HOW TO RATIONALIZE THE PURCHASE OF THE SENNHEISER HE1060/HEV1060 HEADPHONE SYSTEM
Remember the following 7 logical points:
1) I am not just buying headphones; I am buying a German engineered, integrated headphone system. - Ya, that sounds much better.
2) $15,000 for the best headphone is not that bad when considering that the best loudspeakers are $150,000 or more. That is only 10% of the price of speakers. I am not spending $15,000 on headphones; I am saving at least $135,000 - smart me.
3) $15,000 for the headphone amp is a bargain considering two Woo Audio WA-234 mono amps are $30,000 - that is one hell of a bargain - it's half the price! How could I not jump at this deal?
4) $15,000 for the fabulous integrated DAC is cheap, when you consider that the MSB Select DAC is $89,950 - Bargain City indeed.
5) $3,000 for hiding those horrible, unsightly protruding amplifier knobs when it is not in use. We all have those moments when we think to ourselves, 'God, I would give anything to not have to look at a protruding headphone amplifier knob.' - Problem solved!
6) $3,000 for watching the tubes lift out of the top. - Let's face it, looking at vacuum tubes that are not actively being used has been scientifically proven to increase systemic body inflammation, raise blood pressure and disturb brain function. - My health is important.
7) $4,000 for the opening box lid. - Every time I turn the unit on for listening, I get to feel like a billionaire who is being served tea on a silver platter by a butler. This is enormously cheaper than hiring a butler for the same amount of ego gratification and sense of self importance. Admit it, only heathens and troglodytes have headphone cases that do not have motorized lids. - I certainly am not a heathen or a troglodyte.
There is your $55,000. Now that was not hard, was it? If your wife does not understand this logic, it simply confirms what you have always suspected - she is irrational!