wow.   this is exactly the question i've been asking myself the past few days. Crazy that a few others were thinking the same thing and dug up this old thread.   If anyone has any other theories on this we would be definitely interested to hear them.

Quote: took the words right out of my mouth. To a true audiophile a good headphone is a good headphone disregarding what brand or logo is on it. If I slapped on the Skull Candy logo on a pair of Shure, Audio Techinica, Ultrasone, etc would it still be garbage? probably here at headfi