[EddieE]

"What you didn't like [insert person's favourite phone here]? What amp/source/cable/listening chair/hair gel were you using?"
 
Followed by -
 
"Well I'm not surprised you didn't like them, these are highly revealing headphones and will show up your bad gear"
 
(It's always anything but the headphone's fault when someone doesn't like it...)

 

[JoetheArachnid]

"Beats/Bose/Skullcandy are bad/overrated/overpriced, I didn't like them."
 
And then the less common, but still abundant:
 
"Beats/Bose are not bad/overpriced, I liked them."
 
A neverending cycle. We all claim to hate Beats, yet I swear I see a new thread on them every week.

 

[Mkubota1]

Just ran into another one:
 
"I don't mean to derail this thread, but..."

 

[olor1n]

"From what I've read..."

 

[sanakaku]

"You need to use this and that to get the perfect synergy"

 

[Brooko]

Quote:

"From what I've read..."

This ^ definitely - often accompanied by "I recommend ......."
 
The part missing though (there by inference I guess) is that they haven't actually heard (or even demoed)  the can being discussed.
 
That's why I always check sigs / profiles to see how many cans the recommender/poster has actually heard.
 

 

[MrQ]

"IMO"
 
"Cables don't make any difference"
 
"It's your source"
 
"Try burning in"
 
"Cables make a difference"
 
"I'm looking for a headphone with plenty of bass for under $10"
 
 

 

[TakashiMiike]

"the mids are liquid, and the bass is tight but well defined"
 
Did I describe much? Oh just about every headphone review ever.

 

[loremipsum]

I've never listened to it, BUT

 

[piotrus-g]

lush mids

 

[rehabitat]

Quote:

"Musical" when describing the sound of something.
 
 

 

[tr] [td=colspan:2] p r a t  
 
(præt)
[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=colspan:2] —noun 
 
[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]  [/td] [td] An incompetent or ineffectual person: often used as a term of abuse[/td] [/tr]

 
 
[prat]
–noun 
 
The buttocks

 

[sphinxvc]

"I've never heard ... but I'm going to give you my opinion anyway."

 

[TakashiMiike]

I love how all of these are so negative, haha. But still head-fi is a great place to be around

 

[Permagrin]

I love how all of these are so negative, haha. But still head-fi is a great place to be around

Right? And no one posting in this thread has ever used the expressions they are denigrating? Because you guys are making me feel like a bad person...

 

[Mkubota1]

I love how all of these are so negative, haha. But still head-fi is a great place to be around

What's so negative about "lush mids" or "good PRaT"?

But yup- you have to laugh at yourself once in a while.