It seems that we can order them now, however not at the price of EUR 1199, but EUR 1490, which is "just" little EUR 291 higher than expected, hmm, that wood stand got more expensive, I guess.
His amps are made out of recycled beer cans and his source from tomatos.
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It would appear that the price jump was to drive them to higher exclusivity tp pander to the top echelon of our hobby, and when they eventually drop the lower tier will flood the stores to snap up this sonic marvel in their droves.
To be honest, I don't care what AKG / Harman thinks or like to achieve with such stupid price policy, because it is nothing but that. Sure, there are folks who will buy at the price of EUR2k to, but I know for sure that the MSRP was EUR 1199 in the beginning and you just don't change horses in midstream.
It would appear that the price jump was to drive them to higher exclusivity tp pander to the top echelon of our hobby, and when they eventually drop the lower tier will flood the stores to snap up this sonic marvel in their droves.
It seems that we can order them now, however not at the price of EUR 1199, but EUR 1490, which is "just" little EUR 291 higher than expected, hmm, that wood stand got more expensive, I guess.
Not sure, just speculating here, but we know that some early pre orders can be cheaper with sort promo price, say EUR 1000, but again, I don't know if that's the situation with members who already have them, cos, nobody seem to be open about that so far.
If the price was around 1000 euro, it would have been an instant buy for me. But due to problems Tyll mentioned and it not beating the HD800, it's hard justifying 1500 euro which costs more than a HD-800 at 1199 euro.
I'll have to wait for more reviews before spending 1500 euro's on it. I'm still considering it because it can be driven straight out of an iPad or iPhone (this is the only reason I'm still considering this headphone at it's current price point).
I am open to review them, but, unfortunately, due the higher price they have, I do understand folks who will not offer them for an loan, so, you on your own mate.
I am afraid that EUR 1500 are way to high.
If the price was around 1000 euro, it would have been an instant buy for me. But due to problemsTyll mentioned and it not beating the HD800, it's hard justifying 1500 euro which costs more than a HD-800 at 1199 euro.
I'll have to wait for more reviews before spending 1500 euro's on it. I'm still considering it because it can be driven straight out of an iPad or iPhone (this is the only reason I'm still considering this headphone at it's current price point).
Good info! Does this mean that:
A.) The iPhone can drive them with good volume
B.) "A" plus the sound quality through the iPhone is pretty high as well??
Any idea how much can be gained in SQ with even better DAC/AMP?
I have the rather easy to drive Sony MDR-F1 and they dont sound extraordinarly great with the iPhone, but pretty good nonetheless...
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