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Jan 15, 2013 at 11:48 PM Post #5,881 of 6,356
YKYAA when your friends come up to you at school with their crap skull candies and $20 IEMs and ask you "Are these good?" hahahaha 
EDIT: who ever recommended Angel by massive attack for testing bass/ sub bass... Thank you! I just downloaded their discography in FLAC and it is pretty damn good, kind of reminds me of RJD2 with how much emotion goes into everything although I think I would enjoy it more with out most of the vocals... The cool factor in Angel's music video is too damn high.
 
Jan 16, 2013 at 12:41 AM Post #5,883 of 6,356
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You know you are an audiophile when you completely abandon your cheap pair of earphone for an expensive pair of headphone.
You know you are an audiophile when you spend days cleaning up your digital music collection, thrashing away all the 64/128kbps songs with rubbish SQ you used to listen to and replace them with 320kbps/FLAC format.
 
You know you are an audiophile (and doomed) when you have the constant craving of upgrading your pair of ATH-M50s despite just owning it for a month XD.

 
You nearly described my situation perfectly.
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While I haven't deleted my 128-192 kbps MP3s yet, I always double check when I buy new songs now to ensure I'm getting the highest possible quality for it.
 
I haven't looked back since I made my first serious upgrade to the ATH-M50s over the holiday sales, but now I'm pretty sure I've caught upgraditis. Right now I can only dream about all of these Sennheisers, V-MODAs, the Sony MDR-1R, and other fancy headphones that all cost way more than my M50s. But since I'm still stuck on my PC's onboard audio, maybe I should get an amp/DAC first...
 
Jan 16, 2013 at 1:21 AM Post #5,884 of 6,356
I'm really keen to try on a pair of Sennheiser HD 650/800, and Beyerdynamic Tesla T1 just to know how good they are!
 
I got my 1st portable amp: PA2V2 which received raved reviews on Head-fi but I don't think it does much in enhancing the SQ when paired with my M50s (I listen to music from my laptop HP Pavilion g4). Besides, M50s has low impedance, thus to power it with an amp seems a little unnecessary. Maybe you should consider a DAC instead of an amp. Just my inexperienced two cents =)
 
Jan 16, 2013 at 1:23 AM Post #5,885 of 6,356
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You nearly described my situation perfectly.
eek.gif

While I haven't deleted my 128-192 kbps MP3s yet, I always double check when I buy new songs now to ensure I'm getting the highest possible quality for it.
 
I haven't looked back since I made my first serious upgrade to the ATH-M50s over the holiday sales, but now I'm pretty sure I've caught upgraditis. Right now I can only dream about all of these Sennheisers, V-MODAs, the Sony MDR-1R, and other fancy headphones that all cost way more than my M50s. But since I'm still stuck on my PC's onboard audio, maybe I should get an amp/DAC first...

 
 
I am really keen to try on a pair of Sennheiser HD 650/800, and Beyerdynamic Tesla T1 just to know how good they are!
 
I got my 1st portable amp: PA2V2 which received raved reviews on Head-fi but I don't think it does much in enhancing the SQ when paired with my M50s (I listen to music from my laptop HP Pavilion g4). Besides, M50s has low impedance, thus to power it with an amp seems a little unnecessary. Maybe you should consider a DAC instead of an amp. Just my inexperienced two cents =)
 
Jan 16, 2013 at 1:29 AM Post #5,886 of 6,356
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May the gods have mercy on your wallet, we all have that urge sadly.... It's a disease.

Just got myself a full portable rig costing me well over $700.
 
I now want the HE-500 because i feel my dt990 and k702 are not enough.
 
SAVE ME
 
Jan 16, 2013 at 2:53 AM Post #5,887 of 6,356
Just got myself a full portable rig costing me well over $700.

I now want the HE-500 because i feel my dt990 and k702 are not enough.

SAVE ME


I just spent $1k on a pair of Heir 8.A, another $500+ on HD 650s plus amp and a Modi. And I still want to try and get another tube amp to complement my solid state amp.

IM GONE, CAN'T SAVE YOU!
 
Jan 16, 2013 at 4:26 AM Post #5,888 of 6,356
Funny. I hadn't bought anything headphone-related for two years up until about a month ago, and I ended up returning that and spending the money on an assortment of other stuff that, if anything, went toward music listening rather than system building. So maybe I have a natural immunity to Head-Fi-itis. 
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I'd still like to find a long-term set of IEMs, though, so technically the search continues. Just at a glacially slow pace, apparently, and without any impulse buying along the way.
 
You know you're an audiophile when you look at everything above and say, "There's no way you can be telling the truth about that. I'm calling BS!"
 
Jan 16, 2013 at 9:06 AM Post #5,889 of 6,356
who ever recommended Angel by massive attack for testing bass/ sub bass... Thank you! I just downloaded their discography in FLAC and it is pretty damn good, kind of reminds me of RJD2 with how much emotion goes into everything although I think I would enjoy it more with out most of the vocals... The cool factor in Angel's music video is too damn high.

 
"Angel" by Massive Attack has extremely low bass effects, which is great for testing "how low can they go"? in frequency response, and if the headphones can deliver the bass lines undistorted.


 
Hahaha, you're welcome! I'm glad that you like them so miuch! 
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Jan 16, 2013 at 11:00 AM Post #5,890 of 6,356
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You know you are an audiophile when you completely abandon your cheap pair of earphone for an exensive pair of headphone.
You know you are an audiophile when you spend days cleaning up your digital music collection, thrashing away all the 64/128kbps songs with rubbish SQ you used to listen to and replace them with 320kbps/FLAC format.
 
You know you are an audiophile (and doomed) when you have the constant craving of upgrading your pair of ATH-M50s despite just owning it for a month XD.

I am in the exact same position for everything you just said.
 
Jan 16, 2013 at 1:05 PM Post #5,891 of 6,356
had a HD202 (rm169) for just a year.... already bought a HD558....
had a HD558 (rm800) for less than a year.... already wants a HD650 (rm1850)....
had  MS1i (rm420) for less than half a year..... already wants a MS2i (rm1200).....
has a Hippo box amp (rm300) for half a hear.... already wants a Govibe vest amp/dac (rm1400).....
oh headfi save me, i surrender my wallet to you.
 
Jan 16, 2013 at 1:41 PM Post #5,892 of 6,356
When your deployed on a Aircraft Carrier heading to the Gulf and your main items you packed in your seabag is your DT1350's, iPod and HP-P1.
 
Jan 16, 2013 at 1:41 PM Post #5,893 of 6,356
When your deployed on a Aircraft Carrier heading to the Gulf and your main items you packed in your seabag is your DT1350's, iPod and HP-P1.
 
Jan 16, 2013 at 2:07 PM Post #5,894 of 6,356
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had a HD202 (rm169) for just a year.... already bought a HD558....
had a HD558 (rm800) for less than a year.... already wants a HD650 (rm1850)....
had  MS1i (rm420) for less than half a year..... already wants a MS2i (rm1200).....
has a Hippo box amp (rm300) for half a hear.... already wants a Govibe vest amp/dac (rm1400).....
oh headfi save me, i surrender my wallet to you.

A700X, A900X, CAL, KNS8400, DJ100, SE215, SE425, XBA-3, MH1c, D5000, Xonar DX, D2X, V-Can II, Asqard and UD-H01. Inside one year. It's an addiction.
 
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