Is that.....?

[Mike Scarpitti]

Sitting in a bookstore last night listeing to tunes on my minidisc, a young Asian guy walks up to me and starts asking about my MDR-D77's. Where did I get them, how good do they sound, etc. The one strange thing he asked me was how did I know they were so good. I told him I make it a point to know what the good stuff is...

 

[RickG]

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Originally Posted by Mike Scarpitti The one strange thing he asked me was how did I know they were so good. I told him I make it a point to know what the good stuff is...

That would have been a good opportunity to introduce him to Head-Fi.org...

 

[South_Korean]

he may have been surprised that you werent a fellow asian discussing that with him.

 

[adhoc]

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Originally Posted by Mike Scarpitti Sitting in a bookstore last night listeing to tunes on my minidisc, a young Asian guy walks up to me and starts asking about my MDR-D77's. Where did I get them, how good do they sound, etc. The one strange thing he asked me was how did I know they were so good. I told him I make it a point to know what the good stuff is...

did he ask you how long they'd been burnt in?

 

[kramer5150]

You forgot to tell him how much better they sound post burn in...

 

[Mike Scarpitti]

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Originally Posted by South_Korean he may have been surprised that you werent a fellow asian discussing that with him.

Right. No dumb American jock would have even known about them...or that there are good headphones and bad...

 

[gshan]

He could have been a head-fier, eggo collector, or just sony fan. It's great to hear someone in public even recognized and cared to ask you about your nice cans.

Btw a girl kept staring at my e2cs on the bus yesterday. Maybe she thought they were strange hearing aids?

 

[Mikenet]

I was chatting with a girl about Japanese music in class yesterday. I told her I'd play her some, but I only had in ear headphones. She then asked me if they were 'those expensive ones with the white flange thingies that go deep in your ear'. I was in shock for a couple seconds.

A couple weeks ago after a *sociology course*, someone started a conversation about headphones that block noise. The professor was quick to jump in and suggest Sure's and Ety's, specifically the ER-4's if we 'really want to hear detail in music'.

And in my engineering courses, everyone still listens to crap phones. Weird...

Maybe the world's starting to come around(well, except for the engineers)...

 

[Jahn]

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Originally Posted by Mikenet I was chatting with a girl about Japanese music in class yesterday. I told her I'd play her some, but I only had in ear headphones. She then asked me if they were 'those expensive ones with the white flange thingies that go deep in your ear'. I was in shock for a couple seconds. ...

You realize that's the point where you ask for a date - or at least her Head-fi handle

 

[wualta]

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Originally Posted by Jahn You realize that's the point where you ask for a date - or at least her Head-fi handle

Pretty soon you'll be sharing the same flanges.. sigh..

Heck, maybe her dad's got a whole roomful of Staxen..

 

[dariusf]

couple of weeks back I just got on the train and some guy next to me pulls out Shure E3c's and start telling the other guy that was with him how great they are. I sit down and listen in... then I say 'are these Shure?' so the guy starts explaining how great they are and all, I smile and pull out my E5c's. We had a nice conversation about headphones, amps, CD players etc.

 

[Mikenet]

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Originally Posted by Jahn You realize that's the point where you ask for a date - or at least her Head-fi handle

See, I thought about that. But then we'd need to run two amps. Which would require a splitter in between the source and the amps. The source isn't really going to care whether one or two amps are connected. But the quality of splitters vary. There’s a slight possibility it could change the sound. I'm just not sure I could live with that.

 

[Blitzula]

lol, nice.

 

[The Actual]

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Originally Posted by Mikenet See, I thought about that. But then we'd need to run two amps. Which would require a splitter in between the source and the amps. The source isn't really going to care whether one or two amps are connected. But the quality of splitters vary. There’s a slight possibility it could change the sound. I'm just not sure I could live with that.

Way to think ahead! You made the right choice for sure.

 

[seeberg]

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Originally Posted by Mikenet See, I thought about that. But then we'd need to run two amps. Which would require a splitter in between the source and the amps. The source isn't really going to care whether one or two amps are connected. But the quality of splitters vary. There’s a slight possibility it could change the sound. I'm just not sure I could live with that.

Aw, man! You didn't know about the splitter that Grado makes? It's arguably the best cheap splitter out there, and I haven't heard anyone complain about it messing up sound quality. I also have a mini adaptor and 15' extension so I'm a little biased, but that splitter is what I call "the way to a woman's heart" if you're in a pinch chatting it up with a lady about headphones, of all things. It's either that, or you just let a girl listen to your cans for a bit. That's what I'd do if I didn't have a splitter on hand...

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