My little Nephew (Evan) is worse then most of us when it comes to headphones. I am not sure when it started or how but I think at first he wanted to be like me in some ways then just caught the audio Bug. His mother (my loving sister in-law) will not let him go on headfi at their home, she says he gets enough Headphones on Sunday when he comes over to my house.
Every Sunday My family gets together at my house (my Grandma, brothers and sister with all their dogs,cats, kids, and amazing personalities) and My nephew always starts it off the same way every week....
He opens my door (which is usually locked but he picks it and opens it) and quietly walks over to my audio rack where he proceeds to turn on the Raptor and the Meridian and then puts his favorite cd in and sits in my listening chair and does not say a word or move until I wake up. I usually have All my Grados on the top shelf above my desk to keep my neighbors husky away from them just in case she runs in my house again. when I wake up I walk over to him and say hi then proceed to turn My Dodd mono speaker amps on to get them warmed up he always tells me rite then and there "this should be a headphone only day Beely." I look and smile.
Sometimes he will wake me up and ask me to bring down a pair of the Grados onc in awhile. One time I had my friend sleeping over in my bed and my nephew went to wake me up but instead woke her up (I was in the other room at the time)....omg he freaked out! went upstairs yelling "BeelyBeely theres a girl in your bed........!!!!!).
on Sunday he will try out 4-5 sets of different headphones, tube roll the Raptor (He has me do it cause he is afraid of the heat) at least 3 times, Go on ipodstudio photo section or headfi and look at the pics of amps and everything...then he asks 50 million questions about each one he see's.
The kid can tell you what Sound stage is, what imaging is, he can tell you every tiny micro difference between any of the Grado line (he doesn't like Senn's there to big for his head.), knows every amp every amp maker has out and its cost and features, knows a few of the members by the avart's, and probable could write a great review once he learns alittle more about writing.
If anyone ever meets him (his Mother won't let me bring him to a meet..its a rule) just DO NOT BRING UP RUDISTOR!!!!!
if you say anything Rudistor and he hears it he will run around the room screaming "RUDYPOO!!!!!" for 20 mins strait. (he got that from a children's show I think).
I gave him Grado sr-60's and he is borrowing my brothers 225's now. He is saving up for a amp and does not want me to help him pay for it. He doesn't like the ps-1,ms-2,or the 325's cause there to heavy for him, or so he says. loves to look inside my xr-2 for some reason and he wants me to teach him vinyl.
I told him I will teach him how to clean the Vinyl on the 16.5 when he comes over for Christmas eve (he will be my slave then..hahaha j/k).
I asked him what he wants for Christmas and he said he wants me to bring him to Rolling stone music store up north to pick up some cd's, I was in tears after he said that really...the kid has a love for music!
sorry for going on about him but I think its cute he is into it, I could go on and on about him and headphones.