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What advice/knowledge do you wish you would have had when you first got into headphones (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by -notausername_@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community

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I wish I hadn't have discounted iems, since I now use them much more than my over ears, even when I'm at home. I also wish I had have had a better understanding of the type of sound signature I preferred, would have saved myself a lot of time and money. That being said, I did enjoy the journey itself to finding my end game 🙂

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[–] AudioVikingDuck@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

If I had a way to know up front that my taste was biased toward warmer-sounding headphones (ZMF biocellulose driver dynamics in particular) and OTL tube amps, that would have been wonderful. The journey was fun, but could have been oh so much shorter (and less expensive).

Also: Suck it up and buy the expensive input tubes once instead of trying to find “the best tube pair under $150”. Also a shortcut and money-saver.