Any Audiofiles out here?

[Dr. Thor]

I am gonna buy some new headphones for my iPod.... Does that make me an audiophile? Just kidding guys....

BTW, are Grado SR60's good headphones?

 

[GronK]

Started in 1980 as a stereo salesman, in the final years of the mid-fi stereo stores. Finished in '96 as Technical Service manager for Jeff Rowland Design Group (ultra high end amp manufacturer). It took a couple of years after that to again enjoy listening to music. All I have left of the stupidly expensive system I had accumulated are the speakers (Parqagon Regents) and two complete cabling set-ups gifted me by the manufacturers. You can argue the relative merits of the esoteric bits and pieces, but the main incentive to buy a lot of these is pride of ownership. You know, like with expensive knives! I thought about this very subject this morning while I was trimming off stray threads on my jacket with my Sebenza.

 

[ErikD]

BTW, are Grado SR60's good headphones?

I had a pair and found them to be good phones, but what do I know? For what its worth I found them to sound nice on my rather cheap system, a Sony CD player and Onkyo Stereo Receiver, and also be one of the most comfortable set I have owned. Over time I ended up destroying them though by letting the wires get all twisted up and broken. I would buy another set without thinking to hard about it if I had some extra money for them.

Oh, and as for the original question I would say I am a wanna be audiophile. That is to say I am interested in the higher quality gear, and would love to have it in my system, but can't afford it so I deal with what I have. Currently I am running the above mentioned CD player and receiver, a set of floor standing Sony speakers that I recently purchased, and an Acoustic Reaserch sub. Nothing to brag about, but it sounds good enough and I enjoy listening to my music on it almost everyday.