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Idle speculation: Denon to compete with HD800 and T1 someday?

post #1 of 11
9/4/10 at 11:29am
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I wonder if Denon will ever make a 'really high-end' headphone to compete with Sennheiser and Beyer in +$1000 market?

 

Maybe if they refresh their line, which is something I've heard rumors of. 

 

 

 

 

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post #2 of 11
9/4/10 at 11:33am

Hopefully they launch one! 

 

Where did you hear rumors about that? 

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post #3 of 11
9/4/10 at 11:33am

Aren't all the higher end Denon cans based on Fostex designs? They look extremely similar to the headphones on Foster japan....

( Maybe if they went for the RP driver instead of the usual dynamic drivers..... but I suppose that's not going to happen....)


Edited by DefectiveAudioComponent - 9/4/10 at 11:35am
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post #4 of 11
9/4/10 at 11:48am

The D7000 is 1500$ over here so they are already competing ;)

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post #5 of 11
9/4/10 at 12:00pm

Denon would need to drastically change their house sound to a more balanced one before I'd buy one.

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post #6 of 11
9/4/10 at 12:06pm
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Originally Posted by oqvist View Post

The D7000 is 1500$ over here so they are already competing ;)


D7000 is about 742 euro (or US$956) in UK. But only around US$600 - 650 in the US (street price).


Edited by SleepyOne - 9/4/10 at 12:09pm
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post #7 of 11
9/5/10 at 11:22am
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Originally Posted by desktophifi View Post

Hopefully they launch one! 

 

Where did you hear rumors about that? 


Here, actually. 

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post #8 of 11
9/5/10 at 1:34pm

I think this headset from Foster is vaguely similar to the Denons. Maybe they have something new coming up?

 

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post #9 of 11
9/5/10 at 1:35pm

I'd venture that Denon already considers the D7000 to be competing.  The price is irrelevant to actual quality in the audio industry, except for the perceived allure that exhorbitant pricing brings.

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post #10 of 11
9/5/10 at 1:40pm

If only that was true.... would have saved me some $.

 

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Originally Posted by Meyvn View PostThe price is irrelevant to actual quality in the audio industry, except for the perceived allure that exhorbitant pricing brings.
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post #11 of 11
9/5/10 at 6:41pm
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Originally Posted by Jodet View Post

I wonder if Denon will ever make a 'really high-end' headphone to compete with Sennheiser and Beyer in +$1000 market? 

 

 


They will make a +$1000 headphone but it will have too much bass.

 

People will buy it anyway, same way that they buy hot fudge sundaes when they should be eating cucumbers.

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