theAEoN
New Head-Fier
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I've always been a fan of quality sound in my media, but I was never aware of the hi-fi movement for audio. Before last week, my idea of "hi-fi" were the $1200 home theater packages Futureshop sold. Good headphones were Sony DJ Monitors, and I've been running on a set of Creative T20's for my PC.
For the past few years I've been using Sony MDR-CD280's for headphones on my computer and some cheap MDR-EX32LP ear buds for my iPod.
I stumbles upon the audio forum section of HardOCP (Computer Audio - [H]ard|Forum) where everyone seemed to have unknown (to me) canister headphones and outrageous setups with amplifiers. My first thought was that these guys must have too much money to spend or are just fanatical about sound quality - quality that most people just don't care about or would notice. Then I came across this site. After doing research into what to expect for a good set of headphones I found a hi-fi store in my city (Gramophone in Edmonton, AB), brought my ipod with me and asked for a few models (Grado, AKG, Audio Technica) I found recommended on this site.
And I was blown away. I never knew the difference quality could make in headphones, that headphone amps make a massive difference (especially with the SR-80's), and how different styles work for different kinda of media.
I now happily have a set of Alessandro MS-1's (which will be coupled to a CMoy I purchased off EBay from a forum member here) for my iPod, and a set of Sennheiser HD-555's for my computer.
Nothing extravagant or half the quality that I've seen on this site but I figure it's a decent start into hi-fi sound.
Thanks you for helping me better enjoy music.
For the past few years I've been using Sony MDR-CD280's for headphones on my computer and some cheap MDR-EX32LP ear buds for my iPod.
I stumbles upon the audio forum section of HardOCP (Computer Audio - [H]ard|Forum) where everyone seemed to have unknown (to me) canister headphones and outrageous setups with amplifiers. My first thought was that these guys must have too much money to spend or are just fanatical about sound quality - quality that most people just don't care about or would notice. Then I came across this site. After doing research into what to expect for a good set of headphones I found a hi-fi store in my city (Gramophone in Edmonton, AB), brought my ipod with me and asked for a few models (Grado, AKG, Audio Technica) I found recommended on this site.
And I was blown away. I never knew the difference quality could make in headphones, that headphone amps make a massive difference (especially with the SR-80's), and how different styles work for different kinda of media.
I now happily have a set of Alessandro MS-1's (which will be coupled to a CMoy I purchased off EBay from a forum member here) for my iPod, and a set of Sennheiser HD-555's for my computer.
Nothing extravagant or half the quality that I've seen on this site but I figure it's a decent start into hi-fi sound.
Thanks you for helping me better enjoy music.