[Quaddy]

whats 'real life'? i am having a matrix realization moment here...

 

[AJSgolf33]

Just one, I was pleased to find out that one of my co-workers was into headphones when we started talking about sound cards one day. Every once and a while I bring the hobby up to an aquantance but they usually look at me odd. Like: why in the world are you spending more than $30 on headphones. the conversation usually ends when they tell me about how they listened to some Bose at Best Buy and how great they sounded.

 

[Ishcabible]

All my friends think I'm weird for paying $22 for my Beyers. I didn't even tell them they were backup headphones.
Edit: I almost convinced one of my friends to buy some DT440s and a Fiio E5, but he got sidetracked.

 

[jon743]

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[jonathanjong]

What are these...friends, of which you speak?

 

[Lamenthe]

I feel your pain. I'm the only audiophile among my set of friends and they all think I'm crazy to spend this much money just to listen to music lol.

 

[Mrvile]

Yeah I have one friend in this hobby who has done a lot of DIY work but hasn't actually owned too much else.

 

[LostOne.TR]

Only one into the headphone one. There's a few into music/speakers.

 

[Currawong]

I'm lucky that in the obscure city I live in, I met another head-fi'er around the corner from me! I sometimes drag all my gear around to his place and we try things out.

Other than that, I have a friend who moved back to Canada from Australia (so I'll probably never meet him in person again) who I chat to on Skype about hi-fi gear.

Chatting via MSN or the like to other head-fi'ers can be good too.

 

[Raez]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drag0n /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have 1 1/2 friends that are audiophiles of some type. One has a really nice home system and senn 650s, and the other thinks hes an audiophile, but isnt...lol, but i appreciate the effort.

Is the 1/2 of a person a woman? I'm sorry I couldn't resist the family guy reference.

Sadly, I have no fellow audiophile friends.

 

[leveller1642]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jigglybootch /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have no friends in this hobby. Of course, I really don't have any friends in general, so there you go.

Ditto. I guess i am too weird. I find it much harder as you get older. People tend to be suspicious of older single males who lack the reassuring marks of conformity, especially in the area where i live- it is world famous for its bigotry.

At the last head Fi meeting I was publicly described as "some weirdo". That hurt.

 

[fatcat28037]

None, zip, nada...........I don't even know anyone who buys CDs. It can get very lonely.

 

[gilency]

Nobody outside heaf-fi. How sad! Glad you guys and girls understand

 

[Seamless Sounds]

Nope

 

[dallan]

Want a friend, get a dog.