How did you turn into an Audiophile?

[kool bubba ice]

Wanted a headphone untill I was able to save up for speakers. It never happened. After hearing the 595's that was it. IMO speakers couldn't give me what I wanted. Since then I was on a search to find better headphones, and find a pair that is the mosted detailed on the planet! 2 days after buying my 595s I bought the 650s.

 

[yukihiro]

i can't consider myself an audiophile until i've upgraded the majority of my setup. so far, i only have headphones. next will be a better source, then a decent amp

my journey:
-bought hd280's in high school. blew a driver and felt like it was a waste of ~100 since i only used them for less than a year.
-6 years later, i wanted some decent headphones since i wanted to purchase an mp3 player and stock buds just wouldn't cut it
-found head-fi
-went with rp-21
-wanted something brighter and more portable, so i bought sr80's
-blew my sr80 driver during modification
-purchased sr325i's that i am now burning in

-soon i will purchase a better dap (my e260 sucks hardcore imo)
-will then purchase an amp/dac
-then i should be content until i graduate from college and want a good home setup

 

[eruditass]

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/...opic=26254&hl=

to think i got ex71's because of that thread.. also, i didn't really like the mx500's either.

in addition, my interest was revamped when i got into how we perceive audio, and electrical engineering.

 

[bergman2]

it all started after that night on the I-80 when I was abducted by aliens

 

[wae5]

If you listen to your equipment and your music then some would call you an audiophile.

 

[Alpha 1 Omega]

I'm a gamer first and a studio enginer second. I use to hang around the audio/video fourm on xbox.com but cant stand the noobs and 10 year olds..

 

[captainobvious]

I was at a (now known as Tweeter) store and I heard a pair of Sonus Faber speakers and was impressed. Then I listened to some electrostatic towers a few weeks later and I was like H-O-L-Y S-H-!-T
After that I started with my car audio obsession...

 

[xenithon]

I solely blame Afrikane. After dismantling my speaker rig a few years ago due to space/cost constraints, I took the "big leap" of buying a Total BitHead and HD595. I brought in a spare BitHead which he contacted me about and we got a talkin'.....the rest, as they say, is history.

His generosity led to my sampling of some high end kit....the likes of the Stax SR-Omega and Omega II; various Grado's, Sennheisers, Audio Technicas, AKG's; amps ranging from PS Audio to Jadis.....I have been truly spoiled. Whilst my ears don't mind, my wallet is a little less forgiving

 

[obobskivich]

near the end of senior year in HS, realized that I couldn't be blasting big speakers in college, went to a local hi-fi shop expecting to spend $50-$100 on headphones, walked out with Denon AH-D2000's and no more money, have slowly been buying more stuff (and ended up with big speakers in college too, and yes I do blast them (....still love my headphones though))

 

[Golden Monkey]

I blame glitch39...office equipment-envy, upgradeitis, being made to feel like an idiot because my Sony MDR-V700's were not "audiophile", and having to outdo each other with progressively better toys has driven me totally insane...

 

[anetode]

Stuck in a hospital for six weeks with a dozen CDs. After the first week I decided to waste way too much money on a pair of headphones. It turned out to be a Grado.

 

[krmathis]

Bought Stax SR-007 system. Done!

 

[REB]

It's all Agnostic's fault

. He started complaining about the iBuds, then gave me a pair of good Sennheiser earbuds for my birthday. Ever since it's been downhill for me

. Now we're having to move house, because I need more storage for my headphones and stuff.

 

[HiWire]

I blame Panasonic, Koss, Sennheiser, Tyll Hertsens, and Stereophile... they are all complicit.

 

[Wmcmanus]

I'm friends with Al Gore, who invented the internet.

Although I've always loved music, I think that finding Audiogon triggered the first onslaught of spending on high end gear, as well as a lot of reading that I'd fallen behind on. The interest was always there, but had gone dormant for a while before being sparked about 8 years ago.