Submitted by Carlsen94 t3_121cz95 in headphones
Just curious whats the worse or best reaction you've gotten along the years when you met people and told them your hobby is about headphones.
I was in my new company last week and when they talked about spending money on food, various kinds of food but I spent mine on headphones they felt weird, which I've gotten used to. Some might ask, how many ears you got? XD
Share your experience!
It kills people when they know "wired" ones cost so much.
I have a friend who had LCD-x and when others knew the price all went wild.
"You pay so much for such an ugly and inconvenient thing?"
WHY EOULD SOMEONE TELL THAT TO YOUR FRIEND’S FACE OMG, I love the lcd x.
haha my sister and SO also said to me my HD650 is damn ugly, no sense of design. Like some B&O headphones
Oof, what do people have against these types of things, they are just headphones XD.
YEah, for us its the sound and comfort that matter, but for non audiophile i guess its the aesthetic XD
Like I dont think the appearance of stax can be accepted by normal ppl
I own a 650 and agree with your SO. But it doesn't matter when I put them on because I can't see them. Plus, they sound great!
I let her listen to 650 she said its good too!
I recently got her a beyerdynamic mmx100 because she needs to mic to be portable for office use and she loves the design!
After awhile she is very happy with the sound quality!
She quote” i can hear more than just bass now”
its not "non audiophiles" its just low iq people in general. smart people value quality over everything. I was taught well by my parents when very young to value quality over quantity, my mom would say 1 pair of high quality shoes is better than having to buy 3-4 shoes that fall apart in less time.
when i hear these type of stories you guys are sharing about your friends going crazy about the price or whatever you enjoy spending your own money on makes me wonder why you keep such idiotic type of people around you lol.
Proud Dad moment: caught my teenage daughter sitting on the couch listening to The Who, Who's Next on my Maggie-based sound system. And no, she wasn't on her phone or reading a book. Just enjoying the music!
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>Ex-Miss Delaware Teen USA Melissa King compromised her crown for a grand total of $1,500
Do u know what $3k could have got you!?
My fav would be「Oh! I am audiophile too, I have plenty logitech and razer headsets!」
Another one is「Are you ok!?」
> 「Are you ok!?」
Well are you?
Physically yes, very awesome, happy ears!
financially no :(
Or I want to get logitech/razer because they have good sound !
A real quote that someone told me
That thx stopped certifying Logitech speakers, after razer krakens bought them out, tells u all that u need to know about how meaningless the thx cert is
Huh
They definitely get sticker shock when I tell them I have 30ish ranging from $14 to $1400.
I usually speak with such enthusiasm about it, they get interested too.
And since I usually have my Bathys with me, I’ll give them a little taste and then they get it.
They may find it a little strange, but I tell them people have strange collections all the time. Mine just happens to be enjoying music on great sounding gear.
Wow you seem to be a collector.
Which is your favourite pair?
I have a few.
Open: Focal ClearMg
Closed: Focal Radiance
Wireless Over Ear: Focal Bathys
Wireless TWS: Galaxy Buds2 Pro
Wired IEM: Blessing 2: Dusk
I like to listen to the rest here and there to keep my ear trained, but my Focals hit me in the feels when I sit back and just close my eyes and just….listen.
Damn, your favorites are my endgame shopping list, I love Focal headphones in general
My S.O found out that I bought new IEMs, and she was passively mad, saying that they all sound the same. I explained to her the differences, and I thought the easiest way to do that was to say, 'The more expensive they are, the more I can hear each instrument.' This led to a fight, but later on, I explained that it's a good investment because I use my IEMs during work and while sleeping. World peace was achieved (for now or til I bought a new one)
I explained to a friend that headphones, guns, cars, etc are like shoes. you have sneakers, flats, heels, boots. they all do the same thing but they're also different and necessary for different situations lol
>Guns all do the same thing but they're also different
old.reddit.com/comments/xr2mys nuff said
I don't get cars though, just pick the convertible with the most trunkroom and backseat space
i want to learn a little more about knives in the kitchen. right now they all cut thingies
i think i need more knives to do certain things more efficiently
[edit] https://old.reddit.com/r/chefknives/
yo lol
You really just need 2. A good chef’s knife and a good paring knife. Then expand from there if you really get into cooking and find use cases for specialized knives.
The trick is finding a chef’s knife that you love. There’s the German style (wusthof, henckels, messermeister) known for a shape that encourages a rocking motion when cutting. They often have thick bolsters that some do not like. Makes it hard to sharpen the blade from top to base.
There’s the French style which is similar to German, but its shape is less curved. Look for knives made in Thiers.
Then there are the Japanese styles which have been very popular. Look for a gyuto (sp?), it’s a hybrid of western and eastern styles. Too many brands to list, but a good starter brand would be Tojiro DP.
Look for a forged blade and a balance that feels good to you.
hahahahahaha I wonder If headphone sellers help change the amount on invoice given for people that have to hide from other half. Cuz from what I've seen PC shop usually does that haha
They ask me is it better than the free apple earbuds…..
Same, my boss doesnt believe me when i say its better sounding than air pods
Workmate, "You spent HOW MUCH on a pair of headphones!" Me, "It was less than a quarter of the price of your carbon fibre bike frame." Seemed to shut him up.
when I turned 21 (in 2007 holy shit) my friends bought me my first headphone amp. I don't remember talking about it but I guess I mentioned it enough for them to notice. everyone has different interests and I think it's cool when someone else talks about what they're into
https://www.cnet.com/reviews/headroom-airhead-review/
The AirHead portable headphone amp boosts the output and sound quality of the puny amplifiers in iPods and MP3 and portable CD players--and it works like a charm, although some users may find it too bulky. HeadRoom sells the AirHead online for $149.
