[Exit Pupil]

not meant to be a philisophical question and i'm not on an acid trip. but the thought did come to me.
 

 

[Uncle Erik]

Do you mean in the same sense that Plato identified the "ideal" chair?

 

[Paste]

A headphone is something on your head that produces sounds meant for your ears. 

 

[TheAudioDude]

It's a telephone that's strapped to your head, so you can make hands-free calls and always be available... DUH.

 

[fatcat28037]

 

[Exit Pupil]

ah, yes and no in a way.
 
what would the church call them if you had a driven pair back in the dark ages? ....before you were burnt at the stake for heresy bit?

 

[SoSpecial]

Quote:

A headphone is something on your head that produces sounds meant for your ears. 

You say nothing about enjoyment, I'm assuming wife's are in this category as well. . .

 

[kingtz]

The church would have burnt you at the stake for any number of things, so a pair of headphones would have been the least of my concerns.
 
Maybe the better question is why they're called headphones and not headspeakers?

 

[winma]

No, no, no...this is a headphone:
 

 
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