Why has Sony not produced anything similar to the MDR-R10? - Page 3

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Originally Posted by Gwarmi 

 

 

The new philosophy is smaller, quieter, cheaper ~ but high end? Nope.

 

Okay well perhaps we're not going to see any Qualia's purely made in Japan anytime soon, but the MDR-7520 and XBA-4 are definitely high-end products and developed in Japan (made in Thailand) just not "qualia" level.
 

Anyway the legacy of the R10 lives on in the TH900.

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Originally Posted by kiteki 

 

Okay well perhaps we're not going to see any Qualia's purely made in Japan anytime soon, but the MDR-7520 and XBA-4 are definitely high-end products and developed in Japan (made in Thailand) just not "qualia" level.
 

 

That's an interesting point ~ I would not rule out Sony dabbling in the high end across the Japanese domestic

market, it would be foolish to completely rule that out. But I'll stake my lunch that they don't roll out anything

high end again across the international divisions for audio anyway..

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Originally Posted by astroid 

 

It is too expensive , really that simple. People doubt that Sony made a loss on these cans (as claimed by Sony) , i dont doubt it. Sony have done it before , with the Qualia and prior to that an internal project called "spirit concepts".

 

Are you going to provide a link to this or are you just making stuff up to look cool.
 

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Originally Posted by kiteki 

 

Are you going to provide a link to this or are you just making stuff up to look cool.
 

 

astroid,

I would be quite interested to know about this "project" as well.

I read about it in a great book i have called digital dreams the work of the sony design centre, very cool stuff , headphones with swappable drivers , all money no object stuff. If i get a chance i will post some pics from it.

^I think astroid hit the nail on the head with Sony's money-no-object on the R10 and the mentality of "if we build it, they will come."  The R10 and Qualia comes from an era where technology in general was a showcase of bragging rights and prestige and where money from VC was given out like candy (think dot.com), and laptop memory of 1GB was selling for nearly a grand. 

Thank you for sharing asteroid, I will buy that book.

Another great book about Sony is "Made In Japan" , its Akiio Morita's biography, amazing life , amazing company.

As you can see i am a bit of a Sony Fanboy..

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Originally Posted by astroid 

Another great book about Sony is "Made In Japan" , its Akiio Morita's biography, amazing life , amazing company.

 

As you can see i am a bit of a Sony Fanboy..

So is Kiteki

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Originally Posted by Jtom94 

Sony should come out with a "heritage" or "classic" series of headphones of all their best and most historic headphones. Headphones like the MDR-R10, MDR-CD3000, MDR-V7 and probably a few others. It would be like..."see if you can beat these headphones that were produced and designed 20 years ago." You would think a company like Sony with their high-end headphone products would parallel in step with the advancements in technology. It seems after a certain period of time Sony just said to themselves..."we're the best, we set the standard, we feel nobody comes close to us and we have nothing else to prove" and stopped pushing the envelope towards perfection. I'm not a Sony super fan but I've always admired Sony products and especially Sony headphones and never understood how they could lose such a big lead in this area.

I'm still waiting for them to bring back the eggos for a 3rd time #fingers crossed# 

Reality is that the R10 was Sony highering an experienced individual person and his crew to handcraft them, like Smeggy and his thunderpants, and had it branded to Sony. Their is nobody with the experience to make them even with the schematic.

From Sony MDR-R10's user manual:

"The MDR-R10 - A musical instrument for reaching the soul of the music. With the care and affection of the skilled lute makers of bygone days, we shave the wood, polish it, and breathe life - sound - into our MDR-R10 stereo headphones. Beyond mere headphones, the R10 has been elected to be a musical instrument that reproduces the soul of music."

Clearly, there's no such reproduction needed for majority of today's music.