Non-audiophile reactions to high-end headphones - Page 399  

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Originally Posted by VisceriousZERO 

 

Headphones and amplifiers or drugs and prostitutes. IN THE HOUSE,

Drugs and amplifiers? Amplified drugs? Prostitutes with headphones?

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Originally Posted by enderbender 

Drugs and amplifiers? Amplified drugs? Prostitutes with headphones?

"How did you get those £1000 headphones?"

"I got a part-time job."

"Where are you working?"

"I'm a gigolo."

"Son, I am proud."

I convinced a bunch of kids today that my AKGs were better than Beats.

Now they want to come to my house and hear my home rig.

I actually considered this beforehand, but I don't think they'd want to risk being on the other end of my blast knuckles. 

An audiophile has to defend his stuff if he wants to gloat about it 

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Originally Posted by Tus-Chan 

 

I actually considered this beforehand, but I don't think they'd want to risk being on the other end of my blast knuckles. 

Blast knuckles!!! Sweet!!  Headphone protection at it's finest...

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Originally Posted by Tus-Chan 

An audiophile has to defend his stuff if he wants to gloat about it 

This is how you defend your stuff.

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Originally Posted by JamesHuntington 

You need a doberman to go with your gear.

Best I have is a little puppy that greets everyone and anyone with licks

and then another dog that just barks and then is extremely shy

But I do have a 9ft air cannon that shoots golf balls at 140m/s

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Originally Posted by JamesHuntington 

What about when you're not there? I used to have an Akida and a German Shepard, they were awesome protection dogs. Trust me, come to my house and look in a window, then run for your lives. Only downside is mail man never came to the door with my packages and they would try to hump my girlfriends. The last one just died, so I'm in the market for maybe a standard poodle. They don't shed and will mess you up.

If that mailman leaves one of your headphones far from the door when you most want them you'd send the dogs after him anyway.

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Originally Posted by Enkaydian 

question, i have never heard a good set of headphones, im thinking of jumping in and getting the HE-500's with my income tax before i blow it on something stupid, and waiting  couple weeks and getting the Woo audio WA7, as someone who has only owned sp2500 speakers from corsair, is this right to do or should i start lower then the he-500's. say the he-400's and maybe fiio or schiit mm combo? i enjoy jazz, ambient, female vocal, occasional hip hop, acoustic. 

General suggestion... perhaps try something a bit more beginner first if you've never heard a good set.  You might even find that in the end it's not worth the money for your ears.  Some people just don't have the ears for it... and even if you do, it generally takes time for you to train/fine tune how to listen for and appreciate the more profound nuances in higher end gear.

Don't personally have experience with HE-500 but I've heard they are very very solid.  However, from the sounds of it for you I'd recommend the HD 650s since it is significantly easier on your wallet.  The HE-500 runs for $700, and the WA7 runs for $700? (preorder price) $999 (now).  The HD 650 on the other hand can easily be found new (I've seen quotes from $370-500) or gently used for about $400 (ballpark figure depending on condition).  Since you're a beginner to this hobby, I think these would be a great set of cans to start learning since they scale well with upgrades =).  As for amp, I'm using the Fiio E09K/E17 combo ($250 new) and loving it so far (though the temptation to go higher for a bifrost with lyr or asgard is tempting).  I have similar preferences for music and so far I find the HD 650 do just fine for those types (not as much earthshattering bass for hip hop... enough for my tastes, but perhaps not big bassheads)

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Originally Posted by Enkaydian 

question, i have never heard a good set of headphones, im thinking of jumping in and getting the HE-500's with my income tax before i blow it on something stupid, and waiting  couple weeks and getting the Woo audio WA7, as someone who has only owned sp2500 speakers from corsair, is this right to do or should i start lower then the he-500's. say the he-400's and maybe fiio or schiit mm combo? i enjoy jazz, ambient, female vocal, occasional hip hop, acoustic. 

That's not fun....you won't have your head-fi journey!

If your wallet permits...i think you should start off with something smaller and move your way up the ladder.