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Originally Posted by Uncle Erik
Perhaps.
But false scarcity is a common marketing technique. Effective if you want a product to be seen as exclusive and as a disincentive for retailers to discount their stock.
Sennheiser has over 40 years of market data on their headphones. It is difficult to believe they misjudged demand.
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I would only believe it being a false scarcity if there were a lower end product using similar tech as the HD800 being offered concurrently, like an HD700.
More likely Sennheiser was being overly careful in their production numbers for the HD800, because of the current economic climate, and underestimated demand. I'm sure they'll ramp up production and releases, but they'll probably keep the numbers pretty low, especially if there is an HD700 type released anytime soon.
I do doubt that the HD800 is even remotely difficult to produce as the HE90 was.
-Ed