markl
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My first post here at good ol' Head-Fi in many years and unfortunately I must be bearer of some potential bad news.
A customer alerted me that the TH-600 was missing from the Fostex website, wanted to know what the deal is.
After a few phone calls, here's what we know.
I had a chat with Fostex USA distributor, it seems they over-produced this unit, so it’s on a kind of “probation”, I guess you could say, until they have depleted current stock.
This probation period will not begin for a few months, so it is NOT currently technically discontinued (I do not have an exact date for when this may happen).
This may explain the significant discounts we've seen in recent months on the TH-600.
I am told when sales pick up, it may go back into production again.
(TH-900 flagship is still in continuous production, and is NOT affected.)
You can still view the webpage for the TH-600 here, although it is hidden on the main site: http://www.fostexinternational.com/docs/products/TH-600.shtml
Not ringing the alarm bell yet, but giving you guys a heads-up that the future of the TH-600 is in some question.
If true, I highly recommend you buy yours now, you will deeply regret missing out on this amazing headphone.
As you well know, these phones are the successor models to the classic bio-cellulose units Fostex made for Denon (AH-D2000/D5000/D7000).
With good reason, those discontinued Denons are still in very high demand and used units sell for very high prices.
When, for example, the D7000 went out of production, remaining brand new units on the market sold for $1700+, when it retailed closer to $700 when it was still being made.
I strongly believe this will be the case for the mighty TH-600 as well.
I think it would be a short-sighted mistake for Fostex to cease production on the TH-600, only to have remaining units skyrocket in price and watch as used units continue to be in high demand.
In any event if you were putting off a TH-600 purchase or were on the fence, time may be running out.
Mark Lawton
Lawton Audio Headphone Upgrades
A customer alerted me that the TH-600 was missing from the Fostex website, wanted to know what the deal is.
After a few phone calls, here's what we know.
I had a chat with Fostex USA distributor, it seems they over-produced this unit, so it’s on a kind of “probation”, I guess you could say, until they have depleted current stock.
This probation period will not begin for a few months, so it is NOT currently technically discontinued (I do not have an exact date for when this may happen).
This may explain the significant discounts we've seen in recent months on the TH-600.
I am told when sales pick up, it may go back into production again.
(TH-900 flagship is still in continuous production, and is NOT affected.)
You can still view the webpage for the TH-600 here, although it is hidden on the main site: http://www.fostexinternational.com/docs/products/TH-600.shtml
Not ringing the alarm bell yet, but giving you guys a heads-up that the future of the TH-600 is in some question.
If true, I highly recommend you buy yours now, you will deeply regret missing out on this amazing headphone.
As you well know, these phones are the successor models to the classic bio-cellulose units Fostex made for Denon (AH-D2000/D5000/D7000).
With good reason, those discontinued Denons are still in very high demand and used units sell for very high prices.
When, for example, the D7000 went out of production, remaining brand new units on the market sold for $1700+, when it retailed closer to $700 when it was still being made.
I strongly believe this will be the case for the mighty TH-600 as well.
I think it would be a short-sighted mistake for Fostex to cease production on the TH-600, only to have remaining units skyrocket in price and watch as used units continue to be in high demand.
In any event if you were putting off a TH-600 purchase or were on the fence, time may be running out.
Mark Lawton
Lawton Audio Headphone Upgrades