“The Quest for Absolute Sound: What are the Philosophical Stakes for Audiophiles?” [CU Denver]
September 29th, 3:30pm: David Hildebrand, PhD ---“The Quest for Absolute Sound: What are the Philosophical Stakes for Audiophiles?”
Zoom recording and Discussion.
This is a revised video for my philosophy department colleagues; it revises an earlier video made for the Society for the Philosophy of Technology conference, June 2021.
The video discusses various ways that philosophical issues can underlay three popular debates in audio: Objective measurement vs. subjective listening, Gear vs. Rooms/Environments, and Realism vs. Constructivism as an ideal for audio reproduction.
There is an extended question and answer period.