fewtch
Headphoneus Supremus
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My mother came to visit me and my brother today (she lives in Ohio, we live in WA. state)... she's staying in the area about a week.
She knows about my headphone hobby, but never thought much about it (shook her head in disbelief when I said I spent over $600 on headphone-related gear, LOL). She's in her mid 60's, and up until recently listened mostly to cassettes on a car radio -- she finally "graduated" to an in-dash CD player (stock Honda stuff) recently.
Anyway, I invited her to listen to my digital setup (listed in my .sig below), and played excerpts from a couple well recorded pop songs she's familiar with. Her first comment was how big the HD600s are, "nobody's ears are this big"...
She's got a small head though.
After listening, I asked her "does it sounds like it's worth over $600?" She replied without any hesitation "oh yeah... the quality is obvious." Sounded pretty impressed by what she heard.
Felt pretty cool that my mother liked the sound of my setup immediately after listening for less than 5 minutes
. It's nice to get an opinion by someone with *zero* preconceptions and no interest in "audiophile" reproduction.
She knows about my headphone hobby, but never thought much about it (shook her head in disbelief when I said I spent over $600 on headphone-related gear, LOL). She's in her mid 60's, and up until recently listened mostly to cassettes on a car radio -- she finally "graduated" to an in-dash CD player (stock Honda stuff) recently.
Anyway, I invited her to listen to my digital setup (listed in my .sig below), and played excerpts from a couple well recorded pop songs she's familiar with. Her first comment was how big the HD600s are, "nobody's ears are this big"...
After listening, I asked her "does it sounds like it's worth over $600?" She replied without any hesitation "oh yeah... the quality is obvious." Sounded pretty impressed by what she heard.
Felt pretty cool that my mother liked the sound of my setup immediately after listening for less than 5 minutes