Comments on: Would you pay $999 for a pair of headphones?

By: jonathan

jonathan — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:12:03 +0000

no way man
i will never spend $999 on a piece of headphones.
never
lol

By: Frank O

Frank O — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:58:06 +0000

MDR-7506s were a huge breakthrough. Mine are falling apart, but I love them.
Before that, I was using those AKG ones (forgot the model). Night and day.
At 1st I hated the Sonys because I thought they were hyping the high end.
Then I realized that my AKGs just sounded like crap!

Would love to A:B some of these vunder-phones.

By: leo cavallo

leo cavallo — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:34:43 +0000

Been using MDR-7506 for years and loved them.
Just switched to ATH-M50 and I’m in sonic heaven!
Do yourself a favor and do an A/B comparison between the two models at your nearest hi-fi/music store.
You’ll know right away what I’m talking about…

By: George

George — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:38:58 +0000

Considering I dished out AUD $599 for a pair of HD 25′s ten years ago, it doesn’t seem that much for the ultimate in sound.

By: Tom P

Tom P — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:32:25 +0000

Wow, that’s ridiculous for a pair for headphones! :-o Personally I don’t like a lot of the talk in the audiophile community, it’s all bit wishy-washy and far too subjective for me. I also use Sony MDR-7506s. Awesome pair of headphones – I love mine.

By the way, Oliver, great blog. My first time commenting; been reading for a few months now :)

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:05:54 +0000

When in Tokyo in 2007 I fell in love with a pair of Denon AH-D2000′s in Akihabara. I wanted to buy them but they were sold out and wouldn’t sell me the floor model, and I have been searching for another pair ever since! They had hundreds of high-quality cans and the AH-D2000′s were the best. They weren’t the most expensive, because you could spend alot more on wood and leather finishings with gold trim and all that wank, but none sounded better… So I can totally dig the appeal of the D7000′s!

Incidentally, if any readers can point me in the right direction of a AH-D2000 stockist I’d be well pleased!

ATM I use AKG K-100′s :)

By: Rex Rhino

Rex Rhino — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:22:51 +0000

I would like a pair of audiophile quality earphones, but given the amount of snake oil in the audiophile world I am a bit skeptical about these kinds of products.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:08:52 +0000

Who needs $999 headphones? As stated above the MDR-7506’s are where it’s at!

By: raytrace

raytrace — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:49:13 +0000

I never would myself but I think those Stax headphone amps and stuff go to even higher (way higher) expenses – I used to peruse the ‘stereophile’ sites for a while as I was about to get a new amp, turntable and speakers, but it is just depressing some of the prices lol

haha my first search for Stax Headphones provided a far more exorbitant price:

http://www.stereophile.com/headphones/895/

o_O

By: Kevin Spencer

Kevin Spencer — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:54:56 +0000

I’ve gotten so used to ear buds now that I think it would be odd to go back. I’d like to give those a try though to hear exactly what $999 of headphone sounds like ;-) Don’t think I’ll be parting with my Shure SE210′s any time soon though.