[stevenlongs]

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Today my friend's parents bought him beats studios for his birthday. As I realize the mediocrity of the beats, I choked out a "yup" when his parents asked me if I liked the booming bass on the headphones. I felt bad lying to them, but I didn't want to rain on their $300 purchase :/

...and they never heard another word from mr.newyear ever again.  

 

[streetdragon]

he didn't have his solos or hd800 with him, so i couldn't do that, i let him hear my one of a few rock songs i have, 'Behind These Hazel Eyes' at 237 kbps cause i couldn't get a highter version (i have 90+% electronic music which most people here where i am do not like) using my pair, and he was quite amazed, he took my pair and tried to listen to his 128 variant, and he said yes there is a difference and ask me to blutooth it over, in my mind all the way i was thinking about the $3000+ his parents wasted on the setup if he were to run only 128 and 196 files through it...

 

[ZetsuBozu0012]

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he didn't have his solos or hd800 with him, so i couldn't do that, i let him hear my one of a few rock songs i have, 'Behind These Hazel Eyes' at 237 kbps cause i couldn't get a highter version (i have 90+% electronic music which most people here where i am do not like) using my pair, and he was quite amazed, he took my pair and tried to listen to his 128 variant, and he said yes there is a difference and ask me to blutooth it over, in my mind all the way i was thinking about the $3000+ his parents wasted on the setup if he were to run only 128 and 196 files through it...

You could always being over a few CDs or send him over some FLAC files and get him to figure out for himself that the HD800s are way better than his Solos. Actually, I question the fact that anyone could own both headphones on the level of the HD800s and ones on the level of... well, yeah. Beats 

 

[wolfetan44]

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Uh-oh...I see a new contest brewing: Youngest Head-Fi'er. (Parental Guidance Suggested.)
 
Of course, if this helps the young'uns differentiate between good and merely loud, I say: bring it!
 
 
- Barrett

I'm 13

 

[CashNotCredit]

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I'm 13

 

[wolfetan44]

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Haha. Well I have not had any weird reactions thus far as I do not let other people try on my TripleFi 10's. I am however getting Grado SR80i's soon. I will let people try them on

 

[dannyd123]

im 15 and getting some akg k550's

 

[Fuzziekiwi]

lol
 
Nobody likes my PortaPros. People think I'm crazy. Especially when I'm 15 and I'm a girl. 

 

[Xaverian]

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lol
 
Nobody likes my PortaPros. People think I'm crazy. Especially when I'm 15 and I'm a girl. 

People at my school ripped on me pretty bad when I got my PortaPros lol. I think the style is pretty sweet though. Just tell them how good the bass is (not really a lie). Worked for this 17 y/o guy. 


Best reaction was when my sister came home from university to find my new HD598s and asked me what happened to my over-ear skullcandies. When I said they broke, she said that it's too bad I had to settle for the Senn's instead. I almost died laughing. I never did tell her the price. 
Also, one friend asked me for help picking headphones after listening to my srh440s. I pointed him to some sr60s and some cheaper Koss products. The next week he tells me how I have to hear his killer new cans. We get to his house and I see a pair of Apple iHome headphones. I restrained myself from punching him in the teeth when he started explaining how they were almost as good as Beats and only $40.

 

[ZetsuBozu0012]

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im 15 and getting some akg k550's

 
Good luck! I probably should have waited for those instead (I got the K242s a few weeks before the K550s were released). At least your cans won't be amp dependent. Then again, trying out amps is half the fun of owning hi-fi cans

 

[ZetsuBozu0012]

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People at my school ripped on me pretty bad when I got my PortaPros lol. I think the style is pretty sweet though. Just tell them how good the bass is (not really a lie). Worked for this 17 y/o guy. 


Best reaction was when my sister came home from university to find my new HD598s and asked me what happened to my over-ear skullcandies. When I said they broke, she said that it's too bad I had to settle for the Senn's instead. I almost died laughing. I never did tell her the price. 
Also, one friend asked me for help picking headphones after listening to my srh440s. I pointed him to some sr60s and some cheaper Koss products. The next week he tells me how I have to hear his killer new cans. We get to his house and I see a pair of Apple iHome headphones. I restrained myself from punching him in the teeth when he started explaining how they were almost as good as Beats and only $40.

 
... There are no words to express my sincere condolences, not to mention how irritated I am right now. 

 

[Fuzziekiwi]

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People at my school ripped on me pretty bad when I got my PortaPros lol. I think the style is pretty sweet though. Just tell them how good the bass is (not really a lie). Worked for this 17 y/o guy. 


Best reaction was when my sister came home from university to find my new HD598s and asked me what happened to my over-ear skullcandies. When I said they broke, she said that it's too bad I had to settle for the Senn's instead. I almost died laughing. I never did tell her the price. 
Also, one friend asked me for help picking headphones after listening to my srh440s. I pointed him to some sr60s and some cheaper Koss products. The next week he tells me how I have to hear his killer new cans. We get to his house and I see a pair of Apple iHome headphones. I restrained myself from punching him in the teeth when he started explaining how they were almost as good as Beats and only $40.

Ha! This girl asked if I got them at a garage sale.

 

[FCO2013]

Here's a good reaction I got from a friend yesterday.
 
He's a beats user. Owns the Solos. Not an audiophile, you're average consumer. I gave a few songs to listen to a few days ago and when we were hanging I asked he looked them up. He said no, so he did that now, and since I've been raving about my new headphones (Superlux HD668B) he asked if he could try them as he was curious to see why I was raving about them. Puts em on and listens to both songs, then even more from his personal library. After he's done I ask him what he thinks, he says they're amazing and he really liked them. He said he didn't want to take them off, and was in fact about to ask if he could use it again but then but then my other friends got here and so we then we started doing other stuff.
 
Actual good sounding headphones: 1, beats 0

 

[stevenlongs]

lol

Nobody likes my PortaPros. People think I'm crazy. Especially when I'm 15 and I'm a girl. 

this older guy in my bus used to have portapros. I thought it looked retro and pretty cool...although a bit unusual. Obviously now that I know what they are I no longer seem him around anymore.

 

[JonnyRocket]

I had a good friend of mine try out mine try out my Turbine Golds. He plugged them into his phone played a song and goes "holly ****! I can hear ALL the guitar strums separately"! He listened for a while before giving them to his wife to try and she goes "Yep, I can still hear the music". I almost fell over.