"Andy Evans" 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.