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Article #44Re: A psychologist's view of Hi-Fi fetishism
From: Walter Bushell
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:52
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:52
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In article <B5SdnTdIa-VnjXLYnZ2dnUVZ_trinZ2d@comcast.com>, "Arny Krueger" <arnyk@hotpop.com> wrote: > "Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xp7rt.net> wrote in message > news:558h2nF2377dbU1@mid.individual.net > > "David Grant" wrote ... > > >> Interesting article. I work at an A/V consulting firm > >> and we have a relatively hard-core audiophile on staff. > >> He recently brought in a Monster power-conditioner and > >> demoed it for some of the staff in the office, stating > >> afterwards that we should begin specifying it on all our > >> projects. While such equipment can help in specific > >> situations he obviously didn't understand the theory > >> behind its operation. Fortunately he's a great salesman > >> (his position is sales) and he doesn't do any design > >> work. > > > Salesmen seem to be more easily duped by other salesmen. > > You'd think they would be more clued-in to the deceptive > > practices, but maybe they are in denial. :-) > > IME, salemen as a rule just don't know any better. Only a few of them have a > strong background in tech. I'm not sure this is *always* a bad thing, as one > can know too much to be an effective salesman. Might blurt out the _truth_.
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