[ph0rk]

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Originally Posted by DrBenway /img/forum/go_quote.gif The people who sneer at full size cans are the same drooling twits who choose a restaurant because some celebrity was seen there. These are the same folks who choose a car because it has lots of cup holders and snappy chrome trim. They don't care about sound. They are not worth a moment's consideration. A couple years ago, I was sitting in a bar, listening to my RH1. A vacant-eyed yuppie (is there any other kind?) wobbled up to me and asked, "What are you listening to on your iPod?' "It's not an iPod," I replied. "It's a minidisc player." "You know what I mean!" she snarled. "Of course I do," I replied. "But you don't have the slightest idea of what I mean." This so confused her that she started to say something, stopped in mid-syllable, and wobbled back to the other end of the bar.

Elitism generally isn't very productive.

 

[DrBenway]

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Originally Posted by ph0rk /img/forum/go_quote.gif Elitism generally isn't very productive.

I'm not an elitist. If bad sounding equipment makes people happy, I say more power to them.

But I respond when someone speaks condescendingly to me because my equipment isn't herd-approved. Simple as that.

 

[LeftyGorilla]

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Originally Posted by DrBenway /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm not an elitist. If bad sounding equipment makes people happy, I say more power to them. But I respond when someone speaks condescendingly to me because my equipment isn't herd-approved. Simple as that.

But what you don't seem to get is that she didn't actually care at all about your equipment. She wanted to know something about you.

If the only people who will talk to you in bars are wobbly vacant yuppies, that's another issue entirely...

 

[FlavioWolff]

I don't care about what people think at all, I don't use cans on the streets just because of the risks of being stolen...

 

[FlavioWolff]

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Originally Posted by DrBenway /img/forum/go_quote.gif The people who sneer at full size cans are the same drooling twits who choose a restaurant because some celebrity was seen there. These are the same folks who choose a car because it has lots of cup holders and snappy chrome trim. They don't care about sound. They are not worth a moment's consideration. A couple years ago, I was sitting in a bar, listening to my RH1. A vacant-eyed yuppie (is there any other kind?) wobbled up to me and asked, "What are you listening to on your iPod?' "It's not an iPod," I replied. "It's a minidisc player." "You know what I mean!" she snarled. "Of course I do," I replied. "But you don't have the slightest idea of what I mean." This so confused her that she started to say something, stopped in mid-syllable, and wobbled back to the other end of the bar.

Well, the guilty one is Apple with its huge merchandising, it's not the girl's fault. She just started talking with you friendly, and you responded like an antisocial geek just because she doesn't know anything about hi-fi audio

well of course thats just my opinion, and who cares.

 

[exe163]

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Originally Posted by MetalGeek /img/forum/go_quote.gif It's better than doing this all the time:

Hearing damage.

 

[DrBenway]

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Originally Posted by LeftyGorilla /img/forum/go_quote.gif But what you don't seem to get is that she didn't actually care at all about your equipment. She wanted to know something about you. If the only people who will talk to you in bars are wobbly vacant yuppies, that's another issue entirely...

Edit: I keep forgetting my New Year's resolution about not taking the bait.

 

[MetalGeek]

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Originally Posted by exe163 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hearing damage.

I'm afraid it may go deeper than that.

 

[neoufo51]

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Originally Posted by kjpmkjp /img/forum/go_quote.gif That's why they invented the neck.

Still, you can't have headphones on your head or neck 100% of the time when you're out and about. You need to carry them in something at some point, and that's inconvenient.

 

[Contrastique]

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Originally Posted by neoufo51 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Still, you can't have headphones on your head or neck 100% of the time when you're out and about. You need to carry them in something at some point, and that's inconvenient.

When I'm out and about they are either on my head or around my neck...in what situation do you have to carry them in something?

 

[neoufo51]

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Originally Posted by Contrastique /img/forum/go_quote.gif When I'm out and about they are either on my head or around my neck...in what situation do you have to carry them in something?

Well I guess you are an exception but people that commute, people who travel, etc.

 

[fordgtlover]

sure. I reckon they do look odd. But, hey whatever. Whenever I see someone with full size cans I wonder i they're a head-fi member (1st) and what they might be listening to (2nd).

 

[moogoob]

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Originally Posted by neoufo51 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well I guess you are an exception but people that commute, people who travel, etc.

When I get where I'm going I lay my Grados on top of my laptop bag.

Tried them out on the bus today- they performed better than I expected.

EDIT: though I'm dure the people around me got a somewhat bassless dose of Opeth on the trip.

 

[chuckdpe1]

As many others have stated, I personally don't really care what others think. I try my best to not be judgemental of what others wear, how they act, what they look like, etc., and I kinda take that philosophy myself. If I look like a dork because I'm wearing some SR80s on my head instead of getting some crappy $5 Walmart earbuds just so I could look a little cooler, so be it.

Funny thing is one evening I was walking through our building wearing my SR80s. A guy who works in another department and I were crossing paths when he all of a sudden just stopped and looked at me. I stopped as well and he leaned to the side and looked at the side of my head. He gave me a half smile, a nod, and a thumbs up.

 

[martinq]

I think it depends on the overall look of the individual. If she/he is between 16-40 (+/- 10%

) and at least little bit sympathetic person, I do not see anything weird about that (of course it depends on what does it mean "sympathetic").

Anyway, being dressed in my business suite and wearing my DT100 is, I think, not the right cup of tea. Wearing any smaller ones from my stash (e.g. DT770, K270, DT220), however, is OK. I like my music, I like to be isolated, I like when my ears do not freeze in the cold weather, so what's the matter?

Generally I can say, (almost) any guy with full-sized ones is quite interesting and (almost) any girl wearing them is moreover also more pretty (at least to my eyes).

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Originally Posted by Contrastique /img/forum/go_quote.gif When I'm out and about they are either on my head or around my neck...in what situation do you have to carry them in something?

When they are not on my head or around my neck, they are in my bag. That's it.

They are there of course for ca. 10% of the time being out and about.