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

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From: Harry Lavo
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:22
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"Andy Evans" <performanceandmedia@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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>A few things here - I hope it's clear that this implies "one
> psychologists view" and not "the view of psychology". Second, HiFi
> devotees and music lovers are not a binary. Third, fetishism is only
> one of several hooks to hang this particular hat on, others being
> creativity and obsessional behaviour. The statements are so
> generalised I'd like to know more about the author's background in
> psychology. He doesn't seem to be following the thread as far as I can
> see - maybe he's just lobbed a grenade over the wall. I suspect this
> may also be a post from somebody with a different identity.


I hope you noted that the article is from the early '80's....so far as I can 
tell this was just a troll.  Moreover, RAP has very little to do with 
audiophile obsession. 
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