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post #1 of 22
3/5/10 at 5:30pm
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Do most of u have such moments in daily life...when u r tryin to enjoy a song...and someone is trying to talk to u...then u make that annoyed face when u have to remove to earphone/headphone to hear them out.

be it your best friend, your girlfriend, your parents or just some random stranger ...but when that momentum in the song is broken by outside world it creates a disharmony in your world of high fidelity.
this is the face i make:






was watching american psycho...and in this scene i saw the exact same expression...and thot most of the people here must be having such issues as well.


how about u guys?...how do u deal with it?...or do u let other people feel ignored or take u as a rude person?
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post #2 of 22
3/5/10 at 5:33pm
Yup, when I went to Austria a month ago, my mother managed to interrupt Agaetis Byrjun (album) three times, the momentum and flow is lost and I tend to get extremely annoyed.
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post #3 of 22
3/5/10 at 7:19pm
Indeed!
It can be quite annoying when I am really into a tune and some random stranger approach me asking something. Happens sometimes on ex. the subway or train station...
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post #4 of 22
3/5/10 at 7:30pm
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Originally Posted by krmathis View Post
Indeed!
It can be quite annoying when I am really into a tune and some random stranger approach me asking something. Happens sometimes on ex. the subway or train station...
I feel you on that, happens to me on the orange line quite a bit, and usually the drunks at 9 am
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post #5 of 22
3/5/10 at 8:08pm
Sometimes I like to relax and listen to music in my room and then suddenly I hear a loud truck or something go by or some people run through the hallway yelling.

It's very annoying. I could probably solve this problem if I went for a nice set of closed cans, but I'm reluctant to sell my HD580s just for that.
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post #6 of 22
3/5/10 at 8:17pm
No not really. I let everyone know I'm going to be listening to music so they don't bother me. If I'm alone with friend in the same room, I won't listen to music because it seems a bit rude to me. I don't listen to headphones much on public transport [damn phone lol] but it would be annoying if it happens every day.

Then again, I don't consider myself an audiophile.
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post #7 of 22
3/5/10 at 8:41pm
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Originally Posted by MomijiTMO View Post
No not really. I let everyone know I'm going to be listening to music so they don't bother me. If I'm alone with friend in the same room, I won't listen to music because it seems a bit rude to me. I don't listen to headphones much on public transport [damn phone lol] but it would be annoying if it happens every day.

Then again, I don't consider myself an audiophile.
^^ Same here. I find it rude as well. And when I do have my earphones on I know where the pause button is.
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post #8 of 22
3/6/10 at 12:26pm
Usually when listening I just stand or sit somewhere, looking around a bit not minding anything that happens around me. With some people you just can't listen to music so don't listen to music.

I only respond when listening to music when someone looks me in the eyes to ask me something or when I'm curious enough. Thankfully I usually don't play my favourite tracks/albums in crowded places.

MomijjiTMO and Industrial, I agree yet I prefer my music present when needed.
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post #9 of 22
3/6/10 at 2:52pm
When I'm out shopping or whatever I will wear my IEMs and I find it extremely annoying to be bothered. I have to pull out the IEM to speak and putting them back in is a PITA. I'd like a PTH like the one Shure has but am afraid of how it would effect the sound.
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post #10 of 22
3/6/10 at 3:03pm
I had one of those missionary guys come right up to my face while I was clearly listening to music on the bus and begin talking to me... I looked at him puzzled for a minute and then I took out my earphones and the guy didn't even skip a beat! This wasn't the first time that's happened too.
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post #11 of 22
3/6/10 at 3:49pm
Sadly, I do have such experiences. I always try to put it in perspective and snap out of it though. As much as I do love music, there are far more important things in life, and certainly my wife would be one of those, as well as parents, family and good friends. In my book, if you put your personal enjoyment of music over your close personal relationships to your family and friends, well, that is just very sad indeed. I hear where you're coming from though - breaking the groove certainly can be annoying. I do try to choose my listening times carefully for this reason. Now missionary's on the other hand....
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post #12 of 22
3/6/10 at 4:48pm
i don't listen to music in public.
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post #13 of 22
3/6/10 at 5:57pm
on an unrelated note, just seeing that picture, my girlfriends dad looks like Christian Bale, like..dead ringer. I think me informing him he looks like batman won a few brownie points
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post #14 of 22
3/7/10 at 2:21am
I was interupted on the street today but the end result was quite amusing as the fellow had mistaken me for his uncle.
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post #15 of 22
3/7/10 at 2:26am
Was that man TimmyGCSE, and do you look like Christian Bale?
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