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'''hello''', '''hello''', or ''hello'''<ref>{{cite journal|last=Reynolds|first=Sallie|date=Spring 1988|title=Dames in Toyland, Part 1: The City of the Plain|journal=The Absolute Sound|volume=13|issue=52|page=64|quote=hello}}</ref> ('''WAF''') is an assessment of design elements that either increase or diminish the likelihood a wife will approve the purchase of expensive ] products such as ] loudspeakers, ] systems and ]s. Stylish, compact forms and appealing colors are commonly considered to have a high WAF.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-8900_7-5076897-1.html?tag=rb_content;rb_mtx | title = Taking the sting out of the whip | first = David | last = Carnoy | date = September 16, 2003 | publisher = CNet.com}}</ref> The term is a ] play on electronics ] such as "]" and "]" and derives from the idea that men are predisposed to appreciate ]ry and performance criteria whereas women must be wooed by visual and aesthetic factors.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Du Pre|first=Vanessa Vyvyanne|date=1994|title=Women Against the High-End: Audiophilia is a Dead End|journal=The Absolute Sound|volume=18|issue=93|page=30}}</ref> '''Wife acceptance factor''', '''wife approval factor''', or '''wife appeal factor'''<ref>{{cite journal|last=Reynolds|first=Sallie|date=Spring 1988|title=Dames in Toyland, Part 1: The City of the Plain|journal=The Absolute Sound|volume=13|issue=52|page=64|quote=Wife Appeal Factor}}</ref> ('''WAF''') is an assessment of design elements that either increase or diminish the likelihood a wife will approve the purchase of expensive ] products such as ] loudspeakers, ] systems and ]s. Stylish, compact forms and appealing colors are commonly considered to have a high WAF.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-8900_7-5076897-1.html?tag=rb_content;rb_mtx | title = Taking the sting out of the whip | first = David | last = Carnoy | date = September 16, 2003 | publisher = CNet.com}}</ref> The term is a ] play on electronics ] such as "]" and "]" and derives from the idea that men are predisposed to appreciate ]ry and performance criteria whereas women must be wooed by visual and aesthetic factors.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Du Pre|first=Vanessa Vyvyanne|date=1994|title=Women Against the High-End: Audiophilia is a Dead End|journal=The Absolute Sound|volume=18|issue=93|page=30}}</ref>


==History== ==History==
James Greenhill first used the term "Wife Acceptance Factor" in September 1983, writing for '']'' magazine, but Greenhill credited fellow reviewer and music professor Lewis Lipnick with the coining of the term.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Stereophile |volume=6 |number=4 |date=September 1983 |first=Larry |last=Greenhill |url=http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/416/index8.html |title=Quad ESL-63 loudspeaker, part 3 |accessdate=August 10, 2009 |quote=Thanks again to Glenn Hart, who did not coin this term—it was Lewis Lipnick—but from whom I heard it for the first time!}}</ref> Lipnick himself traces the origin to the 1950s when hi-fi loudspeakers were so large that they overwhelmed most living rooms. Lipnick's wife, actress Lynn-Jane Foreman, arrived at a different term: '''marriage interference factor (MIF)'''. Foreman suggested that audiophile husbands should balance their large and ugly electronic acquisitions with gifts to the wife made on the basis of similar expense, with opera tickets, jewelry and vacations abroad among the suggestions.{{CN|date=March 2013}} While the modern-day WAF moves inversely to MIF, either can be used to achieve the same outcome. Larry Greenhill first used the term "Wife Acceptance Factor" in September 1983, writing for '']'' magazine, but Greenhill credited fellow reviewer and music professor Lewis Lipnick with the coining of the term.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Stereophile |volume=6 |number=4 |date=September 1983 |first=Larry |last=Greenhill |url=http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/416/index8.html |title=Quad ESL-63 loudspeaker, part 3 |accessdate=August 10, 2009 |quote=Thanks again to Glenn Hart, who did not coin this term—it was Lewis Lipnick—but from whom I heard it for the first time!}}</ref> Lipnick himself traces the origin to the 1950s when hi-fi loudspeakers were so large that they overwhelmed most living rooms. Lipnick's wife, actress Lynn-Jane Foreman, arrived at a different term: '''marriage interference factor (MIF)'''. Foreman suggested that audiophile husbands should balance their large and ugly electronic acquisitions with gifts to the wife made on the basis of similar expense, with opera tickets, jewelry and vacations abroad among the suggestions.{{CN|date=March 2013}} While the modern-day WAF moves inversely to MIF, either can be used to achieve the same outcome.


==References== ==References==

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Wife acceptance factor, wife approval factor, or wife appeal factor (WAF) is an assessment of design elements that either increase or diminish the likelihood a wife will approve the purchase of expensive consumer electronics products such as high-fidelity loudspeakers, home theater systems and personal computers. Stylish, compact forms and appealing colors are commonly considered to have a high WAF. The term is a tongue-in-cheek play on electronics jargon such as "form factor" and "power factor" and derives from the idea that men are predisposed to appreciate gadgetry and performance criteria whereas women must be wooed by visual and aesthetic factors.

History

Larry Greenhill first used the term "Wife Acceptance Factor" in September 1983, writing for Stereophile magazine, but Greenhill credited fellow reviewer and music professor Lewis Lipnick with the coining of the term. Lipnick himself traces the origin to the 1950s when hi-fi loudspeakers were so large that they overwhelmed most living rooms. Lipnick's wife, actress Lynn-Jane Foreman, arrived at a different term: marriage interference factor (MIF). Foreman suggested that audiophile husbands should balance their large and ugly electronic acquisitions with gifts to the wife made on the basis of similar expense, with opera tickets, jewelry and vacations abroad among the suggestions. While the modern-day WAF moves inversely to MIF, either can be used to achieve the same outcome.

References

  1. Reynolds, Sallie (Spring 1988). "Dames in Toyland, Part 1: The City of the Plain". The Absolute Sound. 13 (52): 64. Wife Appeal Factor
  2. Carnoy, David (September 16, 2003). "Taking the sting out of the whip". CNet.com.
  3. Du Pre, Vanessa Vyvyanne (1994). "Women Against the High-End: Audiophilia is a Dead End". The Absolute Sound. 18 (93): 30.
  4. Greenhill, Larry (September 1983). "Quad ESL-63 loudspeaker, part 3". Stereophile. 6 (4). Retrieved August 10, 2009. Thanks again to Glenn Hart, who did not coin this term—it was Lewis Lipnick—but from whom I heard it for the first time!
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