M Rael
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What a fun thread to read.
DanG is correct in noting that glowing reviews have a habit of lighting a fire under people, even with very expensive and discontinued headphones. If Vertigo had been more unamimous and 'Tomcat-like' in his praise of the R10 I would have taken the plunge with them myself, (and I remember reading everything he said about them) but I passed. Markl got the same pair I had been soo very close to buying. I bought another, cheaper, wood headphone instead.
It could be that we are in the middle of a long lull as far as better and more expensive headphones are concerned. There might not be anything new and better in the $700+ range for years. If thats true then the headphones mentioned at the start of this thread really will take on a greater importance as time passes. Who will introduce a new $700+ dynamic headphone next year?? Something tells me nobody. Nobody will. The W2002 barely counts since it was strictly a limited edition 40th anniversary model. Eliminate it, and what has really changed in the high end dynamic headphone market the past several years? Nothing!
The pillars of dynamic headphone listening might still be the same many years from now: the R10, HP1000 & RS1, HD600, W2002, K1000.
This might be 'the good old days.'
DanG is correct in noting that glowing reviews have a habit of lighting a fire under people, even with very expensive and discontinued headphones. If Vertigo had been more unamimous and 'Tomcat-like' in his praise of the R10 I would have taken the plunge with them myself, (and I remember reading everything he said about them) but I passed. Markl got the same pair I had been soo very close to buying. I bought another, cheaper, wood headphone instead.
It could be that we are in the middle of a long lull as far as better and more expensive headphones are concerned. There might not be anything new and better in the $700+ range for years. If thats true then the headphones mentioned at the start of this thread really will take on a greater importance as time passes. Who will introduce a new $700+ dynamic headphone next year?? Something tells me nobody. Nobody will. The W2002 barely counts since it was strictly a limited edition 40th anniversary model. Eliminate it, and what has really changed in the high end dynamic headphone market the past several years? Nothing!
The pillars of dynamic headphone listening might still be the same many years from now: the R10, HP1000 & RS1, HD600, W2002, K1000.
This might be 'the good old days.'