[Nicwix]

Survey: What has your headphone listening cost you (on an hourly basis) since first exposure to Head-Fi / Headwize?

Calculated as follows:

A. Period. Number of elapsed weeks since first exposure to Head-Fi / Headwize

B. Listening Time. Estimated total listening time in hours since first exposure to Head-Fi / Headwize

C. Net Cost. Total amount spent on on headphones, other audio components and music, less any sales during the period (in US$)

From this you can calculate:
1. Average Listening Time per Week (B/A)
2. Average Cost per Listening Hour (C/B)
3. Average Cost per Week (C/A)

Be very interesting to compare peoples different experiences.

And, if we multiply the average Cost per Week by the number of Head-Fi / Headwize members, we can estimate the size of the industry generated by these sites.

Of course it goes without saying that it is all worth it - provided one's spouse does not find out.

 

[joelongwood]

It's an interesting idea, Nicwix.......however, I'm a firm believer in the old adage "Ignorance is bliss." I really don't want to know how much this insanity has cost me so far.

 

[shivohum]

I'm with Joe. There are some things that, the less they're thought about, the better

 

[DanG]

Okay, then I'll go first.

About $50/week spent, I listen about 10-15 hours per week (by my estimation), so I spend between $3 and $5 per hour of listening.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

I don't know, but mine's probably pretty low, because I spend a lot of time in headphones...

 

[RMSzero]

Since coming here, I've spent about $120 for headphones I actually currently own, and perhaps another $35 on parts for my headphone amp. That's $155. I've been registered for about 2.5 months and have had my first good headphones for about 1.5 months. I listen to them for probably a good 40 hours a week since I listen while I study, play games, and walk around campus. So that's, what, $0.60 per hour? Not bad.

However, I have a new purchase on the way, and I'm going to have to get new media, and a new amp, and an amp power supply, and batteries, etc . .. .

 

[Nicwix]

A. Period. Say 40 weeks

B. Listening Time. Only about 5 hours per week on average

C. Net Cost. About $700, including CDs

1. Average Listening Time per Week
2. Average Cost per Listening Hour: $3.50
3. Average Cost per Week: $17.50

Too few hours !!!

 

[Driftwood]

Time since joining Head-Fi: 1 month.
Items purchased since joining:
Sennheiser HD-600
Stax SR-001 MK2
Melos SHA-1
Sony D-25 with battery & manual
Vanguard Case for D-25 & SR-001
Sony D-9
Sony D-4
Amperex Tubes
Cardas 300B interconnects
Markertek mini-mini cable
Bolder Type 1 Power Cable
Total: $1550 (more or less)... ouch.

$ per week: $387.50 (holy moly!)
usage per week: 40 hours
$ per hour: $9.6875 -> $10

$10 per hour! DANG!
but I am enjoying myself!

Next up for purchase:
Stefan AudioArt Equinox / Cardas HD-600 replacement cable
Headroom More Static?
Brick Wall RM15AUD and BPT BP-1 (are these models a good complement?)
Rega Planet 2000 (unless I find something clearly better?)
ART DI/O with mods
looks like I have a lot of money ahead of me....

Driftwood

 

[Nicwix]

joelongwood - with a profile like this ...
[size=xx-small]Headphone Inventory: Grado HP-1, RS-1, SR-325, SR-100, Alessandro/Grado Music Series Pro, Etymotic ER6, 4S, & Etymotic Er-4P /4S adapter cable, Senn HD-600, MX-500,Sony MDR-CD3000, CD1700, Sony MDR-V6, Sony E888,AKG-k340, K501,Koss KSC-35; Headphone Amp Inventory Sugden Headmaster, Earmax Pro, Grado RA-1, MG-Head DT (Wing mod), Creek OBH-11, Total Airhead, 5 Cmoy/Hansen/Apheared "47" built by JMT, 1 cmoy w/crossfeed built by JMT
Source Inventory AMC CD8B, Denon DCM-370 HDCD/CD changer, Sony CDP-C715, Panasonic SW-SL870, RS 3904 CDP, Sony D-25S CDP,Sony MZ-R50 MD Recorder, Apple iPod,Nomad II MP3,Thorens TD-125 MKII; Cable Inventory 1m Cardas Cross, 1/2m Straightwire Chorus, Straightwire mini to mini, Straightwire mini to RCA; Other Audio Equipment Carver Receiver, Yamaha CA-1010 (1978), Pioneer TA-8100 Amp (1974), KLH Model 18 Tuner (1970),Klipsch Forte, Klipsch KG1,Acoustic Research AR3a speakers [/size]
... and that's before you add any music ... no wonder you don't want to know what you've spent !!!

shivohum - you are not so much better !!!

Now I just need to figure out how to explain to my wife that I too need all these essentials

 

[CaptBubba]

Lemme see here:

$120 for HD580s
$80 for V6s
$100 for assorted DIY stuff
$100 on music (actualy this is lower than $100)
$120 for pcdp

$520 total
been doing this for about a year now so 52 weeks
I listen at least 2 hours a night, so 14 hours a week, 728 hours total.


That means:

1. 14 hours minimum

2. $0.71 per hour.

3. $10 a week.

I don't think I'm doing half bad....

 

[chych]

I've been taking it carefully on the audio stuff... so that is;

$2200 over 60 weeks
About 30hrs a week of headphone use...

So that means:
$36.7/wk
$1.22/hr

Not bad for a high schooler...

 

[Braver]

$ loss over the past (buying-selling): $200
I bought two sets of MX500s, totals at $35
nice mini-RCA cable to hook my MDP up to my micro: $10
well, $250 for equipment Head-Fi and Headwize made me buy over the past 15 months.

also 40 or so minidiscs, $2 a piece: $80

and ofcourse almost 50 CDs, average of $12,50 (rough guess) means: $625

seems like a nice balance

totals at 950, just over $2 a day, somehwere around 8 hours of listening a day, so, like 25 $cents an hour.

wanna bet I'm the cheapest 1000+ member?

 

[srapps55]

About $300. Oh, you said audio; I thought you said oral.

 

[Flumpus]

Let's see...

Total Money Spent: about $6500 (music not included)

Number of Hours: about 1500

Per Hour: $4.33

I think it's worth it... factor in music and it goes a little higher, but still, think of all the enjoyment. There's not much you can get for $4.33/hour that gives you as much enjoyment as all this fine music

 

[tanfenton]

Quote:

Originally posted by Flumpus There's not much you can get for $4.33/hour that gives you as much enjoyment as all this fine music

Hear, hear!