As long as there are a demand for expansive headphone, headphone companies will find a way to meet the supply. As I remember back to 2002, there are not much over $1000 earphone/headphone in the market.  And now, over $1000 earphone/headphones are everywhere. So 009 is priced around $5000...

Well, for headphone, it is a lots of money!  But you are getting the top 3 headphone in the world (in term of money).   Compare with speakers, you are only getting the low-mid level speakers with $4500. Quote:  

Because of the earthquake, Japanese yen rise up to sky to 1:78 level.  I believe it will drop back to 1:85~90 level, then the new 009 will be around US$4500.

Quote: Thanks for your quick answer.  I am wondering how do people get the higher 44/16 file?  Are they only availble online purchase?    

  Quote: Yes, maybe I am missing something, therefore I would like to do it the right method instead of redo the ripping later.  If I only have the normal DVD-rom and dBpoweramp CD Ripper, is it the best quality I can get is the CD layer of the HDCD, XRCD, SACD and DVD-Audio into...

Maybe it is newbie question for many people here, since I am totally new to computer audio.  Anyway, I finally start my new project to rip all my collection into digital format (flac), I am using dBpoweramp CD Ripper to do the job for me.  No matter I put in CD, HDCD, XRCD, SACD and DVD-Audio...

Well, I have not check out Head-fi for few years (more into speakers this days) and seems like there are alot more products in the market compare with few years ago.  Long story short, I want to buy a pair of In-Ear Monitors for running and power buy iPhone, can you guys suggest few model I can...

Do you guys have any news on this headphone?   I find this on youtube:  

Sorry to wake up a old post, after 1.5 years, are there any good SACD/CD/DAC all in one player in the market?

I have a question about how to get the best sound quailty from my MP3 files.  Right now, I am playing music via my computer digitial output to Beachmark DAC1, then to my headphone system or B&W speakers system.  However, I find that my gaming computer is pretty noisy (CPU fans).  If I have...

I am wondering which headphones are NOT made in China, since I am abit surprise to know that my Denon D5000 is not made in Japan but made in China. I am not saying China product is bad, but I feel better to buy a $400 stuff in Japan/Germany/USA.

good news....finally.

somehow, this time the rumor sounds so real to me.

The reason I want to know b/c it makes big different to buy a 4070 made in 2001 and a 4070 made in 2007. Man, how do I confirm the date of made?

anyone know?