Re: [Sursound] In memory of ETD... and a separate topic

[Martin Leese]

Eric Carmichel wrote:
...
> I had the fortunate pleasure of having a lengthy conversation with Mr. Dell.
> This was a number of years ago. Our conversation covered several topics: One
> topic that intrigued Mr. Dell was women in audio (or the lack of women in
> audio). According to Ed, around 99 percent of his subscribers (TAA, Speaker
> Builder, and Glass Audio magazine) were male.

It wasn't just hi-fi; male hobbies tended to pass
in waves.  This could be seen in the hobbyist
magazines popular in the UK.  Prior to hi-fi it
was photography, with magazines such as
Amateur Photographer.  This died away, and
the next wave was hi-fi, with magazines such
as Wireless World.  This passed, and the next
wave was personal computers, with magazines
such as Personal Computer World.

I no longer live in the UK but, from magazines
available in Canada, it appears that distinct
waves have now been replaced with a
mishmash.

I was in the hi-fi wave, and got stuck there.  In
general, women never got sucked into any of
these hobbies.  I have no evidence, but
suspect the reason is that they do not suffer
from testosterone.

Regards,
Martin
-- 
Martin J Leese
E-mail: martin.leese  stanfordalumni.org
Web: http://members.tripod.com/martin_leese/
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Re: [Sursound] In memory of ETD... and a separate topic

[David Pickett]

At 12:53 14-04-13, Martin Leese wrote:
>It wasn't just hi-fi; male hobbies tended to pass
>in waves.  This could be seen in the hobbyist
>magazines popular in the UK.  Prior to hi-fi it
>was photography, with magazines such as
>Amateur Photographer.  This died away, and
>the next wave was hi-fi, with magazines such
>as Wireless World.  This passed, and the next
>wave was personal computers, with magazines
>such as Personal Computer World.

When I lived in England, I used to read Practical Wireless and other 
magazines and, also later in the USA discovered after a while that 
many MAGAZINES are cyclical (with a sawtooth waveform).  They develop 
so far in their level of sophistication and then drop back and begin 
the climb again.  I have in several cases found this very 
frustrating.  Ultimately, it is boring to find that your favourite 
magazine is again writing at a level that you understood when you 
first started to read it.


This happens also with internet lsit serve groups! :-)

David

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