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post #1 of 25
1/14/10 at 2:25pm
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. . . you actually forget that you own a particular pair of headphones, that you actually do like.

A couple weeks ago our field engineers set up some temporary servers in the empty cubes next to me because they need to document an install procedure for a scenario they'll have to install for a customer soon. They also need them running so they can access them remotely for a reference when they're on-site.

The constant whine is too much, so I decided to bring an isolating headphone instead of the A/250's I've been bringing to work for the last six months or so.

So for the last two weeks I've been muttering to myself about how my DT770-80 really isn't what I'm into anymore. How they're bassier than i prefer these days, and the midrange isn't what I've come to love from some other headphones.

And wishing i had some other comfortable closed headphone with non-sweaty pads to bring to work until these servers get out of here.

I just now recalled that I own a pair of DT250-80.
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post #2 of 25
1/14/10 at 2:26pm
......you have to build bigger stands to fit them all.
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post #3 of 25
1/14/10 at 2:28pm
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Originally Posted by Prog Rock Man View Post
......you have to build bigger stands to fit them all.
Oh I'd already been pondering designs for attractive full-wall displays.
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post #4 of 25
1/14/10 at 2:34pm
Ericj, from your signature "Server rebuilt - better, stronger, faster. Still busier than a one-legged man at a butt-kicking contest, though." That reminds me of the time I was chased (seriously I had to run to get away) by a one legged beggar when I declined to give him any money!
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post #5 of 25
1/14/10 at 4:31pm
This is a clear sign that it's time to give away some headphones to some deserving folks on head-fi.

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post #6 of 25
1/14/10 at 4:54pm
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This is a clear sign that it's time to give away some headphones to some deserving folks on head-fi.
Heh, maybe some of the pairs i don't like so much . . .

Perhaps a raffle - make a donation to the rockbox project to enter maybe.
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post #7 of 25
1/14/10 at 6:22pm
When Larry@Headphile has trouble making a custom one to fit all of them.
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post #8 of 25
1/14/10 at 7:34pm
When someone requests you bring a headphone to a meet and you can't figure out where you put it, or you realize it hasn't moved since the meet last year.

I don't have a section of wall big enough to display all my headphones, and if I tried, my wife would kill me.
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post #9 of 25
1/14/10 at 7:41pm
When you decide to order 2 more coat racks to help hold your headphones, because the 4 coat racks (and miscellaneous other headphone stands) that you already have are overstuffed, so adding 1 more coat rack just won't do it this time around.
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post #10 of 25
1/14/10 at 8:03pm
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When someone requests you bring a headphone to a meet and you can't figure out where you put it, or you realize it hasn't moved since the meet last year.

I don't have a section of wall big enough to display all my headphones, and if I tried, my wife would kill me.
I've got headphones, and one amp, that haven't been listened to since that denver meet i attended 18 months or so back.

As for the wife issue, uh, I'm single and own my own house
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post #11 of 25
1/15/10 at 2:26am
When your wife can't cook dinner because using too many kitchen appliances while your headphone rig is switched on causes the main fuse to blow.

When all your spare storage space is full of product boxes and not personal items.

When you can't work out which headphones are plugged into your rig and have to pick each one up and listen to find out.

When you start contacting manufacturers asking for customisations or unique amps just so you have an excuse to use a pair of headphones that has been sitting in a box a while.

When you receive gear with enough frequency that the couriers automatically try the other of your nearby work or home address automatically if you are absent.

When you have more headphones than shoes or jackets.

When you have more headphones than your wife has handbags.

Ok, maybe I jest a tad, but more or less all of these have happened to myself or people I know.
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post #12 of 25
1/15/10 at 2:57am
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When you can't work out which headphones are plugged into your rig and have to pick each one up and listen to find out.
I frequently can't figure out why I'm not getting sound until I realize another pair of headphones is plugged in.

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Ok, maybe I jest a tad, but more or less all of these have happened to myself or people I know.
Unfortunately, too many apply to me.
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post #13 of 25
1/15/10 at 3:01am
When u post in this thread.
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post #14 of 25
1/15/10 at 6:39am
When some of your pairs have not seen any use in months...
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post #15 of 25
1/15/10 at 7:12am
when you go looking for a certain pair only to find out they are on your head
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