I think that's the answer. My 11 year-old daughter *really* wanted a set of Skull Candy earbuds, but I played the "...ear buds are bad for your hearing..." card and convinced her to give the Grado SR125i cans a try, instead.
I sacrificed my work 'phones for her benefit, but she acclimated to the Grados fast and that was the end of any discussion about Beats or Skull Candy. Cute story, but the SR125s are $US 150.00 new, so it's not surprising that she and her friends haven't experienced better sound.
What's awesome, however, is that kids are dying for Beats even though they cost big $$$ (relatively speaking) and no one cares what they sound like
Definitely a big yes. I would suggest making their introduction to high end audio proportional with their age and the contents of their allowance or piggyback. Have them tap their grandparents for the scratch. Hopefully they are as soft a touch as my parents were to my kids.You couldn't blame kids for wanting beats, with all the marketing...and bass...they haven't actually heard accurate sound so beats do sound better to them than their stock buds. Well...its up to parents to show the way then no?
today is the day, ps1000 cheduled for delivery by the end of the day !
today is the day, ps1000 cheduled for delivery by the end of the day !
I think that's the answer. My 11 year-old daughter *really* wanted a set of Skull Candy earbuds, but I played the "...ear buds are bad for your hearing..." card and convinced her to give the Grado SR125i cans a try, instead.
I sacrificed my work 'phones for her benefit, but she acclimated to the Grados fast and that was the end of any discussion about Beats or Skull Candy. Cute story, but the SR125s are $US 150.00 new, so it's not surprising that she and her friends haven't experienced better sound.
What's awesome, however, is that kids are dying for Beats even though they cost big $$$ (relatively speaking) and no one cares what they sound like
You couldn't blame kids for wanting beats, with all the marketing...and bass...they haven't actually heard accurate sound so beats do sound better to them than their stock buds. Well...its up to parents to show the way then no?
today is the day, ps1000 cheduled for delivery by the end of the day !
Joseph, I don't know how down to earth he is, and I'm kinda dubious right now about my parenting skills. All things being relative I just thank the Gods that I've got two wonderful kids whom any parent would be proud of. That being said I've tried to instill in them some critical listening skills. For example I demonstrated that when hp's or speakers are overdriven you lose detail, nuance, and more importantly over time your hearing. Also, I showed my son a picture of John Mayer walking around Manhatten with his RS1's and pictures of some of the women he's hung out with.
Hey, sometimes coercion and gentle manipulation are useful. As for an apology to the Dr. goes my father was a physician, a psychiatrist no less. I owe him a lot of apologies and my gratitude and thanks forever. The eighteen year-old male human animal hasn't changed much since I was that age. They are still stupid for hot looking woman.So you used a celebrity and sexy ladies to sell him the idea of Grados? I believe you owe the Dr. an apology.
