Hahaha, this thread is so funny !!!
Each day, I have a 45 mins ride (Bus+Subway) to go to school and since 2 weeks now, I tried to identified the most portable rigs as I can. Sadly
, 85 % of them had the stock Ipod+Ibuds (The thing that always bother me is if they pump up the volume, you can hear them arriving from 2 meters ). So far, I only spotted a few nice headphones, a pair of Grado SR-80 ( the guy didn't seem to listen them at high volume cause I was near him and couldn't hear anything).Saw a Chinese guy that seems really happy with a really expensive-looking circumaural Sony headphone. Saw a very tall guy with black/silver AKG phones on, looked very nice to me but can't recall his model. Alot of Sony mdr-150's too ( haha, thought those one were nice a year ago ), cheap Panasonics, etc.
Some Creative zen players too, wich was kind of nice among all the Ipod+Ibudz users. Unfortunately, didn't saw anyone with a SQ oriented portable rig except for the Grado SR-80 one ( Didn't saw his source tough...).
Seems like most non-headfiers prefers style/colors over SQ.
Also, there's a friend of mine who uses a pair of Audio-Technica ATH-M30 with his M-Audio Firewire external soundcard but I didn't hear them. A big LOL out of this one pair that my friend really likes : Nexxtech full size can bought at Circuit City ( Radio-Shack) ( he likes them cause they are sealed and offer good bass but he will find out sooner or later that he could have get better quality for 69$, say like, the AKG K81DJ).If only I could reverse time so I could refer them to him!
Looking at all people rigs had become a real obsession for me these days !!!
It's so interesting when there's a particular worth-looking item!