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Article #74Re: A psychologist's view of Hi-Fi fetishism
From: Dave Plowman (News)
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:08
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:08
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In article <1173369680.866857.202090@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com>,
Karl Winkler <karlwinkler66@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Same goes for many of the musician forums. People talk about
> instruments, amplifiers, effects, types of wood, types of strings,
> types of rosin, types of varnish, etc. And then the discussions about
> how to PLAY the instruments are anemic by comparison. Again, there are
> those who do discuss the techniques, but not nearly in the same
> numbers.
> My point was that all these things are related and perhaps in the Hi
> Fi circles, we see the most fanatical. But this type of general
> behavior is widespread and seems to cover just about any area where
> art and technology meet.
On an audio or Hi-Fi group surely the discussion should be about things
technical, although plenty seem to look down their noses and say it should
be about music - despite there being countless groups specifically for
that.
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