[KenW]

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Originally Posted by ArcTeryx Heh if you thought ski's were expensive... Colnago carbon fiber bicycle frame: $3500 Colnago carbon fiber fork: $600 Zero gravity brake calipers: $400 Titanium bicycle chain: $340 Campagnolo wheels: $2800 FSA handle bar $250 Shimano dura ace brake/shift levers: $430 Vittoria tires $140/pair Look titanium pedals $600 Fizik carbon bike seat $230 Look carbon fiber seat post $230 Add in a cassette, headset, bb, and all the other components and you can easily approach $12-13000 for a bicycle.

Daum!! For a bicycle?? When did Harley start doing pedalers??

 

[ArcTeryx]

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Originally Posted by KenW Daum!! For a bicycle?? When did Harley start doing pedalers??

Heh, don't worry, we get plenty of people over at bikeforums.net asking who would want to spend several grand on a bike when a $69.95 special from walmart would do.

 

[Bill Ward]

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Originally Posted by DaHoboFest I was wondering, why do u spend tons of money for little change in the way the music sounds, is it really worth hundredds of dollars, does hearing something slightly different put a smile on your face?

Music puts a smile on my face. Headphones (and their related equipment) are my chosen means of access to that music. Different headphones can offer varying perspectives on the music, and I find pleasure in the variety.

BW

 

[virometal]

Boyz will always want toyz. The toyz just get more expensive.

 

[EBisky]

I only got the ATH-A500's, but for me it was because I spend so much time on my computer using my headphones...I wanted that time to be spent listening to quality sound and not through cheap headphones with poor quality.

Kind of like a bed..you sleep in a bed over 6 hours EACH day, might as well have a good one.

-EB

 

[saturnine]

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Originally Posted by videocrew its safer than drinking my money (well, i still do that i suppose...)

Totally agreed

If I had the money I spent on alcohol last year, I could buy a baby orpheus...

 

[johnjac]

Because he who dies with the bestest most expensive toys WINS

 

[Edwood]

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Originally Posted by jefemeister why do people spend money on anything then? Why have Filet Mignon when you can have a Big Mac

LOL. pwnd.

OK, let's move onto the next stupid question.

Oh wait. There are no stupid questions. Only stupid..................


-Ed

 

[Kirosia]

Although the thread starter worded his question quite snobbishly, I don't think he really meant it to be so. Cmon, how many of us (as newbies) thought the same thing? We didn't fathom such expensive components, or even using phones for a non-portable. I think the answer is quite simple: we, as a community, are a bit off our rockers. There, I said it. Most of us head-fiers are, to quote a famous media figure: "Cuckoo for cocoa puffs". I'm sure you get my fairly ambigous and possibly incoherent point.

 

[Edwood]

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Originally Posted by Kirosia Although the thread starter worded his question quite snobbishly, I don't think he really meant it to be so. Cmon, how many of us (as newbies) thought the same thing? We didn't fathom such expensive components, or even using phones for a non-portable. I think the answer is quite simple: we, as a community, are a bit off our rockers. There, I said it. Most of us head-fiers are, to quote a famous media figure: "Cuckoo for cocoa puffs". I'm sure you get my fairly ambigous and possibly incoherent point.

Yes, ignorance is bliss.

So if you don't want to spend so much money, don't listen to the expensive setups.

-Ed

 

[The Actual]

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Originally Posted by Cyclone Hobbies are expensive, what good is money if you dont spend it?

Well, you can save it until you die, and then your children can inherit it and save it until they die, and then maybe their children will have poor moral values and spend it, but then it would be OK since their children could save all of their money until they die.

 

[xelloss12]

It's because I was not smart enough to get away before this place snared me.

 

[fewtch]

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Originally Posted by sahwnfras Because i feel like it, and its my money.

Still got the illusion of control, eh? Spend some more time on Head-Fi, my newcomer friend...

 

[AZ-GT]

I was an audiophile about 15 years ago and spent big money on a system I was pleased with. Of course there was always the desire to continue to upgrade but a changing life situation ended that. I was not a phone's user. I've dropped in here for very short, rare visits about 18 months ago as I was considering adding an iPod to my Mac. I was very wary of the 'bug' but knew I would want something better then the iPod phones. Last month I bought my iPod and in 30 days have gone from E2C, ER-6i, to ER-4P. Course then I needed a few other things as well. In a month my wallet is almost $1500 lighter.

 

[tourmaline]

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Originally Posted by johnjac Because he who dies with the bestest most expensive toys WINS

And gonne leave them to me in his will!