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Overall_Falcon_8526 t1_j6j6e2r wrote

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Recognize Sound Quality and Beats are born.

Recognize Build Quality and Hifiman is born.

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Objectivism and Subjectivism produce each other.

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Comfort depends on discomfort,

Harman is tested by V-shape,

Highs are determined by Lows,

Mids are Harmonized by Voice Coils.

Unless we're talking about planars in which case it's different.

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Therefore, the Audiophile is devoted to Purchasing,

Blathering on forums without teaching,

Buying ten thousand things without purpose,

Uses but doesn't really Own,

Constantly resells gear at a loss,

And accomplishes nothing while claiming to.

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When no accomplishment is claimed,

Listening to music endures.

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MaximumEffort433 OP t1_j6jbtbr wrote

Do you want to improve the audio?

I don’t think it can be done.

 

The artist's intention is sacred.

It can’t be improved.

If you equalize it, you’ll ruin it.

If you listen for enjoyment, you’ll lose it.

 

There is a time for hearing the song,

a time for hearing the singer;

a time for listening to the headphones,

a time for listening to the music;

a time for seeking upgrades,

a time for enjoying endgames;

a time for tradition,

a time for time for the new.

 

The Sage listens to things as they like,

without trying to convince others.

She lets them go their own way,

and eats popcorn at the center of the argument.

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Overall_Falcon_8526 t1_j6jdcrx wrote

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Banish upgrades,

No More grief.

Between mid-fi and summit-fi,

how much difference?

Between Crinacle and Zeos,

how much difference?

What others hear I must hear --

How pointless!

Commenters are wreathed in superlatives,

As if at a carnival banquet.

I alone am passive,

Giving no sign,

Like an infant who has not yet smiled.

Forlorn, as if I have no headphones.

Others have twenty or thirty cans,

I alone have two.

I have the mind of an amp skeptic,

Confused, confused.

Others like bright sound signatures,

I alone like dark, dark.

Drifting on my FLACs,

Listening endlessly.

Others have upgrade plans,

I alone am wayward and stubborn,

I alone am different than others,

Like a baby who has reached endgame.

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MaximumEffort433 OP t1_j6jecuf wrote

> Others have twenty or thirty cans, > > > > I alone have two.

I actually loled at this, I love it.

For those who don't know, the original verse was something to the effect of "Others are clever, I alone am stupid," depending on the translation. I don't know, the juxtaposition of being headphoneless and being dull witted is somehow funny to me.

>"I only have two sets of headphones, I'm such an asshole."

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MaximumEffort433 OP t1_j6jbwwb wrote

Also, importantly, your riff is impressively spot on, I think Lao Tzu would approve, it really ties the post together.

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PedroCostaLins t1_j6k4aiq wrote

I wish one could resume everything about áudio like sort of a meme “Recognize A and B is born”. You could narrow down so much about brands, subjectivity and use cases.

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Overall_Falcon_8526 t1_j6k6yvf wrote

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Hold it and power it -

Not as good as your first set of cans.

Measure and A/B it -

It will not long survive in your stash.

When headphones and amps fill your listening space,

They cannot all be enjoyed.

Riches and pride

Can never be quenched.

Withdrawing when listening is done:

Headphone Tao.

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