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Article #63Re: A psychologist's view of Hi-Fi fetishism
From: Arny Krueger
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:22
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:22
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"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.
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