Graz
500+ Head-Fier
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Well folks, with the recent arrival of my HD 25’s (to complete my mobile rig) I think I can say with reasonable confidence that I’m finished buying headphone gear (cans and amps) for a good long while.
It’s been fun along the way, and I have gained and benefited tremendously from having head-fi.org as a source for advice, knowledge, and inspiration. I want to thank Jude & all the moderators for this site’s past, present, and future (especially Zanth for all of his advice & Shanling tips). No doubt about it, this is one of the coolest (if not THE coolest) forums on the net…I’m proud to be a contributing member of this family.
I feel extremely happy about all of the gear decisions I’ve ultimately gone with (my signature & profile has all the details), and I think I’ve fared pretty well as far as “dud” purchases go. My first significant foray into head-fi was the purchase of a Total Airhead & HD555 from HeadRoom. This was before I knew about head-fi.org, & I have to confess to buying into the marketing hype on the HeadRoom website. I don’t regret those purchases, but in hindsight, I should’ve known myself a little better…I knew almost before I received my order that I’d have “upgrade-itis”. There was no way I was going to be satisfied with that gear…and I went about my subsequent purchases with this self-knowledge in mind.
I’ve seen others give this advice elsewhere, but think I can now say from experience…if you’re just getting into this hobby, and you're fairly certain that you're planning to get into head-fi in a big way, do yourself a favor…do your research, save up your money, and make quality purchases from the beginning if possible. You really will save yourself some money in the long run.
Yea, I’ll still be making some purchases here & there…some cable tweaks are calling my name as we speak.
And, yea…the Ultimate Ears really look sweet…but again, knowing myself, I won’t be satisfied with anything but the UE-10’s…and, uh, no…I’m not gonna bite off another $900 at the moment.
I said no...
...and I mean it.
No siree!
Ok. Maybe I’m not quite done yet.
Peace,
Graz
It’s been fun along the way, and I have gained and benefited tremendously from having head-fi.org as a source for advice, knowledge, and inspiration. I want to thank Jude & all the moderators for this site’s past, present, and future (especially Zanth for all of his advice & Shanling tips). No doubt about it, this is one of the coolest (if not THE coolest) forums on the net…I’m proud to be a contributing member of this family.
I feel extremely happy about all of the gear decisions I’ve ultimately gone with (my signature & profile has all the details), and I think I’ve fared pretty well as far as “dud” purchases go. My first significant foray into head-fi was the purchase of a Total Airhead & HD555 from HeadRoom. This was before I knew about head-fi.org, & I have to confess to buying into the marketing hype on the HeadRoom website. I don’t regret those purchases, but in hindsight, I should’ve known myself a little better…I knew almost before I received my order that I’d have “upgrade-itis”. There was no way I was going to be satisfied with that gear…and I went about my subsequent purchases with this self-knowledge in mind.
I’ve seen others give this advice elsewhere, but think I can now say from experience…if you’re just getting into this hobby, and you're fairly certain that you're planning to get into head-fi in a big way, do yourself a favor…do your research, save up your money, and make quality purchases from the beginning if possible. You really will save yourself some money in the long run.
Yea, I’ll still be making some purchases here & there…some cable tweaks are calling my name as we speak.
And, yea…the Ultimate Ears really look sweet…but again, knowing myself, I won’t be satisfied with anything but the UE-10’s…and, uh, no…I’m not gonna bite off another $900 at the moment.
I said no...
...and I mean it.
No siree!
Ok. Maybe I’m not quite done yet.
Peace,
Graz
