Audiophile debates seen through the lens of philosophy

[hilde45]

Recently, I made a video about audio and philosophy. This was originally presented last month, at the 2021 Society for Philosophy of Technology conference. The video was then featured on Paul McGowan’s blog -- huge readership. Today Hans Beekhuyzen has done a video linking to mine and then replying. His channel has nearly 70k subscribers.
Here’s my video:

Here’s McGowan’s post: https://www.psaudio.com/pauls-posts/audio-philosophy/
Here’s Beekhuyzen’s video reply:

Possibly of interest.

 

[Grayson Dere]

I appreciate your efforts, David. Your thoughts on audiophile philosophy give a lot of interesting things to ponder about : )

 

[hilde45]

Thank you, Grayson. The smart people on these forums have done so much to educate me. I'm very grateful.

 

[MarkEngleman]

Thought provoking... Thanks for sharing this. I think that when we discuss 'gear lust,' there is some degree of self-reflexivity; it seems like most gear-lovers know they are in this state. The gear acts in some part like an extension of the body itself, similar to more common technologies like the telephone, computer, etc, offering new power at some cost. It poses a question for me whether the individual is being acted upon to their overall detriment, like if they are 'gear-addicted,' and need intervention. Let's face it we've all been there.

 

[hilde45]

Hi Mark, I love your comment, "The gear acts in some part like an extension of the body itself." In addition to the telephone, one might add the gun or car -- in the sense that it aggrandizes the power and, thus, the (ostensible) authority and value of the owner. An ego-ploy, no doubt, and there are at least a few Aesop's fables dedicated to pointing it out.

 

[MarkEngleman]

Thanks, Marshall McLuhan thought of it first, but it is still just as true none-the-less

 

[hilde45]

McLuhan got it from Heidegger. https://tinyurl.com/ydk8bvql

 

[Todd Anderson]

Recently, I made a video about audio and philosophy. This was originally presented last month, at the 2021 Society for Philosophy of Technology conference. The video was then featured on Paul McGowan’s blog -- huge readership. Today Hans Beekhuyzen has done a video linking to mine and then replying. His channel has nearly 70k subscribers.
Here’s my video:

Here’s McGowan’s post: https://www.psaudio.com/pauls-posts/audio-philosophy/
Here’s Beekhuyzen’s video reply:

Possibly of interest.

Thanks for posting these... started watching, going to finish them off tomorrow.