saxelrod92
100+ Head-Fier
A couple years back when I got my first audiophile taste of headphones in the form of the Beyerdynamic dt 990 32 ohm version, my good friend decided to get one of the original versions of beats (whatever used to be the best model they had that costs like 300 bucks or so). At that point I already did my research on head-fi, been using them for a good few months and essentially knew why they were infinitely better than what he got for roughly the same exact money. So one day he brought his beats over and I wanted to give them a try just to see why on earth people liked them so much/why people on head-fi hated them so much lol. So he tried my dt 990's too. Also this was before I understood the concept of using an amp and dac, so this was done straight out of the laptop.
Now I was thinking the entire time that he was quietly listening to a song or two on my pair that he's going to think it sounds so ****ing awesome and clear and dynamic and with great bass, and think that 300 dollars on his beats was totally wasted. Well that totally did not happen lol. He said yea they kinda sound more clear and I can hear more instruments and separation between them, but the bass kinda is lacking and I dont feel the sound on my head. I think I had the same emotional reaction on the inside as if someone told me they dont want to ever see me again lol. Later on I agreed on the bass part, which of course is partly due to the lack of amp or dac to give it that extra power (my laptop's amp is worse than an ipod classic, but the dac is pretty good like on a macbook).
My reaction to hearing beats for the first time ever, was interesting to say the least. The first thing that stood out was obviously the super overly boomy bass, like I know thats been said a lot, but I mean like if you broke down the sounds I was hearing into some kind of graph it would be bass:_________________________________ mids: __________________ highs: ___
but it made drums vibrate the headphones and my friend liked that (we both drum, so its a focus), literally nothing else besides that fact was worth the 300 bucks for him. the bass. He also liked things that are popular, so even though theres other headphones that have better bass with the same feeling he likes, beats were popular, so he went with that.
He doesnt know that at this point I have LCD 2 and Burson soloist sl and Schiit uberfrost, and those are the upgrades to the denon d5000 haha. but hey to me its worth every bit and thensome.
It was definitely interesting learning that even if something sounds fantastic to them and they are willing to spend the money, sometimes they just want the popular item that meets a simple criteria. oh well.
Now I was thinking the entire time that he was quietly listening to a song or two on my pair that he's going to think it sounds so ****ing awesome and clear and dynamic and with great bass, and think that 300 dollars on his beats was totally wasted. Well that totally did not happen lol. He said yea they kinda sound more clear and I can hear more instruments and separation between them, but the bass kinda is lacking and I dont feel the sound on my head. I think I had the same emotional reaction on the inside as if someone told me they dont want to ever see me again lol. Later on I agreed on the bass part, which of course is partly due to the lack of amp or dac to give it that extra power (my laptop's amp is worse than an ipod classic, but the dac is pretty good like on a macbook).
My reaction to hearing beats for the first time ever, was interesting to say the least. The first thing that stood out was obviously the super overly boomy bass, like I know thats been said a lot, but I mean like if you broke down the sounds I was hearing into some kind of graph it would be bass:_________________________________ mids: __________________ highs: ___
but it made drums vibrate the headphones and my friend liked that (we both drum, so its a focus), literally nothing else besides that fact was worth the 300 bucks for him. the bass. He also liked things that are popular, so even though theres other headphones that have better bass with the same feeling he likes, beats were popular, so he went with that.
He doesnt know that at this point I have LCD 2 and Burson soloist sl and Schiit uberfrost, and those are the upgrades to the denon d5000 haha. but hey to me its worth every bit and thensome.
It was definitely interesting learning that even if something sounds fantastic to them and they are willing to spend the money, sometimes they just want the popular item that meets a simple criteria. oh well.
