Strange, as Japan is the original manufacturing country.   Do you think these are fake? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-MDR-V6-Monitor-Headphones-USED-/281178693090?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&nma=true&si=uF6NnfC7QUfeXj4KtGXDQSn0%252Bnw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc  Also...