Whats surprised me to date is that my 8 year old daughter can distinguish between the good and IMO the bad. For Christmas last year a relative bought her a Ipod nano and a pair of Bose IEM'S because she kept wanting to be like her dad. Sad thing is she got those gifts
..... the day before Christmas and i had purchased a Sansa clip+ and a pair of Re0's that Santa was bringing the next night... My wife about threw up when she seen what the relative had bought because of my investment for her. So i still proceeded to have Santa deliver the goods.....So the whole night before she was so excited to have her very own rig( Bose & Ipod Nano) and even made the comment " I hope Santa doesn't bring this tonight and See's that i have what you have Dad" So the next morning she opens up her presents and first she opens the clip+ and looks curiously and then the Re0's follow... then she says look Dad i have to of each now..... Later that afternoon , after downloading all her favorite music on the clip+ and the Nano. So she went into her room with both of her rig's and listened for a while...... A few hours later she comes out to me while I'm on the computer and says , Dad i want you to listen and i said OK, so i listened to the Bose and nano combo first...tapped my toes and what not. And then she said listen to this one. At the time i had a clip+ and Re0's in my collection. So after listening to both of her rigs she asked me which one i liked better, so for fun i chose the Bose nano combo assuming that would be her choice... well dad was wrong and to this day the nano and the Bose are sitting in a drawer in my desk. She actually told me that the music sounded better from what Santa brought her. Then asked me why i thought the other one was better. So i sat there with a stupid grin on my face and was completely shocked at the outcome. An 8 year old heard the difference. Then a couple weeks ago i let her listen to my current rig ( Fuze=LOD to Stepdance= Sm3) She asked if i thought Santa would bring her what i have..
I told her i don't think Santa's elves can make it lol. but i would call him a see. So now i got stuck getting her the Fuze and I'm giving her a spare LOD and a Fiio e7 and stuck on the IEM department maybe the Sm2 i dunno. Hope i didnt bore you people to death with this. I just find it amazing. 8 year old ears and the choice she made.