BaTou069
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Hello Head-Fiers,
Today I read a sentence on audiohile.com that made me think:
Audiophiles don't listen to music, they listen to gear...
Well, it might be true. I owned the Shure SE425 for two years now. Since black friday I bought the Koss Clip On, Monoprice 8XXXsomething, Shure SE215 (just for the fun it, it's supposed to be more bassy, a more "fun" listen..), Alessandro MS1, HiFiMAN HE-400, NAD VISO HP50.... bought an FiiO E18 AMP/DAC.... And I can't say that I didn't enjoy listening to music with my Shure SE425...
I don't consider myself an audiophile, but I certainly do enjoy and value good sound/audio. I often find myself complain about bad sound in different places.
I think I bought more stuff in some kind of expectation to have a better listening experience, something that will knock me down. Something for home, something for outside. One headphone for every situation. I'm always interested to listen to different gear. And I'm still interested in buying other headphones, more expensive ones, but also cheaper ones...
Does this make sense? Am I starting some kind of gear-addiction? I haven't burned my HE-400 in yet, but oh boy do I enjoy them. Same goes to the NAD H50s, different sound, but still enjoy them... What am I expecting from different headphones..another sound signature? I can EQ if thats the problem...
I think that I'm listening to music in the first place, otherwise there would be no interest in buying any gear, right? But still, I feel like I'm on the search for THAT Headphone that will blow we away, the headphone so crystal clear but powerful, so realistic.... And don't tell me to sell all my headphones and to buy Audeze LCD 2
So what do you think? Are audiophiles listening to music, or to gear?
What happens when the gear-horny audiophile found his perfect gear? Will he stop critical listening and will be able just to enjoy the music?
What are your opinions?
Today I read a sentence on audiohile.com that made me think:
Audiophiles don't listen to music, they listen to gear...
Well, it might be true. I owned the Shure SE425 for two years now. Since black friday I bought the Koss Clip On, Monoprice 8XXXsomething, Shure SE215 (just for the fun it, it's supposed to be more bassy, a more "fun" listen..), Alessandro MS1, HiFiMAN HE-400, NAD VISO HP50.... bought an FiiO E18 AMP/DAC.... And I can't say that I didn't enjoy listening to music with my Shure SE425...
I don't consider myself an audiophile, but I certainly do enjoy and value good sound/audio. I often find myself complain about bad sound in different places.
I think I bought more stuff in some kind of expectation to have a better listening experience, something that will knock me down. Something for home, something for outside. One headphone for every situation. I'm always interested to listen to different gear. And I'm still interested in buying other headphones, more expensive ones, but also cheaper ones...
Does this make sense? Am I starting some kind of gear-addiction? I haven't burned my HE-400 in yet, but oh boy do I enjoy them. Same goes to the NAD H50s, different sound, but still enjoy them... What am I expecting from different headphones..another sound signature? I can EQ if thats the problem...
I think that I'm listening to music in the first place, otherwise there would be no interest in buying any gear, right? But still, I feel like I'm on the search for THAT Headphone that will blow we away, the headphone so crystal clear but powerful, so realistic.... And don't tell me to sell all my headphones and to buy Audeze LCD 2
So what do you think? Are audiophiles listening to music, or to gear?
What happens when the gear-horny audiophile found his perfect gear? Will he stop critical listening and will be able just to enjoy the music?
What are your opinions?