LobsterSan
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My brother was bragging about how he had heard the beauty of good-quality headphones, and how he could never go back to crap headphones again. He was listening to the Grado SR-60. He was moving at the time, and his SR-60 were packed away, so I didn't get a chance to listen to them just then. My mind fluttered with thoughts of what he meant by his veiled and inspiring comments.
Having an early interest in headphones, I bought some "high-end" $30 headphones in the early 90's. However, after my brother's comments, I decided that perhaps the Sony MDR-v100 that I was using might not be the end-all, be-all of hi-fidelity headphone units.
Thus began my quest to find out what I was missing. Google led me to numerous reviews of the Sennheiser HD-600, which appeared to be the king. Not to be outdone by my brother, I snatched them up in a delirious spending frenzy inspired by a rather nice Ebay deal.
After receiving the "king", I was a bit disappointed with the sound. Not understanding at that point that my amplifiers and sources were a crappy match for the "king", and that sound quality is a highly subjective and personal opinion, I asked myself why I didn't instantly orgasm when music was played through them. They sounded good, but not cream-my-pants good. So I delved further and found Headwize. And upon further delving, I found Head-Fi. And the good people of Head-Fi are my new junkie friends, providing me tips and introducing accounts of their latest high, provoking and prodding me towards satsifying my itch.
Having an early interest in headphones, I bought some "high-end" $30 headphones in the early 90's. However, after my brother's comments, I decided that perhaps the Sony MDR-v100 that I was using might not be the end-all, be-all of hi-fidelity headphone units.
Thus began my quest to find out what I was missing. Google led me to numerous reviews of the Sennheiser HD-600, which appeared to be the king. Not to be outdone by my brother, I snatched them up in a delirious spending frenzy inspired by a rather nice Ebay deal.
After receiving the "king", I was a bit disappointed with the sound. Not understanding at that point that my amplifiers and sources were a crappy match for the "king", and that sound quality is a highly subjective and personal opinion, I asked myself why I didn't instantly orgasm when music was played through them. They sounded good, but not cream-my-pants good. So I delved further and found Headwize. And upon further delving, I found Head-Fi. And the good people of Head-Fi are my new junkie friends, providing me tips and introducing accounts of their latest high, provoking and prodding me towards satsifying my itch.