Post by Dan Popp August 26, 2004 (11 of 13)
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LC said:
Ever read any popular evolutionary psychology or neuroscience? Try some Simon Baron-Cohen and Steven Pinker:
LC,
No, I am not educated enough to know that men and women aren't supposed to be different.
8-)
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Post by jodeler August 21, 2005 (12 of 13)
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Lionanimal said:
Thank you for your two replies LC. I know what you mean about hi-end audio being a male dominated hobby. The overwhelming majority of women that I date think I'm foolish with my money to indulge any audio. They would rather stick with FM (free music) on a boom-box. The only way the women that I know would lurk here would be if they were awarded the equipment and discs by a judge in a divorce settlement. Well it is sort of off-topic, but it would be interesting to see how other people "sell" the concept of what can be a pricey hobby to their marriage partners.
Sound science is kewl, but I enjoy the atmosphere as much, and my budget will invariably go to other sensory-value items: the visuals, touch and feel of well built furniture, artwork, a venue for that music, such as a nicely appointed living room or restaurant.
The mechanisms for sound production: how about a set of hearing aids or sound abatement featurs built into fencing, highways, restaurant layout, or the air conditioning in offices and conference rooms.
Sensitive to sound, but/and HOH.
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Post by Beagle August 21, 2005 (13 of 13)
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Dan Popp said:
...I am not educated enough to know that men and women aren't supposed to be different.
Good line, Dan! I'm still giggling.
AND I am still negotiating with my Significant Other over 'another big-price widget which produces a minuscule improvement in sound' (cf my post on Shanling CD-T100* under Universal Players thread). Her cello is still worth more than my stereo, but she tells me I'm nuts. I tend to see her point
I am not a fan of Steven Pinker and his school; however this discussion does bring to mind a vignette in Jane Gooodall's 'In the Shadow of Man': Mike, a socially-mobile male chimp, discovers a pair of empty kerosene tins (left-channel, right-channel?) and uses them to make a very noisy and successful entry into the chimp group's evening activities. Mike comes to mind whenever I encounter a 'boom-car' or other loud adolescent male display activity.
Yes, it's different from the Shanling with the volume cranked up, but then again, it IS a 'guy thing'.
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*Interestingly, the CD-T100 includes HDCD compatability AND redbook upsampling. I don't ever expect to own an HDCD, but I do have 800-odd CDs.
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