Originally Posted by mikeg
Sennheiser's Orpheus HE90 is *old technology*, and what I'm hoping is that Grado will use new technology to produce a headphone that's better than the old technology HE90, although at a lower price. But, it's doubtful that Grado is really up to the challenge. Seems that they just want to sit back on their laurels, and keep on punching out their same old headphones. I suppose that their corporate motto is "lets just play it safe." Too bad for the rest of us.
Mikeg,
Is it that you don't like grados or something?
Why do you jump to these conclusions, most people who enjoy what they have aren't complaining about the companies ethic or what they do.
You can't compare grado to sennheiser, particuarly because sennhesiser is a major industry player, though thye do have audiophile products, obvfiously you know it's not their only application. They are enabled to take these risks, if they don't do well, they end production anyways. There isn't a legacy behind sennheisisers like there are with grado stuff. I think it's special the way it is.
The sitting back on their laurels thing i think is exageraated, but totally redoing their entire line, according to what i understand is saying their is a problem with a particular product. When a product is doing well, people like it the way it is, and buy it alot, doesn't it seem as if they are doing the right thing?
We are the kinds of customers for grado, and probablly alot of people who aren't posting here, competing with sennheiser probablly is the last thing on johns mind, for a damn good reason.
Just to add, he didn't leave out making a statement product in the interview as an impossiblity, they might try and make another top dog headphone, but why must it be to say they are the best? I think the competition is what's wrong, and maybe you call it complacent but they are satisfying a good part of highend headphones by continuning their tried and true headphones. I'm sure he can care less if we think he90s are the best, and that's still just an opinion anyways.