schalliol
500+ Head-Fier
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I hope that with Sennheiser's sponsorship of Head-Fi that Jude could be offered one to make available at meets, etc. This is a halo product and Sennheiser easily has a huge ROI from any investment in Head-Fi. There will be some in our ranks that will buy this, but I assume the Orpheus is about delivering perfection that will help to see other Sennheiser products and set the course for what can ultimately make it downmarket over time based upon the lessons from building the Orpheus. With the amount invested in R&D, I don't think $55K is unreasonable given the limited number of buyers it will have, and I am happy that a bit of profit from my many Sennheiser products has gone toward development advances such as this. I will not be purchasing this product (couldn't if I wanted to), but I am happy it exists. BTW, as a high schooler pre-ordering the HD 580 Precision (I had a HE 90 satin lined wooden case I kept them in that Sennheiser used to show them off the HD 580 promoting the product back in the 90s), I had a poster of the original Orpheus set pinned to my wall :-D.