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post #31 of 34
1/25/12 at 4:21am

I was exposed to the audiophilia bug while still in HS, back in the mid-70s. The father of a friend of mine was seriously into high-end audio. His system at the time consisted of Mark Levinson preamp and crossover, with huge tri-amped DIY speakers powered by Bryston amps and a Technics direct-drive TT. He was always cool about us listening to our music on the system. So, I got the bug early on, and have spent a lot of money over the years on audio gear.

 

My first good headphones (mid 80s) were Audio Technica ATH-7, which were some amazing phones. I have several sets of phones, IEMs, etc., but I find I miss good speakers. I fear another bout of audiophilia is due to strike this year, probably resulting in speakers and an amp.

 

Curse you, Mr. P!

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post #32 of 34
1/25/12 at 5:22pm
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Originally Posted by youngngray View Post



Think... Yar har! Eye patches, peg legs, ships, and cannon.

 

I got into it just because I started listening to music and I realized that my speakers weren't going to cut it because I didn't want to have to just use speakers if someone was trying to sleep, vacuum, etc...

So I decided I wanted headphones, took to the interblags, and here I am.

Yerarg, thanks matey cool.gif
 

 

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post #33 of 34
1/27/12 at 12:49am

I wanted something better than my ear buds, picked up a set of hd428's for $20 which screwed saved me.  From there I moved on to hfi-580's and pro 900's.

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post #34 of 34
1/27/12 at 4:12am

Back in 2001 Sennheiser must have had some old stock of the HD495 and wanted to get rid of them so they had a weekly give-a-way.  I started to play this and won the lottery one week.  They came and this was my entry level drug into this world...I proceeded to get a couple of low end Grados and an AirHead from Headroom along with the HD495.  Had that for about four years then started moving into heavier stuff.

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