Audiophiles... Why Men? Any woman here?

All my friends enjoy music.
They all have 'well under $500 total' setups.
I am the only female I know personally who goes for the better electronics.
The stuff is just all "toys" once you get past a few hundred dollars in electronics.
For one friend I have found at thrift shops:
Marantz 2270... $35
old JBL speakers... $20
NAD CD... $6
Dual TT... $8
This setup is great for her needs.
Also..
Most musicians do not go for "audiophile" gear. They can listen to the music right through the crappyist system and hear the tunes just fine.
Audiophiles are just anal-retentive types. Audiophillia is just thier chosen perfectionist sport.
(Personally I got in young by accident... then dropped it all for a long time... then about 20 years ago decided to go for it some more. I have only a modest system, and usually change stuff only when it needs replacing.)

All those cables and cords scare me, and those tubes might be hot! :-)

Thank goodness they don't embrace our hobby, how many divorces would their be to get custody of our systems !!!

Elizabeth has a good point,

I find it amusing that some of the most discriminating musicians have the worst system. Whats even funnier is they use a lot of the technical jargon we do, like Tmbre, pace, rhythem, etc. Those are musical terms but when a audiophile says "this speaker has good pace" and a musician says "this work has good pace" I guess we mean two differnt things.