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Is there a recognised condition...
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 4:37 pm
by savvypaul
...afflicting 'audiophiles' who cannot resist foo?
You couldn't rationally explain why someone would pay £130 for an item that costs pennies elsewhere. Then throw in that the £130 item is illegal. Is there a (pseudo) medical condition to describe it...
HiFi Hyperactivity?
Audiophile Nervosa?
...?
Re: Is there a recognised condition...
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 5:09 pm
by terrybooth
Obsessive Collecting Disorder.
Re: Is there a recognised condition...
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 5:51 pm
by Fretless
Terminal Apparatus Syndrome
Re: Is there a recognised condition...
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 5:55 pm
by Dr Bunsen Honeydew
Feckin' Bonkers.
Re: Is there a recognised condition...
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 8:08 pm
by CN211276
A Fool and his money.
Re: Is there a recognised condition...
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 8:52 pm
by terrybooth
Hypertrophy of the Expectation
Re: Is there a recognised condition...
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:39 am
by savvypaul
Nu Nu Foo Foo Cuckoo
Re: Is there a recognised condition...
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:50 am
by Dr Bunsen Honeydew
Re: Is there a recognised condition...
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 12:03 pm
by joe
savvypaul wrote: ↑Wed Apr 11, 2018 4:37 pm
...afflicting 'audiophiles' who cannot resist foo?
You couldn't rationally explain why someone would pay £130 for an item that costs pennies elsewhere. Then throw in that the £130 item is illegal. Is there a (pseudo) medical condition to describe it...
HiFi Hyperactivity?
Audiophile Nervosa?
...?
'More money than sense'.
Re: Is there a recognised condition...
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 12:22 pm
by Lindsayt
The root of this is the conviction that your source, amplification and speakers are all as good as they can be.
Something that with every example I've seen has been far from the case.
However, if someone thinks that their components are all World Class, then from their point of view it's natural for some of them to start looking at things like £100 fuses in order to try to improve their systems even further.