a whole new perspective, one thing about business is presentation and I think woman have some really good input in these areas, they just have skills us men sadly lack, I would have thought having a woman on your sales team would have boosted sales, I have zero problem dealing with women in sales, in fact I prefer to deal with women then salesmen.

It women who are the boss thats the problem