[jipan]

Man, I got those too! Yes, my friends only say those for laugh, but damn, they still hurt a little inside. They stop joked about it when I told them how they would feel when someone joked about them being pedophile.
 
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When you get upset about a high profile story involving a pedophile because you feel you now have to avoid saying you're an audiophile in public since people will hear what they think they hear

 

 

[Austin Morrow]

When you're only 16, yet your Head-Fi station looks like this:
 

 

[Zeebra]

When you're only 16, yet your Head-Fi station looks like this:

The force is strong in this one

 

[Austin Morrow]

Quote:

The force is strong in this one

 
Yes, yes it is. The force is very strong. Thanks for noticing. 

 

[SilentxStatik24]

Ok, that setup is awesome! You must be very grateful for your parents!  My parents would never let me have all that stuff. I guess i'm sticking with my htf600s, which are great anyway.

 

[Austin Morrow]

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Ok, that setup is awesome! You must be very grateful for your parents!  My parents would never let me have all that stuff. I guess i'm sticking with my htf600s, which are great anyway.

Oh, my parents didn't buy all that stuff, then I'd be spoiled rotten. They wouldn't allow that at all.

 

[CharliyuAndCo]

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Oh, my parents didn't buy all that stuff, then I'd be spoiled rotten. They wouldn't allow that at all.

You must have an awesome job to afford all that
 

 

[BattleBrat]

You know you're an audiophile when you avoid romantic relationships out of fear the she might make you get rid of some of your gear

 

[veyrongatti]

Quote:

When you're only 16, yet your Head-Fi station looks like this:
 

OMG im 16 and i dont even have an hd 600 or a Q701.......or anything from burson........i cant even convince my parents to let me buy a 300 dollar bundle
 

 

[jipan]

I'm 25 and I don't had any of those... Duh.
 
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OMG im 16 and i dont even have an hd 600 or a Q701.......or anything from burson........i cant even convince my parents to let me buy a 300 dollar bundle
 

 

 

[Bonobo Loco]

Quote:

OMG im 16 and i dont even have an hd 600 or a Q701.......or anything from burson........i cant even convince my parents to let me buy a 300 dollar bundle
 

The nice thing about being 16 is if you have a job, you probably don't have any bills, so all your money is discretionary spending. If you work 20 hours a week at $9 per hour that's $180 per week (before taxes) that you can save up for gear. Can get a nice setup pretty quickly if you really want to.

 

[manveru]

 
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The nice thing about being 16 is if you have a job, you probably don't have any bills, so all your money is discretionary spending. If you work 20 hours a week at $9 per hour that's $180 per week (before taxes) that you can save up for gear. Can get a nice setup pretty quickly if you really want to.

A few years ago before I was into hifi/head-fi I was in this exact situation. I made $10/hr 40 hours a week over the summer and also worked part-time when school started for a couple months. Now I'm 22 and pennyless. Looking back, I lament over all the audio gear I could have bought. 

 

[audiophoholic]

You spend more than $5,000 a year on various equipment and can never seem to be happy with a great pair of cans. 

 

[ri_toast]

at the audiologist you bring your own headphones.

 

[catscratch]

at the audiologist you bring your own headphones.

Heh... I've almost snatched up several pairs of HE60s that were used for audiometry several times, but got outbid each time. You do occasionally find hidden gems at various sound research related places.