ED8 is way too expensive for hipsters
Help me out here, what's the big deal? Who gets "called out" for headphone selection outside of the august halls of this mental institution?I'm serious, I recently traveled by plane for the first time in awhile and I saw the person in front of me wearing Bose QC2s. My first thought wasn't "the fool, he's wearing BOSE, haha, the DT-990s in my carry-on sound so much better!" My first thought was "I wish I had some of those, they're small enough and have great noise cancellation, I could be using them right now instead of going slightly deaf trying to turn up so I could hear over the engine."
I didn't even bother with the DT-990s on any other flight. Maybe next time I fly I'll bring my 770s. Or maybe I'll get some QC2s, they seem to really nail the small, unobtrusive, comfortable, functional task they're aimed at quite well.
With Beats, again, what's the big deal? OH NO, a whole generation of people listening to the wrong headphones, I need to see to it personally that this young man is exposed to an orthodynamic, stat!... I mean, really, it's kind of condescending, isn't it? Clearly people are still buying all kinds of headphones, let people who like Beats and Bose listen to their stuff, save yourself some unnecessary hypertension. I think we worry way too much about what other people are doing.
And on the flip side, if someone is actually enough of an arse to "call you out" for not wearing Beats, do you have to be right according to them, or can you manage being right according to you? I think the latter's enough for something as subjective as sound, isn't it?
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Help me out here, what's the big deal? Who gets "called out" for headphone selection outside of the august halls of this mental institution?I'm serious, I recently traveled by plane for the first time in awhile and I saw the person in front of me wearing Bose QC2s. My first thought wasn't "the fool, he's wearing BOSE, haha, the DT-990s in my carry-on sound so much better!" My first thought was "I wish I had some of those, they're small enough and have great noise cancellation, I could be using them right now instead of going slightly deaf trying to turn up so I could hear over the engine."
I didn't even bother with the DT-990s on any other flight. Maybe next time I fly I'll bring my 770s. Or maybe I'll get some QC2s, they seem to really nail the small, unobtrusive, comfortable, functional task they're aimed at quite well.
With Beats, again, what's the big deal? OH NO, a whole generation of people listening to the wrong headphones, I need to see to it personally that this young man is exposed to an orthodynamic, stat!... I mean, really, it's kind of condescending, isn't it? Clearly people are still buying all kinds of headphones, let people who like Beats and Bose listen to their stuff, save yourself some unnecessary hypertension. I think we worry way too much about what other people are doing.
And on the flip side, if someone is actually enough of an arse to "call you out" for not wearing Beats, do you have to be right according to them, or can you manage being right according to you? I think the latter's enough for something as subjective as sound, isn't it?
NotJeffBuckley, I do agree with you on the most part, but, I wonder; have you ever had to deal with the sheer arrogance that is attached to Beats owners/advocates. Seriously, several of my friends are Beats lunatics and they literally won't hear a word against them. They refuse point blank to accept that there is anything better. To say that their attitudes are infuriating is an understatement.
I show them my main rig and the answer is "Beats are better," I show them some music on my Linns and the answer is "Can you turn the bass up?" and "The speakers are nice... to have in the background, I wouldn't listen to music on them." (!!!)
This particular friends ideal sound signature consists of (and this is actually what he said) "Mental loud bass that is as distorted as possible, with enough midrange to hear 50 Cent and no treble." And of course he can never shut up about how "[He] tried the Solo HDs yesterday and the bass blew [his] head off."
On a side note, another friend who has several Bose systems in his house has an excellent point of view: "I couldn't give a screw about the brand, I like how they sound." Go figure, eh?
