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Originally Posted by Striker9  There are many reviews and suggestions by audiophiles for whatever type of headphones you are looking for. Some of the guys on there spend more money on headphones and amps than we do on paintball. |
"Audiophiles" are a whole other issue man...some of those guys are right up there with magnetic bracelets and tarot cards. Seriously. Some of my favorite audiophile devices are wood volume knobs (so the vibrations of the sound don't travel into the signal path), and "seasoned" speaker cables with little white arrows showing you which way the signal should flow (at something like $150 a foot!).
I've heard of tests conducted where audiophiles were shown a new piece of woo woo tech, and after it was installed, the sound was much better. The thing is the wires weren't hooked up to anything and nothing in the music was changed. Self deception can be very powerful.
I'd take anything a self professed audiophile said with a grain of salt. More information on audiophiles can be found at the skeptical web site
www.randi.org. Some of those guys spend so much money on audio equipment simply because they're dumb
