trevorlane
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We all make mistakes at some point and there are varying degrees to which we regret those mistakes we made. This is my first Head-Fi blog post, and it would be fitting that it would pertain to something that happened (or didn't happen) with my time on Head-Fi.
I've owned a number of headphones, some were far beyond my means (of affordability) but I took the hobby to heart and have enjoyed every step of the way to the system that I own now. Stuff comes and goes, it seems pretty normal that we keep some headphones and others go, like a flavor of the month deal. I remember times like, "ugh, I shouldn't have sold the CD3000s" or "why did I ever get rid of my Benchmark DAC-1 in the first place." I owned both pieces of equipment at a time when I wanted to trade my headphone hobby for my digital photography hobby, and so both pieces went. However there was one moment that I still think about even to this day.
Four years ago, I had an opportunity to purchase a R10. Not the Audi, the Sony. Yeah, the one and only. But I couldn't come up with the funds when I really though I could, and I came so close to having a chance at owning it. Everything happens for a reason, that's what my friends told me when they heard about my disappointment, that is until they found out how much it cost, and then they told me to get a life and spend that money on a plane ticket to somewhere exotic. Well, the R10 would've brought me closer to an exotic paradise by its daily use, than any vacation to a far-off destination. How can I say that? Well I've heard it before, and in my limited audition sessions I knew this wasn't just a leap from my CD3000, but this could be the one.
I don't need to make an analogy about how different a R10 feels on your head or how it sounds to you ears, because the ones who have heard it already know. But I let it slip away and the R10 has become my Eleanor. All attempts to acquire another R10 have failed, and 5 years later I have still not given up. I have discovered new headphones since and I have my favorites, but sometimes, I lay awake at night and think about how close I was having the R10 in my hands.
I've owned a number of headphones, some were far beyond my means (of affordability) but I took the hobby to heart and have enjoyed every step of the way to the system that I own now. Stuff comes and goes, it seems pretty normal that we keep some headphones and others go, like a flavor of the month deal. I remember times like, "ugh, I shouldn't have sold the CD3000s" or "why did I ever get rid of my Benchmark DAC-1 in the first place." I owned both pieces of equipment at a time when I wanted to trade my headphone hobby for my digital photography hobby, and so both pieces went. However there was one moment that I still think about even to this day.
Four years ago, I had an opportunity to purchase a R10. Not the Audi, the Sony. Yeah, the one and only. But I couldn't come up with the funds when I really though I could, and I came so close to having a chance at owning it. Everything happens for a reason, that's what my friends told me when they heard about my disappointment, that is until they found out how much it cost, and then they told me to get a life and spend that money on a plane ticket to somewhere exotic. Well, the R10 would've brought me closer to an exotic paradise by its daily use, than any vacation to a far-off destination. How can I say that? Well I've heard it before, and in my limited audition sessions I knew this wasn't just a leap from my CD3000, but this could be the one.
I don't need to make an analogy about how different a R10 feels on your head or how it sounds to you ears, because the ones who have heard it already know. But I let it slip away and the R10 has become my Eleanor. All attempts to acquire another R10 have failed, and 5 years later I have still not given up. I have discovered new headphones since and I have my favorites, but sometimes, I lay awake at night and think about how close I was having the R10 in my hands.
