Re: A psychologist's view of Hi-Fi fetishism

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From: Karl Winkler
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:22

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On Mar 8, 9:08 am, "Dave Plowman (News)" <d...@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <1173369680.866857.202...@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com>,
>    Karl Winkler <karlwinkle...@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.
>
Well, there are technical things then there are technical things. I'm
not sure how useful it is to endlessly argue about one capacitor
dielectric vs. another one, although of course there are times for
such discussions. I just think that the OP's point is interesting, and
there is ample evidence pointing to what he is saying.

-Karl

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Subject: Re: A psychologist's view of Hi-Fi fetishism
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