Ishcabible
Headphoneus Supremus
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Haha your dad sounds awesome. I recently full-out converted my dad when he tried my HE500 loaner with some Miles Davis. "I want one like this."
My sister is 21 and loves Dubstep and Metal.
My Dad has been a Hi-Fi enthusiast since he was a teenager.
Positives
- Huge knowledge base I can ask.
- Access to high end speaker setups. From what I could figure out, his collection includes: electrostatic double panel Quad speaker, high end Macintosh amp, a English made horn/dynamic hybrid speaker, 5+ other amps I have no idea of and even more speakers. Not kidding, I don't even know how to start appreciating these.
- Parents are both supportive of my interest in audio.
- Dad is building me a tube amplifier for Christmas!
- Dad wants to buy a Stax SR-007. I'm hoping I can hijack this for my own use.
Negatives
- Every headphone I have is hugely lacking in numerous aspects to him. I guess that is to be expected but it still hurts when your best headphones get shot down and pummelled to the ground in his analysis. The only headphones he's respected is a properly setup HD800 and a Stax SR-007 rig.
- Doesn't understand why I 'waste' money in the <$500 range. I want to start from low and go up so I actually appreciate the rise in quality but he's already been there, done that.
- Doesn't understand why I choose headphones. He tries hard to convert me to small speakers but I prefer the privacy of headphones. Before I knew of Head-Fi I once asked for a gaming headset (ignorance is bliss), I got a Bose 5.1 speaker system instead.
I'm not complaining at all, the positives are huge but there are annoyance from time to time. Guess the saying is true, you don't know what you have until it's gone.