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Originally Posted by Germancub /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I understand not eating beef because to me, beef is disgusting, but not buying a pair of headphones because a cow got killed for it?
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Would you buy a headphone with human leather skin for a headband or earpads? Thousands of humans die every day because of war, starvation, disease, and and a number of other so that we "Developed-World" residents can drive our cars to work and buy diamond rings for women. I mean, those humans are dying anyway, why not use their skin for AKG headbands?
Some people are vegetarians for moral reasons, not taste reasons.
I'm a vegetarian and try to avoid animal products but in this day and age it's mostly unavoidable unless you have a ton of money or live very sparsely. Even then, as Germancub pointed out, the sort of damage done by plastics is probably much greater than the damage of taking the skin of a cow that was killed for food consumption.
Hell, synthetic leather probably kills more animals and environment then real leather.
All of the above is, of course, a rationalization to allow me to purchase headphones with leather.
As for the HD600 vs the K701, I suggest you listen to them. I purchased the HD600 because it had no animal products and eventually found I didn't care all that much for the sound. I ended up with a pair of Denon headphones which use a nice pleather material.
But I am thinking about buying a K701.
You could also buy a used K701. That way you are not adding to the leather consumption in the world.