LxJLthr
100+ Head-Fier
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For the last couple months I received a fair share of harassment at work for ordering "cheap", "sub-par", "crappy", etc etc etc headphones. This includes Beyer DT990, Koss DJ100, AKG K518LE, Senns HD595, among others; by no means uber high end items, but perfect for my budget and purposes. I work in a consulting/professional services environment and Bose has that market locked down airtight; almost everyone in my department owns and swears by their product (and bad mouth everything else), especially if they do any traveling.
Well, couple weeks ago my boss leaving office on another business trip, but *GASP* realized he forgot his Bose QC3 cans. In panic he asked to borrow one of my headphones. I let him use my Koss DJ100 along with JDS Labs cMoyBB amp I had that day...When I received them back after a week, he first asked me how much both items cost (~$120) and than why half his music sounded awesome and half sounded like crap (I guess DJ100's don't play nice with crappy music files LOL).
I guess there was enough in that experience and my answers to make him question his initial dismissive opinion about this hobby. He ended up apologizing for the hard time he gave me, continued to ask more questions and actually came over my house to listen to my other headphone. He just picked up Phiaton MS400 headphones with FiiO E7 amp for Christmas and gave Bose ones to his wife LOL
Well, couple weeks ago my boss leaving office on another business trip, but *GASP* realized he forgot his Bose QC3 cans. In panic he asked to borrow one of my headphones. I let him use my Koss DJ100 along with JDS Labs cMoyBB amp I had that day...When I received them back after a week, he first asked me how much both items cost (~$120) and than why half his music sounded awesome and half sounded like crap (I guess DJ100's don't play nice with crappy music files LOL).
I guess there was enough in that experience and my answers to make him question his initial dismissive opinion about this hobby. He ended up apologizing for the hard time he gave me, continued to ask more questions and actually came over my house to listen to my other headphone. He just picked up Phiaton MS400 headphones with FiiO E7 amp for Christmas and gave Bose ones to his wife LOL