[WhiteCrow]

Got my mom to A/B/C my headphones, her reactions were great.She loves the K500 for classical or music with more subtle details in them, the HFI-580's for bass and more like drum oriented music, and the Grados for mettalica*she loves her some mettalica hahaha* This was a great triumph, now I just need to find a can she would like I'm thinking K240*non sextets* and a sansa clip, or something along those lines. 

 

[Mushrooshi]

Facebook status:
 
"Ordered a FiiO E5 amp..."
 
Friend's response:
 
" What kind of headphones do you have?"
 
sounds promising
 
Either he also is an audiophile, or googled What that was. Anyways, I don't have any Beats owning friends, mostly just "whatever is $20 and sounds acceptable" for them.
 
UPDATE: He has Sennheiser 595s on the way

 

[Speedv1]

All of my friends have the ipod buds (or something like that) and they say "the sound is fine for me...". Showed them my SRH750DJs today - unamped - my one mate didn't want to give them back lol. When I told them how much they were he left.. (I'm presuming to buy them himself lol). My dad loves premium sound - he has some old phones, don't even remember what they are, but he said they cost 500 pounds to buy in 1990 :O.

 

[bcasey25raptor]

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All of my friends have the ipod buds (or something like that) and they say "the sound is fine for me...". Showed them my SRH750DJs today - unamped - my one mate didn't want to give them back lol. When I told them how much they were he left.. (I'm presuming to buy them himself lol). My dad loves premium sound - he has some old phones, don't even remember what they are, but he said they cost 500 pounds to buy in 1990 :O.

i let a friend of mine listen to mine with similar results he didnt want to give them back and he was listening to metal on them. i think the shure 750dj are good for most genres of music. they have a wicked sound stage for a closed can.
 

 

[Speedv1]

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All of my friends have the ipod buds (or something like that) and they say "the sound is fine for me...". Showed them my SRH750DJs today - unamped - my one mate didn't want to give them back lol. When I told them how much they were he left.. (I'm presuming to buy them himself lol). My dad loves premium sound - he has some old phones, don't even remember what they are, but he said they cost 500 pounds to buy in 1990 :O.

i let a friend of mine listen to mine with similar results he didnt want to give them back and he was listening to metal on them. i think the shure 750dj are good for most genres of music. they have a wicked sound stage for a closed can.
 

 
Yup - can't wait to see which I perfer, M50s or 750dj..

 

[Tablo]

I'm glad people at my school don't go bragging about their Bose/Beats/Skullcandy headphones, I never actually saw full-size headphones in the school, most people use iPod earbuds or other earphones. But there's this one kid who got Beats Studio and the comments on Facebook were: 
 

 

[WhiteCrow]

hahaha, what a tool.

 

[Mushrooshi]

Overall reactions to my AKG K518LEs were comments on how good the look, how good they sound, and how sturdy they appear. Only complaint I got from my friend who wanted the same ones with less bass and more treble

 

[macrocheesium]

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Overall reactions to my AKG K518LEs were comments on how good the look, how good they sound, and how sturdy they appear. Only complaint I got from my friend who wanted the same ones with less bass and more treble

Now there's an audiophile! Already at stage 2.

 

[wcarpenter]

My dorm mates have all loved my Miniwatt N3 and DT880 combo. "Less bass than my beats", they always say, but a few are coming around. 
 
The soundstage is the first thing they comment on. Its a very foreign concept to most headphone owners. 

 

[gossamer]

My brother-in-law was over yesterday on a visit from Virginia and he basically uses whatever works with his ipod, I think he still uses the stock i-buds and constantly complains about them shocking him if his ipod is in his pocket.
 
I handed him my Portapros, turned on this:
 

 
I didn't get them back until he left. He's buying a pair when he gets back home in VA.

 

[bcasey25raptor]

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I'm glad people at my school don't go bragging about their Bose/Beats/Skullcandy headphones, I never actually saw full-size headphones in the school, most people use iPod earbuds or other earphones. But there's this one kid who got Beats Studio and the comments on Facebook were: 
 

what a fool. i tried these today at best buy and they sound worse then my $80 pioneer se m390s.

 

[macrocheesium]

I just thought of a weird story. For the past few years, my dad has been using Bose earbuds. Not sure of the model, but they're older and not IEMs, cost him $100. Anyway, this summer they broke, and he replaced them with a pair of $6 clearance rack earbuds. Says he can't hear a difference. 

I know that Bose aren't quite the best value around, but they're not that bad... Some people really just can't hear it.

 

[bcasey25raptor]

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I just thought of a weird story. For the past few years, my dad has been using Bose earbuds. Not sure of the model, but they're older and not IEMs, cost him $100. Anyway, this summer they broke, and he replaced them with a pair of $6 clearance rack earbuds. Says he can't hear a difference. 

I know that Bose aren't quite the best value around, but they're not that bad... Some people really just can't hear it.

i tend to agree with you bose isn't terrible. but you can get much better for far less. i tried some bose at best buy the other day and they sounded alright for noise cancelling cans.

 

[Arc6]

I let a buddy listen to a pair of knock-off canals and he thought they sounded amazing. He was impressed by the name (Dre), not the SQ. Hmmm . . . the power of suggestion.