Craigster75
Headphoneus Supremus
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With the Sennheiser Amperior finally here, the V-Moda M-100 slated to arrive in the next month or so and the launch of several new product lines from Denon coming, 2012 is shaping up as an exciting year in the headphone community. For me, the aforementioned brands are the ones I find most intriguing and I expect to purchase at least one of them. Which new models are most likely to convince you to break out your credit card, assuming they live up to the hype?
Also, I find locating demos difficult and many stores don't accept headphone returns. How do you audition new headphones without purchasing them? Or, do you "wing it" based on reviews and hope that they meet your expectations?
I heard Amazon accepts returns on headphones, but I would imagine being cut off if one returns too many. Also, I believe V-Moda has a 60-day return. I also found a company that "rents" high end headphones which sounds interesting:
http://www.thecableco.com/newsletter-detail.aspx?iid=5822
Lastly, when auditioning newly unboxed cans in-store, how important is burn-in? Does burn-in truly provide a drastic improvement in sound or is the sound out the box a close representation of sound after burn-in?
P.S. In case anyone noticed, I changed my Avatar to something more related to Head-fi in celebration of breaking 100 posts.
Also, I find locating demos difficult and many stores don't accept headphone returns. How do you audition new headphones without purchasing them? Or, do you "wing it" based on reviews and hope that they meet your expectations?
I heard Amazon accepts returns on headphones, but I would imagine being cut off if one returns too many. Also, I believe V-Moda has a 60-day return. I also found a company that "rents" high end headphones which sounds interesting:
http://www.thecableco.com/newsletter-detail.aspx?iid=5822
Lastly, when auditioning newly unboxed cans in-store, how important is burn-in? Does burn-in truly provide a drastic improvement in sound or is the sound out the box a close representation of sound after burn-in?
P.S. In case anyone noticed, I changed my Avatar to something more related to Head-fi in celebration of breaking 100 posts.