[HamilcarBarca]

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Some older recordings (especially vinyls and CDs you haven't heard in years) now sound AMAZING all of a sudden!

 
Yes, but it becomes more obvious that some were poorly recorded and/or mastered. Darned headphones!

 

[warrenpchi]

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How many of you had parents who were either audiophiles or bordered on audiophile and caught the bug from them?

 
^^^ This.  Though the best system I ever heard from a family member, also happened to be a system that I spec'd out.
 
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Yes, but it becomes more obvious that some were poorly recorded and/or mastered. Darned headphones!

 
If my supernatural powers over time and space were still intact, I'd fix that for ya.  Oh well, not much we can do about that I suppose.  Still, some of what they were able to achieve without overdone effects, serious post production and compression is just astounding.  I keep wanting to tell all the younguns that there was a time time before autotune, when people actually could sing on key all by themselves.  It was a glorious age!  But they'll never understand...

 

[streetdragon]

that awful moment when you realize that your laptop sounds significantly clearer than your phone that you have been using to listen to music for the last 1 year. oh well.... time to buy a dedicated portable player from my local shop- oh crap the only ones they have are hifiman and cost at least ~$200 DAMMIT THATS MORE THAN MY HEADPHONE 

 

[takato14]

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that awful moment when you realize that your laptop sounds significantly clearer than your phone that you have been using to listen to music for the last 1 year. oh well.... time to buy a dedicated portable player from my local shop- oh crap the only ones they have are hifiman and cost at least ~$200 DAMMIT THATS MORE THAN MY HEADPHONE 

My phone's audio circuitry is far better than my laptops...

 

[Duncan]

...When £250 / $400 [and higher!] headphones sound like crap... - that is telling me this is more OCD than fun hobby...

 

[kenman345]

Thankfully I have most of my music on CD's, so this was a simple re-rip away. Unfortunately now I have missed a bunch of songs and plan to use a nice portion of a paycheck one month and go on a shopping spree on CD's I wanna own. Maybe even a few vinyls too.
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this, i lost about half my music collection because of this

 
Having it on Vinyl should count as extra points then. Gotta love me some Dark Side on every set up. Sounded awesome on my latest gear upgrade. 
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Dark side of the moon is a son of satan or something. Every single time you put that cd in, you end up listening it 2-3 times in a row....

 

[streetdragon]

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My phone's audio circuitry is far better than my laptops...

what phone and laptop do you use?

 

[d3here]

you're an audiophile when you ARE BUSY CHOOSING WHAT IS THE BEST IEM TO USE & WHAT FLAC SONG TO PLAY when you're going to bang ur wife/girlfriend.. ROFL

 

[takato14]

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what phone and laptop do you use?

iPhone 3G, Gateway NV55S. 

 

[takato14]

...when you bribe an eBay seller to hold a headphone for you when you really can't afford it...

 

[Add1son89]

You know when you are an audiophile when the only shops you visit are audio shops and you spend almost 2hrs in there auditioning all the iems/headphones...

 

[Otrakun]

When you get a new pair of headphones in the mail and refuse to come out of your room for a week (Oh how I miss the holidays).

 

[Add1son89]

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When you get a new pair of headphones in the mail and refuse to come out of your room for a week (Oh how I miss the holidays).

I rmb i checked the Fedex tracking system almost every hour to make sure its on its way

 

[ZMZB]

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I rmb i checked the Fedex tracking system almost every hour to make sure its on its way

...when you check the Fedex tracking system almost every hour during to make your headphone CASE is on its way. Then, freak out when you find out your latest headphone purchase isn't thoroughly tracked.

 

[HamilcarBarca]

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...when you check the Fedex tracking system almost every hour during to make your headphone CASE is on its way.

 
We're supposed to wait an hour before checking again?