bignige said:Does anyone on here listen exclusively/largely via headphones and if so, why?
MajorFubar said:bignige said:Does anyone on here listen exclusively/largely via headphones and if so, why?
Yes mainly. Headphones are a bi-product of sharing my house with two children and a partner who is largely disinterested in HiFi and music.
drummerman said:MajorFubar said:bignige said:Does anyone on here listen exclusively/largely via headphones and if so, why?
Yes mainly. Headphones are a bi-product of sharing my house with two children and a partner who is largely disinterested in HiFi and music.
Yesterday mine opened her laptop and played Led Zep for about twenty minutes. Wound me up endlessly. It sounded shite, expectedly and she had a system to play it on right next to her. Apart from bad taste in music she refused to listen to it any other way.
One of her presents will be some ear buds from the pound shop.
Women
drummerman said:MajorFubar said:bignige said:Does anyone on here listen exclusively/largely via headphones and if so, why?
Yes mainly. Headphones are a bi-product of sharing my house with two children and a partner who is largely disinterested in HiFi and music.
Yesterday mine opened her laptop and played Led Zep for about twenty minutes. Wound me up endlessly. It sounded shite, expectedly and she had a system to play it on right next to her. Apart from bad taste in music she refused to listen to it any other way.
One of her presents will be some ear buds from the pound shop.
Women
MajorFubar said:drummerman said:MajorFubar said:bignige said:Does anyone on here listen exclusively/largely via headphones and if so, why?
Yes mainly. Headphones are a bi-product of sharing my house with two children and a partner who is largely disinterested in HiFi and music.
Yesterday mine opened her laptop and played Led Zep for about twenty minutes. Wound me up endlessly. It sounded shite, expectedly and she had a system to play it on right next to her. Apart from bad taste in music she refused to listen to it any other way.
One of her presents will be some ear buds from the pound shop.
Women
lol yep by and large women are even less interested in SQ than blokes, and even most blokes I know are perfectly happy with the sound of their phone speakers. We've gone full circle from wax cylinders to 78s, AM radio, vinyl, VHF radio, CDs, and now back to devices which sound like wax cylinders.
I have some friends and relatives who play and perform too, and like you find, they seem largely immune to better sound. My rationale is that they are listening to the music and its structure, the various voices, etc., not how accurate it is per se. Never quite understood it, myself!chris_bates1974 said:Seems many are forgetting the social aspect of listening to music. Can't do that with headphones.
As for the point about women... My wife is a classical musician, plays piano, bassoon, and cello. She swears she can't hear the difference between the tin-pot bluetooth speaker in the kitchen, and my hifi in the hifi room....
I reckon they say it because they feel that if they are seen to be validating our vices, we think it'll be easier to get them to agree to more expenditure.
And they'd be right.
:-D Now there's an interesting study should you wish to take up the opportunity...does sexual orientation in either gender influence your likelyhood to be a hifi enthusiast. Not sure about size...feel that could be a red herring other than you could argue physically-fit thin people may be less interested in indoor hobbies because they're more than likely to be found outdoors or down a gym.Gazzip said:MajorFubar said:drummerman said:MajorFubar said:bignige said:Does anyone on here listen exclusively/largely via headphones and if so, why?
Yes mainly. Headphones are a bi-product of sharing my house with two children and a partner who is largely disinterested in HiFi and music.
Yesterday mine opened her laptop and played Led Zep for about twenty minutes. Wound me up endlessly. It sounded shite, expectedly and she had a system to play it on right next to her. Apart from bad taste in music she refused to listen to it any other way.
One of her presents will be some ear buds from the pound shop.
Women
lol yep by and large women are even less interested in SQ than blokes, and even most blokes I know are perfectly happy with the sound of their phone speakers. We've gone full circle from wax cylinders to 78s, AM radio, vinyl, VHF radio, CDs, and now back to devices which sound like wax cylinders.
What has their sexual orientation and how big they are got to do with it...