2. misc-audio
  3. 149920-118117

I lied to my wife about the price of Stax 009S headphone

My wife is the youngest of my mom in law who is 88 years old.

Recently my wife is staying with her mom to take care  expecting her mom can live just one more year or so.

Thus I am having happy life playing music loud even during midnight.

My house is seated on 2 acre lot so that my neighbors does not get bothered unless windows open wide.


My wife dropped at home yesterday ( She drop once a week to clean the messy kitchen while she is away.  She is an angel Ha ha).

She happened to see my new headphone of Stax 009S headphone and asked its price.

I could tell her the real value ( new price 4,500$ and I got 4 months used one for 3,200$).

I did not mean to deceive her but answered it costs me 1,500$ by chance.


Then she had listened to K-Pop using both  Stax 009S headphone driven by Carbon amplifier and Massdrop  Empire Zeus IEM( I told her the real value as 1,000$ No lie here Hehe).

The source was  Cocktail Audio X30 music server feeding  Chord Dave and Mscaler ( I did not tell her how much Chord Dave and Mscaler cost, if she find out, I may have to buy her diamond necklace)

On first few songs, she prefer  Empire Zeus IEM  to  Stax 009S headphone on lively sound of the former.

But after listening few more songs, she expressed that  Stax 009S headphone sounds more natural than  Empire Zeus IEM .


Whew if I had told her that I had spent 3200$ on headphone, I may have to go out to buy her something like expensive bag or clothing.

Reality is I had also spent additional 3300$ on  KGSSHV Carbon headphone amplifier.

How many of your audiophile had lied to your wife or girlfriend about the cost of audio components?

I guess 98% from my 41 years of audio history.


shkong78
shkong78's avatar
shkong78 OP
1,485 posts
 
@lalitk

Thanks a lot for reminding that I have a creativity of "Brag " about the gear.

By the way I have no intention to spend 100K$ on Dac.

It is not worth the cost.

But I am trying to save the money for next 3 years or so to get WE vintage horn speaker which cost 300k$ and up.

That is my dream speaker that I wish to get before I die.
millercarbon's avatar
millercarbon
12,531 posts
 
I had better keep my kitchen clean at least.

Thanks for your good advice. Ha Ha


You're welcome. And pay no heed to the above. Look at it this way. You got one guy so on top of it he knows a few minutes wiping the microwave and putting the dishes away pays big dividends both with the wife and your own sense of accomplishment. And you got another so cringe-worthily clueless he says things like "that's a no no in my book". Come on. You got the killer setup. I can only imagine the kitchen is equally impressive. Totally worth keeping it clean.

Besides, she could probably use the help, what with the mom and all. Prayers and wishes. Prayers and wishes.


lalitk's avatar
lalitk
5,791 posts
 
“But I am trying to save the money for next 3 years or so to get WE vintage horn speaker which cost 300k$ and up.”

Once you buy that $300K speakers, then you will lust after $100K MSB DAC and $10K speaker cable. Hope you have a plan in place to tell your wife about $300K speakers 😊
ebm
9,311 posts
 
I never lie as my wife she knows what eveything cost .She just got me a Symposium Osiris rack with all copper legs for over 10k.Life is great!!
shkong78's avatar
shkong78 OP
1,485 posts
 
@ebm

You belong to 2% unlikely lucky class.

Most of time, I am silent about the cost of gear rather than lying.

But this time, I said 1,000$ instead of 3,200$.

By the way my wife insisted that I shall return 1,000$ earphone.

I replied that return period had been over and as audiophile I had better keep one nice earphone which used to cost 2,200$ new three years ago.
More to discover