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Article #54Re: A psychologist's view of Hi-Fi fetishism
From: Philip Homburg
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:36
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:36
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In article <1173284864.637541.115070@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com>, Karl Winkler <karlwinkler66@yahoo.com> wrote: >In the photo >newsgroups, equipment is discussed endlessly while the .technique >groups see very little activity. Clearly, it's easier to discuss the >merits of equipment rather than to focus on what really makes the >difference: the recording or photography techniques, etc. First of all, most buyers of hi-fi equipment are limited to just reproduction of what somebody else has recorded. Just about the only creative input is which track to play next. However, my guess is that for the technically inclined people it is much easier to talk about features of equipment than to talk about, for example, photography techniques. And even if the participants know the concepts to discuss a piece of music or a photograph, there is such a wide range in tastes, that a discussion may not go anywhere. So in the end, it is quite possible that equipment oriented forums will see the most activity. -- That was it. Done. The faulty Monk was turned out into the desert where it could believe what it liked, including the idea that it had been hard done by. It was allowed to keep its horse, since horses were so cheap to make. -- Douglas Adams in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
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