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In Reply to: RE: Interesting Factoid posted by Joe Roberts on September 3, 2012 at 17:24:23:
Here's a completely different angle on all these discussions. Let me try it out, and see how this goes down.
I can absolutely appreciate the idea of an amplifier not only as a mechanical device, but also as an object of beauty and elegance. I can entirely go along with the idea that there is something more aesthetically pleasing about having a beautifully constructed amplifier with great attention given to building it as an "objet d'art" and not merely a utilitarian and functional piece of electrical equipment. And I can entirely go along with the idea that if the amplifier is a thing of beauty in its own right, then I will derive more listening pleasure from using it than from an amplifier of equivalent performance that is breadboarded on an old piece of plywood. In that sense, I can imagine saying that the sounds it produces are more musical than those from the scrappy old construction on a plywood base. In a sense, it would be true, because there is a lot of subjectivity involved in the appreciation of a musical performance (I have never argued with this), and so if I am in a more mellow and appreciative mood because of the enjoyment of the artistic beauty of the devices in my living room, then it will enhance the all-round experience.
It's a bit like saying that wine is more enjoyable when drunk from beautiful antique cut-glass wineglasses than from cheap factory-produced wineglasses of almost identical shape bought from Walmart.
In this sort of sense, I can imagine that if the use of silver wire in the construction of the amplifier enhances its beauty in the eye of the listener, then it could enhance their listening pleasure and thus the music could, quite legitimately in a way, be said to be more satisfying, more musical, or whatever.
Is it possible that this is the kind of difference that is actually being talked about? In other words, it shouldn't be sold as being a literal clinical difference in the electrical performance of the amplifier, but as a less tangible, but nonetheless real, difference in the overall aesthetic enjoyment of the product.
Is it possible that this in part at least is the kind of thing that the anti-objectivists are saying? I would have no problem with that.
Chris
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Follow Ups
- RE: Interesting Factoid - cpotl 09/3/1217:50:34 09/3/12 (4)
- RE: Interesting Factoid - Joe Roberts 18:27:56 09/3/12 (3)
- Addendum - Joe Roberts 18:50:47 09/3/12 (2)
- RE: Addendum - cpotl 19:34:31 09/3/12 (1)
- RE: Addendum - Stephen R 05:33:11 09/4/12 (0)
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