I ask Americans, because maybe they can read something into I can't, as it was written by an American. This is what I got from the article:Not sure how it relates to 'Americans'. Do journalists avoid doing color-pieces on odd people outside of the Americas? Do people with extreme obsessions not exist outside of America?
IL PIU' GRANDE SUBWOOFER DEL MONDO - by Roberto Delle Curti - Italy But you are absolutely right, these personality types will find something to throw their life at. These guys just happened to fall for HiFi gear.
Successful man is obsessed with hi-fi, spends $1 million, puts children to work, falls out with one son and doesn't speak to him.
I'm not sure what the message is here? That spending this amount of money will turn you into a person who behaves like this, that spending this much on hi-fi is what turns your mind (nobody would care if it was cars or motorbikes, no article there!) and this is a cautionary tale for families/wives to look out for; is it saying something about men getting too obsessed with their hobbies generally...
I have seen plenty of articles on unusual people and hobbies, the articles either celebrate or comment on how odd the person is, occasionally a pretty neutral approach, but there does seem to be some insinuation that 'the hi-fi' made him this way (the way they suggest he is in the article).
Watching the video he seems a pretty nice guy. I don't know anything about him or his family, but if you throw as much attention into one thing, then it is likely you will neglect other things, but is the article more about hi-fi being something dangerous, than just a general warning about obsessive behaviour....? Like I said, I can't fully make it out.