You know you're an audiophile when... - Page 299  

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Originally Posted by PanamaHat 

When you want to play Halo 4 just cus you want to listen to the epic score during gameplay and soundwhore in multiplayer

Uh, Halo 4 has the worst music of the whole series....

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Originally Posted by takato14 

When you've always preferred circcumaural, but then a supraaural headphone comes along and absolutely trounces your best circcumaural and think to yourself "Has my entire life been a lie?!"

Man you must have a crazy budget, every 3rd post i see from you you have a new pair of cans 

Heh... I don't really, I only get ~$40 a week since I'm in school, and my parents are still kindly letting me live at home. I just save up my money and get a new headphone every 2-3 weeks. I'm in my "collector" phase I suppose.

I mostly search around for vintage cans and buy them cheap. My only "real" purchase was my SE-700 and, now, my DT1350s.

The rest were just shots in the dark, like most vintage cans are. Got a couple great ones, one notably being the Koss Reference One, and a bunch of **** ones. I like modding the **** ones in an attempt to achieve greater sound. Doesn't always work but it's worth it to play around with damping. I even made an earspeaker headphone out of one of them (yknow, like the K1000). 

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Originally Posted by takato14 

When you've always preferred circcumaural, but then a supraaural headphone comes along and absolutely trounces your best circcumaural and think to yourself "Has my entire life been a lie?!"

Sounds like something that could happen to me any day now, only listened to crappy <=$20 supraaural headphones most of my life, any decent purchase were circumaural ones

When you know more about headphones than the staff at one of London's biggest hifi store. A guy was looking at a set of Grado GR8's and the staff were telling him that they had 3 drivers in ear bud. Put them right straight away, then gave the buyer an in depth lecture on IEMs to help him find the perfect set.

This was the same shop that asked if I wanted to test a set of HD800's using my phone.... 

You know you're an audiophile when your audio purchases in a month have drained your income from a quarter year.

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Originally Posted by GL1TCH3D 

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Originally Posted by takato14 

When you've always preferred circcumaural, but then a supraaural headphone comes along and absolutely trounces your best circcumaural and think to yourself "Has my entire life been a lie?!"

Sounds like something that could happen to me any day now, only listened to crappy <=$20 supraaural headphones most of my life, any decent purchase were circumaural ones

Mmmm... I ordered the ESW11LTD from japan which is supposed to be a very high end supra aural. Mainly intended for portable use but we'll see xD

How high end? If it doesn't live up to your expectations I'd say return it and get a DT1350 :P

When you are still a kid but your parents get YOUR audio hand me downs

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Originally Posted by Nixon 

When you know more about headphones than the staff at one of London's biggest hifi store. A guy was looking at a set of Grado GR8's and the staff were telling him that they had 3 drivers in ear bud. Put them right straight away, then gave the buyer an in depth lecture on IEMs to help him find the perfect set.

 

This was the same shop that asked if I wanted to test a set of HD800's using my phone.... 

Not Richer Sounds by any chance?

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Originally Posted by Nixon 
This was the same shop that asked if I wanted to test a set of HD800's using my phone.... 

What the...

Richer don't sell HD800s

My brother today used the Shure 1840's with his iPhone at this audio store I went to.. But the employee recommended it. Can they be driven out of a iPhone? Also, he said they were just a bit better than he Sennheiser HD449's. 

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This was the same shop that asked if I wanted to test a set of HD800's using my phone.... 

I would have tried them, smartphone or not....lol