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How to increase your enjoyment of headphones

post #1 of 16
11/11/05 at 4:11am
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Take them off for a day or two.

Headphones give us all the ability to enjoy music privately. This means we headfiers tend to use them for much longer periods of time, and at louder levels, than we would with speakers.

Give your ears a break for a few days. Let them recover a little, enjoy the silence for a while. Just as going hungry enjoys your appreciation of good food, I guarantee that when you put your phones back on, your appreciation of the music will increase greatly.
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post #2 of 16
11/11/05 at 4:16am
Agreed.

I sometimes don't get to use my phones cos I'm always running around but when I get some downtime and put on my Grados... Mmm-mm-mm-mmmmmmm!

J-j-j-juicy!
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post #3 of 16
11/11/05 at 4:22am
Words of wisdom indeed.

For those who are getting bored with a particular can/ amp/ source, it's a good idea to go without using that unit for a few weeks and then try and see if the first love resurfaces.
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post #4 of 16
11/11/05 at 9:08am
Yes. excellent advice. I have been doing this. I just need to get away from music for a day or two. Then it starts to play in my head. Time to go back.
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post #5 of 16
11/11/05 at 10:14am
jagorev sure hit the nail on the head with this one, i stop listening to the HD600 for about a week due to my work but when i decided to do something weird by pluggin them into my mini....

Boom! Weird as it is....i kinda enjoy it
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post #6 of 16
11/11/05 at 1:47pm
Definitely agree with this, particularly with IEM's.
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post #7 of 16
11/11/05 at 2:59pm
Good advice. Unfortunately for me, some of that silence is now gone...
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post #8 of 16
11/11/05 at 3:09pm
Withdrawal is too hard for me!
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post #9 of 16
11/11/05 at 3:12pm

How to increase your headphone enjoyment

Put on stock earbuds for 5 mins and then put on your pair.
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post #10 of 16
11/11/05 at 3:15pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by nabwong
Put on stock earbuds for 5 mins and then put on your pair.

Or Plantronics headsets, which are even worse.(at least mine)
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post #11 of 16
11/11/05 at 3:22pm
Yes that's it!
Don't listen to your headphones or do a downgrade for a few days. When you listen to your hi-end headphones after that you'll enjoy them much more. Did it with my ms-1's (listened to mdr-v150 for a couple of days, what a hell ).
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post #12 of 16
11/11/05 at 3:28pm
Another thing you should try is to use your headphones at different places outside for example. When it's warm and nice outside, just get a chair, sit down in your garden, connect them to a portable and enjoy.
I once did this and it gave me very nice restults, they even seemed to sound better than connected to my actual home rig
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post #13 of 16
11/11/05 at 4:11pm
Another advice is to turn off all lights, or use dim lights, since seeing things detract from our listening experience. It's very effective, but simply closing your eyes won't work since that will just cause you to become sleepy.
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post #14 of 16
11/11/05 at 5:10pm
COGNAC
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post #15 of 16
11/11/05 at 5:30pm
I keep coming back to this thread. Someone else touched on this. One of the things I notice when "music fatigue" sets in is that I stop appreciating my rig. I start to find little things wrong I never noticed before. Time to watch television.
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