kilspeed111
Aka: Esme
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I have a friend who didn't even listen to any headphones yet aside from his beats that his girlfriend bought him, and defends that brand against anything I say. It is awesome to read some of the stories of the successful stories of showing friends high end headphones, I have experienced both ends myself. But my buddy just keeps defending his beats, one of his big points was the amount of money the company had made, I was too disappointed to even explain how horrible that logic was. I am not quite sure why I can go spend way too much money on a PC and speakers and stuff, but for some reason with headphones I feel like I need people to understand more than anything else why I have purchased them. Which in turn it annoys me the most when they aren't as excited about the sound as I am. That is pretty much how I want people to react, because I should not be as surprised as them, right? Never the case though...
You're not the only one, we all know this one dude, or this one group, that does this. Yeah, it's really annoying, it can drive you crazy I know. The worst part is, I used to be one of them haha.
Just try to ignore them when they start about the topic again, just say 'yeah, whatever you think' and change the subject. It's the best thing you can do. Arguing with them might start a fight or something (worst case scenario), and you're never going to win it. You clearly know more about the subject, and that's what matters. That he's too ignorant to listen to you, is his fault.
But this is the way he looks at it:
If a company makes much money, they are succesfull. Which is true. But it does not mean they make great products. Most people forget that.
Also, I'm not sure if I'm the only one, but whenever I listen to a new headphone (for only a few minutes), I hate them, I really do. But that's because I'm not being used to them.
Yeah, the first few minutes of using the HD600 and HD650, I hated them, but after 10 minutes or so, I "understood" them. Of course 10 minutes is still not enough time to properly try a headphone. It took me over a week to actually like my Hifiman HE-300 over my beats pro detox, and now I hate my beats (In before General makes a comment saying I've already said this a million times).
It could also be that he just doesn't like being proving wrong, which is also perfectly understandable.
I'm sure that if he would borrow something like a HD600 for a day, he'd hear the difference.
Or he just likes the extremely muddy bass. What kind of beats was it by the way?
Edit: I just read it over again, and maybe it's because well, his girlfriend bought it for him? I could understand that, why bash something that someone who means a lot to you, gave to you?