well 200$ is not nearly as pricey as a 1000$ - 10,000$ stereo system. And the prices dropped quickly. I remember when they came out. for the masses they sounded amazing. I had 2 stereo systems that i had listened to in the 70’s and 80’s and they sounded no where near as fantastic as CD players when i heard them. And the earphones at this time where getting better and better.
you forgo the following:
2015 - Marzipan discovered good audio and experienced joy which, by extension, benefited the world scene as it was swept with his good audio vibes.
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lol my personal point of starting is
2014 - Rice’s friend let him borroww his pair of Hd 598’s and immidiately impressed Rice no because he liked how it sounded but he heard more from his music
-2016: that sane friend adviced rice not to buy the shitty pair of cheap sennheiser headphones that were on sale at best buy and instead chipped in some extra cash fora pair of k240s then down the rabbit hole rice went. now helping out others with more money than him pick out gear.
Dont hate me but i started with Bose. I got their 100$ companion 2 series 3 speakers. I was blown away with how good they sounded being so small. I started thinking, what else can i get…
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there was this documentary i kepted remembering while i was writing this and it was about hifi evolution in the 60’s and 70’s. it was a british Doc, maybe shown on TV. Does anyone remember the name?
It’s not really about how you started it’s about what happened after. To me any speaker or headphone is a good speaker or headphone if it gets someone in the hobby. It’s about what the individual does when he wants to upgrade.
ok then first it was Fisher Stereo -> Recording records to tape for -> Sony Walkman’s -> cheap Koss headphones ( not the ones Zeos mentions ), CD players -> Mini CD players ( with CDR mini CD’s) -> Mp3 Players (with a big fat chip!) -> MP3’s over smartphones -> Spotify -> Tidal
Then the audiophile stuff: Bose companion 2 series 3 speakers -> Elec Debut 2.0 B6.2 speakers -> Complants about the nose -> GRADO SR225e -> HD600’s -> HD650’s -> Hifiman Sundara (heres where it starts to get good) -> Sendy Aiva’s -> Focal Elex -> Koss 95x
Looking forward to getting the last 2 soon. Also getting the Fostex T50RP then Modhouse Argons woo!
We did forget a big factor. The imergence of ecommerce sites gave audiophiles around the world access to headphones and is one of the main driving sources of the Chinese developments. And really opened up for exploration of different brands that people couldnt have tried out in the past.
Not sure what year but how bout when bluetooth became a thing for music and then when we got the LDAC?
LOL, my bro got those cheap sonys at Walmart and I got the skull candies. Remember specifically looking at the beats and wondering how good must they be to cost like 150 dollars! Holy shit
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LDAC is pretty decent but we have had aptx for a while
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Lol yeah but beats really introduced to smooth of people a new price bracket for personal audio gear
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Wait wut? I thought LDAC is better than aptX?
Yeah for sure, even getting into audio recently besides beats I had never seen headphones at that price point
It is. But aptx if we’ll implemented can sound as good as a ldac device like a Btr1k vs btr3
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Oh interesting! Learn something new everyday
isnt there a lossless codec?
For bluetooth not really
Bluetooth really doesn’t have the Bandwidth.
Wi-fi can certainly stream lossless.
Bt 5.0 has the bandwidth and crazy range…but nobody seems to be implementing either properly. <_<