Ladies analogy lover?

Armstrod, tq for yr advise. Will work on it. Is glad that my wife is understand. I got started into audio gears abt 15mths ago. Gone overly excited abt it so much so that I subscribed to 5 audio/home theatre magazines and 1 online magazine. Not once she complain despite me spending so much money and time on it. I suppose men are more extreme in their interest. Ladies are probably more practical. Anyway m really glad to discover audiogon.com. Learn so much and saw so much exciting gears in members sytem.Happy listening

Let's face it, this hobby has a lot in common with 60's and 70's muscle cars. High performance, powerful, fast, and slick looking machines.

Absolutely. The fastest car. The most powerful amp. The biggest fish.

"My big brother's gonna beat you up!"
"Oh yeah? Well, my monoblocked big brothers could kick your big brother's ass!"
"Oh yeah? Well, my power cord smokes yours."
"Smoke this, idiot, because power cords don't make any difference, especially yours!"

Men and their genitalia. Did you think this was about something else? Read the threads. We may as well be droppin' trou for a locker-room dangle-off.

"I'll show you my system if you show me yours."
"I would, but for me, it's all about the music."
"Uh-huh...bass clarinet fan, right?"

Opalchip hits the nail on the head. Whereas the music is supposed to be the end, and the gear is the means, some people reverse the two.

A music lover loves music, an audiophile & a stereophile are the same thing.
An audiophile/stereophile is a person who has $0.87 worth of software & $100,000 in audio equpiment. And two or three audiophile approved CD's/Lp's. I think many in this hobby start to loose focus of what the hobby is about. That is to bring a live performance into your home & to enjoy music.
I know a few (audiophiles) people who buy nothing but audiophile recordings & constantly evaluating there systems.
If you will not listen to music that sounds bad you might be an audiophile.

The way this thread has gone - it seems to me that more focus on the Music and less on the equipment would entice more women to become Analog(y) Lovers, which leads me to an idea - I've started a thread over in the Music section entitled:

"Music Your Wife Will Really Listen To (with you) ?"

Maybe we'll find a common denominator to seduce our Significant Others into more of the audiophile experience.