[xenithon]

Well yes, points taken - this was only a brief email from the guys locally who had been in touch with AKG HQ, so it may not hold much weight.

But, there is always hope I s'pose. My guessing is that -if they did go back into production, it would only be if they figured a way to use (existing or new) equipment to produce the K1K at far lower cost than originally. That would allow them to reintroduce them and actually profit. The alternative, as you state, is setting a (high enough) price commensurate to manufacturing costs.