[DanielReeLee]

my cousin got Tinnitus from one real dangerous car crash. almost tore the car in half.

hes all good now though

My english teacher's friend got it in the same way but he still got it. Also I think us audiophiles should educate people on safe listening and use of earplugs because you can prevent tinnitus from listening to music at dangerous volumes but car crashes are hard to prevent.

 

[zachchen1996]

I let my girlfriend listen to my previous Genelecs, the 8020B's. I played songs like Joe Cockers "Up where we belong", Michael Jacksons "Earth song" and Clint Mansells "Requiem For a Dream" to her. She sat silently and smiled with her eyes closed. I think she cried a little too.

A friend of mine wanted to know what headphones she should buy, so I let her listen to my IE80's. After three seconds she said "Oh my god, I want these! I have to get these!". She wasn't even shocked when I told her how much they costed, even tough they were out of her price range by about 200 euros

Aren't there quite a few iems that are on par or better than the ie80 that cost LESS than the ie80s?

 

[ESCS]

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Aren't there quite a few iems that are on par or better than the ie80 that cost LESS than the ie80s?

 There might be, but I haven't heard any.

 

[ESCS]

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You better marry that girl. I've yet to have much of a reaction to demoing my headphones other than a shrug.

 Hah

After listening to Beats Studios in a store, she said that they sounded quite bad and distant, and she also said that if she had the money, she would buy a set of custom in-ear monitors

(I have educated her quite a lot about hi-fi)

 

[GL1TCH3D]

You better marry that girl. I've yet to have much of a reaction to demoing my headphones other than a shrug.

Aha, before my girlfriend became my girlfriend I let her demo my HD800 setup and she loved them ;P
Though she doesn't listen to music much,..

 

[ssrock64]

That story reminded me of another IEM one, in which I gave my S4i to an acquantance for a day becaues she forgot her iBuds at home. The next day, sure enough, she asks where she can buy them and how much they are, and now she's got a pair.

 

[iamdacow]

Dat moment when you make your friend who does not give a **** about audio quality in the past, pull the trigger on a pair of m100s and he's more enthu about audio than you are now lol

 

[Davedog]

Had great fun introducing my flatmate to Lana Del Rey's Born to die on my HD25s instead of the £3 buds he uses.
 
"Oh my god, I can actually hear her!" 
 
Always satisfying showing people the light.

 

[PanamaHat]

My girlfriend actually can hear a major difference but shes still not crazy about it. At least she doesn't mind me spending $200 every couple months for new cans

 

[ssrock64]

When I had an exchange student awhile back, he had a girl over he was sort-of dating (he had to leave in a month, so they hadn't declared anything), and we both showed her our various headphones (sexy, I know). I had helped him buy a Klipsch Reference One and an XB500 (he was a basshead on a budget, and the Reference One was bought for well under MSRP) on top of the style-oriented plastic WeSC he already owned, and at the time I had with me an SR80i, HD600, and FA-003. She couldn't tell a different between any of them except the XB500, which obviously sounded different due to the bass.
 
That demo temporarily ruined my life.

 

[Jamesy1969]

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it was an unfair and invalid test anyway, as my friend HAS not yet have really tested my headphones, and i havent tested his either.

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and my friend still made the unjust assumption that his Beats are better. when he HASNT had a listen to mine.

 
Ahem, we all kind of know what the outcome would/should be, but re-read what you've posted.

 

[Jamesy1969]

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Being myself not an audiophile (yet), you could watch my face while hearing for first time Angel of Massive Attack using my (not as good as yours, not famouse for its bass) sennheiser hd 558.
 
Sounds like a complete different song.

Mmmmm, a great tune and a favourite "demo" song of mine. Any system that can reproduce the intro bass and not fall apart over the climax is a keeper

 

[NZtechfreak]

Played Knights of Cyadonia to my fiance through my GS1000i. She's a long time fan of that album and was just stunned at all the sounds she'd never heard in the lengthy intro. She pulled them off fairly quickly after the intro though, she was a bit tired at the time and said she was overloaded by the amount of information that was being presented (she's not an analytical type listener). Should probably play her some Massive Attack with my LCD-2s, would probably suit her listening style better.

 

[MorbidToaster]

Played Knights of Cyadonia to my fiance through my GS1000i. She's a long time fan of that album and was just stunned at all the sounds she'd never heard in the lengthy intro. She pulled them off fairly quickly after the intro though, she was a bit tired at the time and said she was overloaded by the amount of information that was being presented (she's not an analytical type listener). Should probably play her some Massive Attack with my LCD-2s, would probably suit her listening style better.

Angel is mind glowingly good on a proper rig.

 

[NZtechfreak]

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Angel is mind glowingly good on a proper rig.

 
Indeed. I'm really not that big a fan of the LCD-2s, unlike most here (I guess because I listen predominantly to rock of all flavours and metal predominantly, although I do like a bit of nearly everything), but they retain a place in my collection purely for listening to stuff like Massive Attack or vocal jazz.