been to many shows haven't really seen bothbabes. Seen sale's reps that are pretty but they are about as knowledgeble as the male reps so don't think they're there for the looks. But then again I hear bothbabe and think of E3.
I'm not sure that categorizing female audiophiles a "rare breed" is a good thing. Another way to put it would be to say that there may be aspects of the audiophile hobby that turn a lot of women off. The boothbabe dynamic may bring in a lot of north-middle-aged Diana Krall listeners and nouveau riche asians, but it's not doing any favors to the popular image of the audiophile. Neither does the Freudian obsession with thick cables and big shiny things
A lot of us just silently let everyone think we're dudes by default because we don't think it matters until it becomes too much of a hassle to clarify so we stew for a few days and someone posts a thread like this and we yell THANK ****.I am not male. I'm vaginabled.
I am not male. I'm vaginabled.
The few females I've known and talked to in the hobby have all had one thing in common: they receive PMs from creepy guys trying to hit on them. The average audiophile is probably considered a little weird by social standards, but these guys were a skip away from the institution based on some of the short exchanges I've glimpsed.