[ZetaRidley]

You're using a speaker amp to drive your headphones.

Or when the headphones get powered more often by the amp than the speakers do.

 

[Emospence]

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I'm actually getting the M50s for christmas. They may be over-hyped but they are good, especially as they'll be my first entry into the audiophile world of which I am loving. They are a good base starting point I think.

Yes, they are!

 

[Argyris]

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When you can appreciate a good composition in a song even if you're basically listening to a MIDI sequence.

 
+1
 
I like the music from LoZ Twilight Princess, even though one of the common complaints about the game was that its soundtrack wasn't orchestrated the way Super Mario Galaxy's was a year later. The main Hyrule Field theme in particular has some awesome deep bass, and it's just overall well composed.

 

[wolfetan44]

You know you're an audiophile when whenever people bring up a conversation you compare it to headphones..

 

[linglingjr]

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[wuwhere]

When the name of your cafe is your favorite headphone.
 

 

[wolfetan44]

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When the name of your cafe is your favorite headphone.
 

I know a Stax cafe that is in Burlingame, CA. Where are you?

 

[wuwhere]

This one is in Chicago.

 

[wolfetan44]

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This one is in Chicago.

Oh, nice! 

 

[takato14]

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this:
 

I feel like punching babies.

 

[PinoyPogiman]

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When the name of your cafe is your favorite headphone.
 

When a Potato Chip Company titles its chips as: STAX

 

[miceblue]

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this:
 

It's people like this that makes me lose faith in the society we live in. T_T
 
 
You know you're an audiophile when you buy ~$100 audio gear for everyone in your family for Christmas (3 people total), and one for yourself (a grand total of ~$600). Guuuuh my wallet...

 

[BBBS]

Or when the headphones get powered more often by the amp than the speakers do.

be warned that some amps have truly awful headphone stages. i mean there are 70s amps that drove headphones through the main amp, but put resistors in series, but now many modern amps have a separate and not very good headphone stage of their own

 

[pp312]

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I feel like punching babies.

 
A baby wrote that?
 
 

 

[pp312]

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be warned that some amps have truly awful headphone stages. i mean there are 70s amps that drove headphones through the main amp, but put resistors in series, but now many modern amps have a separate and not very good headphone stage of their own

 
Actually it's been demonstrated here more than once that most stereo amps and receivers drive their headphone jacks off the main amp, so there's nothing to fear. This is up to recent times, and probably includes a goodly proportion of HT amps, since it's cheaper to do this than provide a separate HP amp. You're pretty safe if you stick to good brands like Rotel, Nad, Marantz etc.