[rocker]

For me speakers are a way more important investment than cans - I would happily spend $500 on a pair of wicked phones but would easily spend upwards of $3000 on speakers. My speakers are worth 2G and I'm still searching...at least with headphones the choices are fewer for true high end.

 

[lucky]

I prefer headphones to speakers (and laptops to desktops). I think my speakers cost $10.

 

[AudioTroll]

speakers worth a lot more,but got them for a lot less

 

[rocker]

I should have posted - cans or car which costs more.

 

[csommers]

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Originally Posted by rocker /img/forum/go_quote.gif I should have posted - cans or car which costs more.

Hahhaha I'd bet a lot of people have more in their audio equip than their car.

My speakers I got on sale w/ my employee discount for $65
My cans/setup are worth like 15x that
My car puts my stuff to shame, 2006 Audi S4

 

[rocker]

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Originally Posted by csommers /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hahhaha I'd bet a lot of people have more in their audio equip than their car.

I DO! Started a new thread - I had to!

 

[krmathis]

My headphones, without a doubt.
The SR-007BL is probably worth 3 times as much as my speakers.

 

[kboe]

For me I may never own audiophile speakers as I enjoy headphones way more than I even did speakers. For me, speakers just blow the music past my ears, When I listen to headphones, thats it, its just me and my headphones, so much more intimate. I have 3000-3500$ wrapped up and I may never stop!!!!!
Kevin

 

[mudhole]

If you have a lot of zeros on your bank account, so you may just go for the speakers. And it is very easy to spend 10k on a basic speaker system setup, but the SQ might only catch my 1k headphone system.

Of course, I can't dance while listening.

 

[csommers]

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Originally Posted by kboe /img/forum/go_quote.gif For me I may never own audiophile speakers as I enjoy headphones way more than I even did speakers. For me, speakers just blow the music past my ears, When I listen to headphones, thats it, its just me and my headphones, so much more intimate. I have 3000-3500$ wrapped up and I may never stop!!!!! Kevin

Yea thats the same experience I have as well. I've heard speakers that were VERY expensive, and they sounded great. But for me its all about the experience, and I have a much better one with headphones.

 

[iriverdude]

Speakers, which I just find better- especially for HT. When a grenade goes off on screen you feel that. You don't get that effect with phones.
Headphones aren't multi-channel either.

 

[Chipp]

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Originally Posted by AudioTroll /img/forum/go_quote.gif speakers worth a lot more,but got them for a lot less

I'm in the same boat. My speakers were a gift to me from a neighbor after her husband passed away, so I paid nothing for them. The surrounding gear associated with them, though, cost me far more than my headphone stuff.

 

[billybob_jcv]

If you're into action movies in your home theater, you may spend more on your subwoofer than on the rest of your speakers and your headphones combined...

 

[obobskivich]

not really sure, I paid more for the speakers than I did 'phones, but list MSRP is about 1:1 (AKG K701 which are $400-$500 list, and Yamaha NS-777 which are $600+ list, paid $200 + shipping for K701's (new btw), and about twice that for the 777's)

as far as the headphones vs speakers experience, I view speakers as something to get loud and let me watch TV or movies in bed/on the couch/etc, while headphones are something to experience music with, I much prefer my AKGs or Sennheisers to some of the nicer Sonus Fabers and B&Ws I've heard

 

[limin]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mudhole /img/forum/go_quote.gif If you have a lot of zeros on your bank account, so you may just go for the speakers. And it is very easy to spend 10k on a basic speaker system setup, but the SQ might only catch my 1k headphone system. Of course, I can't dance while listening.

what if you only have zeros?

my speakers are logitech z-2300's that cost me like $110... have spent over $1000 on headphones so far