Wmcmanus
President treasurer secretary and sole member of the Cayman Islands Head-Fi Club.
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I know this may sound silly, but I can honestly say that I like them all. I've yet to actually buy a pair of headphones that I haven't liked enough to keep. Of course, if I don't like something when I audition it, I don't buy it to begin with! Since I go to a lot of Head-Fi meets, I don't often have to buy something before hearing it. The HD800 is an exception, but I feel as though I've already "heard" it just based on everything I've read. I'm confident that they will be keepers.
I've taken chances before with the Stax 4070, PS-1, L3000, and so on, and I guess I've always been lucky. I've never intended to be a collector (as such), but it has just worked out that way. I manage to find time to listen to all of the headphones I own, be they the HE90 or the KSC-75. Each has a 'place' and manages to find 'moments' when it seems to be the pair to grab.
The only ones I've ever sold were the Ety ER-4S and Edition 7. The ER-4S were sold to a Head-Fi friend who could put them to better use than I could (for his wife actually) once I had my UE 10-Pro. The Edition 7 were sold probably because I didn't give them enough break in time, and I didn't think that I'd have another chance to sell them at a favorable price again. In both cases, the minute I sold them, I missed them and (to some extent) wished that I hadn't.
That's not to say that I think all of the headphones I own represent equally good values, relative to what I paid for them. Some were outright bargains either because I bought them at the right time (R10, HP-2, K-1000, Qualia 010 and HE90 come to mind) and they have since gone up in value, or they just represent a great bang for the buck in terms of my particular tastes (AD2000, HF-1, HD650).
Others have been a bit disappointing in terms of the value proposition, again based upon my tastes (W5000, PS-1, Edition 9, D5000) but I still like them for what they are in absolute terms and enjoy them every time I listen to them.
I honestly don't think that too many headphones are terribly mispriced in the marketplace, generally speaking. You more or less get what you pay for. If the particular flavor of whatever headphones you buy isn't quite 'right' for you, then just sell them an move on.
For the most part, the 'losses' people incur are not huge unless they constantly buy new and sell used and offer everything that they sell in the used market at substantially discounted prices. A wise buyer who sticks to the used market can actually "buy to try" and pretty much break even most of the time. That's one of the things that I think is pretty cool about Head-Fi.
I've taken chances before with the Stax 4070, PS-1, L3000, and so on, and I guess I've always been lucky. I've never intended to be a collector (as such), but it has just worked out that way. I manage to find time to listen to all of the headphones I own, be they the HE90 or the KSC-75. Each has a 'place' and manages to find 'moments' when it seems to be the pair to grab.
The only ones I've ever sold were the Ety ER-4S and Edition 7. The ER-4S were sold to a Head-Fi friend who could put them to better use than I could (for his wife actually) once I had my UE 10-Pro. The Edition 7 were sold probably because I didn't give them enough break in time, and I didn't think that I'd have another chance to sell them at a favorable price again. In both cases, the minute I sold them, I missed them and (to some extent) wished that I hadn't.
That's not to say that I think all of the headphones I own represent equally good values, relative to what I paid for them. Some were outright bargains either because I bought them at the right time (R10, HP-2, K-1000, Qualia 010 and HE90 come to mind) and they have since gone up in value, or they just represent a great bang for the buck in terms of my particular tastes (AD2000, HF-1, HD650).
Others have been a bit disappointing in terms of the value proposition, again based upon my tastes (W5000, PS-1, Edition 9, D5000) but I still like them for what they are in absolute terms and enjoy them every time I listen to them.
I honestly don't think that too many headphones are terribly mispriced in the marketplace, generally speaking. You more or less get what you pay for. If the particular flavor of whatever headphones you buy isn't quite 'right' for you, then just sell them an move on.
For the most part, the 'losses' people incur are not huge unless they constantly buy new and sell used and offer everything that they sell in the used market at substantially discounted prices. A wise buyer who sticks to the used market can actually "buy to try" and pretty much break even most of the time. That's one of the things that I think is pretty cool about Head-Fi.
