Greetings, dear friends at Head-Fi,
I spent many years thinking $15 Skullcandy earbuds were just fine. My ol' pal
@darth_vato would always laugh at me. I couldn't take it anymore and decided to buy some Sennheiser HD 8 DJs and an S.M.S.L M6 DAC/AMP combo just to quiet his lambasts (though he still laughed that I chose to enter audiophilia "behind the veil" of Sennheisers).
After two days of streaming all my old favorite songs in high fidelity—and some new ones—I must say, I wish I'd started sooner. Like, decades sooner. The new cans make my old Skullcandies and PlayStation Platinum Wireless Headest sound like they're monaural; they sound like Nintendo Game Boy speakers compared to my HD 8 DJs. I feel like I've finally awoken, finally have begun truly using these ears God has given me.
I actually don't even have the S.M.S.L M6 yet, as it's still being shipped. I've just been using the HD 8 DJs through my laptop headphone jack, which produces irritating static constantly. But even within the confines of this setup, the music-listening difference is truly night and day. I've also got some pre-owned HD 6XXs on the way, which will be my first foray into open-back bliss, though I find myself somewhat concerned about the potentiality of reduced sound quality afforded by used earpads, and wonder if I should invest in some new OEM replacements.
But that's a story for another day.
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