[redshifter]

- audiophile: you have all the highest end equipment, and diy tweaks, and mainly listen at home.

- enthusiast: you may not have the best equipment, but you know a lot about it. you do most of your listening at home.

- portable enthusiast: you have all the latest portable gadgets, and good headphones for the job. you do most of your listening on the go.

- newbie: your last pair of heapdhones came with your walkman.

- nutcase: what the hell are headphones good for?! i just come here to rant!!!

i know not everybody will fit into these catagories, but pick one that comes close to describing you. if you can think of others, please share.

 

[gerG]

I think that nutcase is on the wrong end of the spectrum, insn't it?

I am an enthusiast, damnit!

gerG

 

[CaptBubba]

What I am isn't on there. I really just use headphones as an excuse to play around with electronics.

I guess second to that I'm an enthusiast.

 

[grinch]

enthusiast i guess. my stuff isn't that great, but it's pretty good and a bit more extensive than the normal person's headphone collection.

 

[gloco]

Enthusiast i suppose...but i don't know much about amps or cables much.

 

[ServinginEcuador]

Enthusiast nutcase!! I have some nice equipment, but overspent my way to getting it!!!! Great poll RedShifter!!!

 

[RickG]

Nutcase...without a doubt...

 

[kin3tix]

just another enthusiast here.

 

[Kevin P]

Well, enthusiast is the closest match for me, since my rig isn't audiophile (but it's pretty close), nor is it portable. But it's at work, not at home.

Since I have a 400-disc megachanger and tube headphone amp in my cubicle, would that make me a nutcase?

Now I just need to figure out how to get my portable health club rig (Aiwa MD + Sony MDR-A106) to sound better...

KJP

 

[Mr.PD]

I debated on whether I am an enthusiast or a portable enthusiast. I do a lot of listening away from home, but I am working on tweaks for my home system. I think the recent acquisition of a META42 is what changed me to the home system. So I am just an enthusiast, with tendancies toward portables.

 

[Duncan]

Enthusiast here...

Since sorting out my HD580s, my portable setup hasn't really had too much of a look in lately...

 

[LobsterSan]

Only one admitted audiophile so far? No one wants to own up, huh?

I put myself in the enthuthiast column. Although I'm something more of a newbie-enthuthiast. I know all the names of the great gear, but I have experience with only a smidgen of that gear (reading reviews and analyzing data will only take you so far).

My friends and family look at me funny though when I spout off model names for recommendations... and I feel rather dorky.

 

[Pace]

I don't seem to fit any of those categories...

I haven't used headphones much before my Sennheisers, so I'd think I'm a newbie... but sennheisers are much better than "the ones that came with my walkman". So am I enthusiast then? I really don't know that much about headphones nor related equipment. But I'm learning fast and this site has already encouraged to get a headphone amp so I'll select that then.

Maybe a rookie option would be good.

 

[dhwilkin]

Somewhere between enthusiast and audiophile, mainly because of no DIY tweaks.

 

[redshifter]

interesting. i am the only admitted "portable enthusiast" so far. hey purk! where are you!?