Non-audiophile reactions to high-end headphones Part II - Page 35

Over a year ago, my economics teacher said that he was able to find a pair of FAKE custom IEMS, a year has passed, and he has not found a pair thats FAKE yet :D

I let one of my friends try my A2000X sourced from the Fostex HP-A3 DAC/Amp to some orchestral and instrumental music, he described it as 'transparent' and was wowed at the quality of the strings. I have recommended him the Ultrasone HFI-780 as he is heavily into trance. 

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Originally Posted by inouekun 

On first attempt, my friend could not hear a different between HD650 and AD900X sounding and I was like WTF?? 

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Originally Posted by streetdragon 

They probably expected the lyrics to change.

And probably how hard the bass hits (closed headphone) would be the winner.

LOL 

Don't you guys feel like ******** laughing at them behind their backs? To be fair, they don't really have experience with quality audio. I feel for them because I was once one of them too.

Okay this isn't about headphones but it involves non audiophiles.
Well, I was once budget speaker shopping to replace my cheapass tinny congested weak and harsh portable speakers. So when i wanted to test some sets with my own source, i asked him to to turn down the bass knob. He turned it up. I told him again to lower it. He maxed it out. "nevermind-" I interrupted him, and turned it down to neutral.
The second day, i went to another shop to test more speakers. So before i started i asked where the bass knob is situated. (because i know it would be turned up) so the shopkeeper pointed it out to me but at the same time turned it up even higher. It was annoying because everything became a boomy muddy mess so i immediately turned it down. At the end of the day all the demo speakers had their bass settings at neutral. Talk about community service.

I once bought a set of used speakers from a guy, and to demo them he cranked the bass AND the treble knob all the way up (plus the "loudness" switch). When I tried to take them back to normal, he looked at me like I was crazy.

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Originally Posted by penmarker 

Don't you guys feel like ******** laughing at them behind their backs? To be fair, they don't really have experience with quality audio. I feel for them because I was once one of them too.

This thread is partially about venting our frustrations at the non-audiophile world. That part is the one that leads to ridicule of non-audiophiles on occasion, and yes, it's narcissistic and presumptive of us. However, the other major part of this thread is taking those same people and helping them hear quality, and sharing our stories of their change from apathetic to audiophile.

Well crazy people think people are crazy

Headphones have been my hobby for a long time and way back when I started down this rabbit hole my friends were very dismissive.  Some of them love to bring up my "crazy" audio hobby from time to time and they all have a good laugh at my expense.

I purchased an Eximus DP1 to go with my TH900's recently.  One of my friends decided to take me up on my offer (one of many) to come and try my "silly headphones".   After playing him a few songs he took them off and just sat there.  He was quiet for about 5 minutes, just sitting there and shaking his head.  He finally looked at me and said "I had no idea that music could sound that good".

He now has list of music that he wants to listen to on my system.