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I need some gift ideas to wow my audiophile boyfriend! HELP!

post #1 of 35
1/9/12 at 1:15pm
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I bought my boyfriend Sennheiser hd598s and as it turns out, the day after I bought them he bought some for himself. So now I need another good gift idea! Obviously he already has those, I know he has some klipsch IEMs, a Denon AVR 2807, a turntable, B&W speakers... If there was something I could get him that would really wow him, what would it be?? I'm stuck!
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post #2 of 35
1/9/12 at 1:35pm

a headphone amp maybe?

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post #3 of 35
1/9/12 at 2:38pm
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Originally Posted by mark2410 View Post

a headphone amp maybe?


 

he has a receiver he doesn't need one

 

http://www.digizoid.com/zo/ <--- this thing is great for anyone with headphones, i love mine to death

 

http://www.amazon.com/Grado-Mini-Adaptor-Cable-Inch/dp/B001DK1ZVO/ <- this is a lot better than the stock converter, the stock one dosen't have the cable so it applies pressure.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-Headphone-Holder/dp/B003T1CWU8/ <-- holds headphones

 

seriously, the ZO is so awesome 

 

 

 

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post #4 of 35
1/9/12 at 3:46pm

A woo headphone stand, they look really nice. 

http://www.wooaudio.com/products/wahps.html

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post #5 of 35
1/9/12 at 5:33pm

You neglected to state one of the most important factors.... What is your budget? wink.gif

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post #6 of 35
1/9/12 at 5:44pm
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Haha, yeah that is important.  Whoops.  I would say max is $150.

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post #7 of 35
1/10/12 at 10:22am
The DAPs, IEMs or iTune giftcard.....biggrin.gif
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post #8 of 35
1/10/12 at 11:04am

And what does he do with his system without music. Though maybe a consert ticket would be even better than record.

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post #9 of 35
1/10/12 at 6:28pm

Vinyls?

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post #10 of 35
1/10/12 at 6:32pm
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Vinyls?



They're called records, dude.

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post #11 of 35
1/10/12 at 6:36pm
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They're called records, dude.



Welcome to the internet. I'll use whatever abbreviation I please rolleyes.gif

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post #12 of 35
1/10/12 at 6:55pm

 

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Welcome to the internet. I'll use whatever abbreviation I please rolleyes.gif



These are vinyls. Calling a record/LP a vinyl makes you sound retarded, I'm just looking out for you, bro.

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post #13 of 35
1/10/12 at 7:15pm
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These are vinyls. Calling a record/LP a vinyl makes you sound retarded, I'm just looking out for you, bro.



My bad then. Sorry for snapping on you. I'm just a little tired, and it doesn't help that I'm new to this.

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post #14 of 35
1/10/12 at 11:17pm
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These are vinyls. Calling a record/LP a vinyl makes you sound retarded, I'm just looking out for you, bro.



I believe it's you that sounds retarded as you clearly have no idea what you are talking about. PVC (PolyVINYL Chloride) was commonly and is still used to create VINYL records even today.

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post #15 of 35
1/10/12 at 11:20pm

If you know what he meant, then being picky about the word he used just makes you sound like a jerk. Nobody is going to think he was suggesting buying a vinyl chessboard for an audiophile. If he'd said 'disks', no one would have though he meant a frisbee, either.

 

EDIT: Ah-hah, someone got to it right before me. The top paragraph is addressed to logwed, just to be clear.

 

Anyway, back to the original question: For $150 you're not likely to come up with anything that will actually wow him, as such - he already has equipment of that cost level or above. Your best bet is probably to get something considerate and/or special, such as a pretty headphone stand or high quality recordings of music you have reason to believe he would enjoy. You didn't mention what the turntable is, so it is possible that you could get a better one for the money, but not likely. I can't vouch for the Digizoid thingy, having never used one - although it is intriguing.

 

If you do get a headphone stand, remember to make sure you get one in a configuration which fits with the place he stores his headphones - a wall-mounted stand isn't any good if it needs to go on a table, and a table stand isn't any good if it's supposed to hang on a wall beside a desk. If it sounds like obvious advice, I'm just mentioning it because the first time I got a headphone stand I hadn't considered the logistics, and didn't realize that I had no practical room for a table stand tongue.gif


Edited by Exediron - 1/10/12 at 11:21pm
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