This little amp is nonetheless slightly larger than an iPod--it measures 2.875 inches wide, 1 inch high, and 4.125 inches deep, and it weighs less than a pound fully loaded with 4 AAA batteries. That extra heft helps explain why the AirHead so easily betters the flyweight amps built into portable players.
4 AAA batteries babyyy
"Why do you need so many headphones?". I only have 3 that I use (home, work and outside) plus a pair of DT770 in storage somewhere as a backup.
They don't care.
It's even worse when i try to say anything about surround or virtual surround for headphones lol
>While Xbox 360 games, limited by it's 6+gb DVD space, are standardised at max quality 640kbps Dolby Digital 5.1, PlayStation 3 supports the same format and also, thanks to it's roomy blu-ray, 5.1 lossless PCM, 7.1 lossless PCM, plus fan-favourite DTS.
AND NOBODY CARED, halo still sounded great, heck, as the years went by and people got on fiber and fast USB drive support got added to the 360, more people probably cared about the 360 being stuck on 100mbps(12.5mb/s) Ethernet vs the 1gbps ps3 when downloading a bunch of gameswithgold at oce
luckily for me there are 2 other audiophiles at work. sadly both have nice speaker systems so i dont have anyone to trade headphones with but at least we speak the same language
Why not have both ? XD
i have both, but almost never use the speakers to not bother anyone.
that's the worst thing about living in a big city. i can be the asshole neighbor with a 300 watt subwoofer or i can be the neighbor that uses headphones and has dusty speakers lmao
reminds me when i took my friend to visit his cousin in brooklyn at like 3 am in the morning... some guy was blasting Sucka MCs by Run DMC and it sounded like a night club in the hallway of the apartment lmao... couldn't hear a thing inside the apartment though, i found that strange.
I remembered that i showed one of my coworkers my dac/amp with lossless music into hd560s and asked him to compare with his soundanker wireless anc headphones that listen to youtube music, and he said theres no difference!
ITT: 31 comments and counting with no uplifting stories. Perhaps I shan’t mention this particular hobby to coworkers.
I still think you should though, who knows your story might be the first one ;)
"you have to stop"
"Do you really need that much headphones/earbuds?"
Its usually them just kinda nodding along untill I mention prices or they notice that the brick in my hand is not my phone, but a Fiio M11
What usually happens is that I mention that I like headphones and say what I have and they pretend to be interested and then the conversation moves on. The person might have the opportunity to try something out for one reason or another and I end up with a DM asking what they can get for cheap to get a taste of what they heard.
One story I have: A friend of mine needed a pair of headphones for a Teams call and she didn't have any so I just let her borrow the Audio Technica ATH-M50X I had since I wasn't using them and they weren't too expensive. She said they sounded amazing and asked how much they cost. I said they were actually quite cheap (£120) but apparently my version of cheap and her's were very different. Either way, she ended up buying some Sony WH1000 XM4 a few weeks later after she had saved up. Not exactly audiophile quality but way better than what she was using before.
They're very convenient at least but audio quality wise I wouldn't rank them that high if they're anything like the older xm3's. Probably great for teams calls with the integrated mic and all the other features tbh
The actual sound quality isn't too bad and the ANC is great. The tuning for headphones is just bad. Once you turn down the bass to a reasonable level, they're actually ok. And for someone like my friend who hadn't heard anything better, they sound amazing.
Yeah. I can dig them even with stock sound but they're definitely better with some EQ to tune down that bass.
The good thing with the sonys is that I at least can't really hate them, only dislike. While I can't listen to the DT1990 without EQing the mount Beyer down, the 8kHz bump. It's too piercing.
Oh god no I don't tell them that lol
If someone comes over and sees the headphones and goes "those look fancy" I'll tell them yeah they are but tbh I have no interest in going down the rabbit hole with them.
Or ask them to try when you have the chance, for them to be amused!
Most of the people I let listen to my headphones. (For example hd 650 and mdr cd900st). Tell me that they don't hear a difference with their own headphone, two of them use hyperX other one turtlebeach.
I honestly just gave up on letting people peak into my interests
Same , i let one of my coworkers listened to my hd560s from lossless music and his sound anker wireless headphones from youtube music and he said there no difference :(
But i will still try though, who knows someday u might get to open a new door for them right?
He said "Yeah, I like my beats earbuds best" 🙁
I heard the new beats sounds significantly improved from last time, not sure how is it. Like even crinacle said the airpods pro is good.
"Why do you need more than 1 pair"
Then I proceed to show them the difference. Then I tell them about EQ and they think I'm crazy again.
MrCatsoup t1_jdllgwk wrote
The conversation went something like this~
Colleague: "Hey, you listen to any music?"
Me: "Yes ofc I listen to music daily."
Colleague: "Yeah I got the new apple headphones, the noise canceling are crazy and sounds so good."
Me: "That's cool, I listen to music on my headphone also every now and then."
Colleague: "How come I never see you wear them to work?"
Me: "They're wired so it'd be inconvenient to bring them."
Colleague: "Why not just some good wireless headphones?"
Me: "Well they sound really good."
Colleague: "How much they cost?"
Me: "umm.. they're pretty expensive I'll say."
Colleague: "What, $400? 500?"
Me: "A little over 3k."
Colleague: "Why would you spend that much on a wired headphoen?" 😐😐
Me: "It sounds good."
End of conversation.