Sorry, this isn't really going anywhere is it? Thanks for the responses!

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Does anyone know where to get a balanced portable cable for the PM-1/PM-2? Not looking for anything fancy, something like the regular "portable" Oppo Cable will do. (But with a 2.5mm TRRS at the end, for Pioneer XDP-300)

  Sadly I did not own the 2 together, a TA-ER1 poppep up second hand in the Netherlands in the mid/late 90's and I was able to scoop it up. At the time buying anything Sony was absolutely "not done" if you wanted to take yourself serious as an audiophile, so it wasn't even very expensive...

  I am not saying that at all and am suprised that's what you took away from my post: I am not commenting on looks/quality i am commenting on materials used vs. asking price. It just appears to me the price on this is extremely inflated , the entire build quality just screams "Mid fi". The...

First of all: A woman is not an object designed to be as profitable as possible for a corporation with a dodgy reputation.   Second: Is it really that strange that some people expect a little more from a 2100$ pair of headphones? At this pricepoint it should have been possible to make the...

I don't know how things are in the USA, I believe you guys still have the Sony stores there. When we still had those all was fine: You could just drive there and they'd repair your stuff, or just turn it in at every recognised Sony shop to have it shipped to the sony store free of charge. At...

  I don't know what that had to do with these headphones, but this isn't true: Sony USED to make a loss at the beginning of the lifecycle of every console and compensated this by taking a cut on every sold game. Since the PS4 they make a profit on every console AND still take the same cut...

Still, at 2000+$ I would expect beauty to be more than skin deep. Sony used to be known for their attention to detail, outside AND inside. (I remember the wonderful walkmans with their completely metal transports) The MDR-R10 was overpriced, had a few build quality issues and the carrying case...

Those picture of the inside of the cups don't exactly ooze "2000$ heaphone quality", they look more like the cheap plastic frame that holds my 150$ vaccuum cleaner's dust filter....

"Keeping the cost down" is a valid point when discussing mass produced "built on a budget" products in a higly competetive environment (Phones and Laptops). When it comes to 1000-5000€ headphones this just shouldn't be an issue. With all of the marketing hyperbole and the ludcirous pricing...

  I don't think there's any evidence to support that thought: Bryston has been providing a 20 year transferable warranty for decades and I never got the idea that Bryston owners are less carefull with their stuff.   By providing a long warranty period you provide security for your customers...