Stereo Sanctuaries

Hello guys, Virginia Heffernan has posted a fascinating article in the NYtimes about men's crave for consumer electronics, usually high fidelity audio video systems.



What exactly do men do in their tricked-out electronic hideaways? You know, when they’re “working.”

Men have always had personal retreats — antiseptic or wood-paneled — filled with concert mementos, career trophies and esoteric collectibles. And women have always been mystified by them. After all, they lack the red-currant candles and yoga paraphernalia associated with true Me Time. The classic male hideout is a musty captain’s quarters, all brass and wood polish, featuring billiards, tobacco, brandy, books and maps. Another perplexingly mundane pastime of the unwired study is solitaire — Bill Clinton’s tray-table indulgence and the chief diversion of John Pierpont Morgan, the robber baron who ignored the rare volumes and priceless prints in his exquisite Manhattan private library in favor of hand after hand of solo card games.

Its an interesting insight at the men's world, that we all know of and love.
Ladies its in our blood, we love gadgets and loud home theater systems. (better be with a rich sub woofer).