[Jerff]

I had a group of around 5/6 friends trying my ESW9s in a circle.
Only 1 of them could tell the difference, while the others said 'Oh there's more bass!' or 'The Beats are better.' or 'They sound the same as my earbuds.'
*sigh*

 

[Uncle Erik]

Only a handful of non-audiophiles have listened to my rig. They all love it, but sort of freak out when they hear about the prices.

 

[genclaymore]

Or start to think you belong in a loony bin for spending alot on headphones.

 

[xiaobao0707]

I had one of my friends audit lossless "I love you porgy" by Nina Simon -> pico slim -> Ed8 last week, he asked me "Don't you have a song with more bass" ?...
 
Now I know why Beats are popular among young people...

 

[kingpage]

It's probably better to let them try their own music with your gear hear the difference, otherwise it would be unfair to the audiophile equipment that you have as they can't directly compare what they are used to and the new sensation.

 

[Earphone]

First day I got my new AH-D2000's my friend tried it and said "this is it? where's the bass?"
 
 

 

[dye1337]

I can't stand the "my earbuds sound the same" response.  I'm sure a few of us are loony and think we can hear differences that aren't actually there (suggestion is a huge influence) but unless you have some yuin ear buds, i doubt they sound as good as any of the headphones I use.

 

[Jerff]

Heh, we must all be loony!
 
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I can't stand the "my earbuds sound the same" response.  I'm sure a few of us are loony and think we can hear differences that aren't actually there (suggestion is a huge influence) but unless you have some yuin ear buds, i doubt they sound as good as any of the headphones I use.

 

 

[bcasey25raptor]

A friend of mine has those gummy ear buds and i let him try my shure headphones. he took them off after a few minutes and said they sound the same as his gummys. for those wondering this was when i had the shure srh750dj's. i know how bad the gummy's sound so why do people seriously think they sound the same. is it possible that we make ourselves think higher end sounds better because of how much we spend on it? or was he just an ignorant fool and most likely deaf?

 

[genclaymore]

Either he didnt want you to know that he liked your headphones or he is tone deaf.

 

[Icy56]

See the thing is with headphones to the inexperienced ear you don't hear much of a difference when listening to better headphones. Ill be honest. When I first got my m50s, I couldn't hear a difference between them and my m6. Only after a while, a few hours maybe, then I started to hear the difference when moving back to the m6. Same thing goes for HD TVs. When you first use a component cable and then switch to HDMI you don't really see a difference but after a while when you switch back, the difference is huge. Listening to headphones for a few minutes isn't enough to truly judge a headphone unless you have a "golden ear". You have to get accustomed to how it sounds,its strengths and weaknesses and then you can judge it. That's why I barely ever let my friends try out my headphones anymore and if I ever do I just turn up the bass on the eq because that really the only difference most people look for. At least with the bass turned up you get compliments like "the bass on this is sick just like beats" instead of "lol these suck there's like no bass, you should have gotten beats, you got ripped off bro."

 

[DeatHaze]

I find letting the person listen to songs off both their ipod and yours, and using both their headphones (presumably beats) then switching to your cans will really open their eyes.

 

[macrocheesium]

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See the thing is with headphones to the inexperienced ear you don't hear much of a difference when listening to better headphones. Ill be honest. When I first got my m50s, I couldn't hear a difference between them and my m6. Only after a while, a few hours maybe, then I started to hear the difference when moving back to the m6. Same thing goes for HD TVs. When you first use a component cable and then switch to HDMI you don't really see a difference but after a while when you switch back, the difference is huge. Listening to headphones for a few minutes isn't enough to truly judge a headphone unless you have a "golden ear". You have to get accustomed to how it sounds,its strengths and weaknesses and then you can judge it. That's why I barely ever let my friends try out my headphones anymore and if I ever do I just turn up the bass on the eq because that really the only difference most people look for. At least with the bass turned up you get compliments like "the bass on this is sick just like beats" instead of "lol these suck there's like no bass, you should have gotten beats, you got ripped off bro."

It's kind of sad how this works. I mean, it seems like headphones only get worse, not better. If we can't even tell a difference between the old and new, except the old starts to sound worse after a while, why bother upgrading? I guess this is why people get upgrad-itis - they want their fix of awesome sound until it goes away. lol
 
That happened to me, when I switched from my NE-6 to k240 I couldn't tell a difference except in soundstage and some micro-details in the highs. The NE-6 was an immediately noticeable big improvement over the ibuds, however.

 

[Caze]

I let my mother listen to my M50s from my Galaxy S phone last weekend and this was her respond after she completed listening to the song "It's amazing how such a small device can have such a big sound." I guess the headphones did play their part but she was actually more impressed with that my phone could play mp3s and drive the headphones.

 

[treal512]

Quote:

I let my mother listen to my M50s from my Galaxy S phone last weekend and this was her respond after she completed listening to the song "It's amazing how such a small device can have such a big sound." I guess the headphones did play their part but she was actually more impressed with that my phone could play mp3s and drive the headphones.

 
Should whip out the Clip+ on the next victim