There is no such thing as “regular” under those senses for those products. What regular to me is that Sennheiser is providing the “flagship product” at “flagship performances” and for the “flagship retail pricing” as they used to be.
Let me put it back into perspective. Back then when HD800 was released, it was the most astronomically expensive Headphones. Who could have thought a pair of headphones could cost $1600 or so back in those days 2009 ? Sennheiser generated the market, and then came after is the waves of other products that came out trying to take the market and trying to prove to be superiors or better, but at what prices ? Yeah 4-5k is what they are aiming now. Is this normal ? Nope! Not at all
That doesn’t stop Sennheiser to continue their lineage of innovation for a products that could create ripples in the industry either, and Sennheiser is still pricing their newest product accordingly, and this to me is “normal” or “regular”, and for the other stuff ? let me be honestly clear, have been just a “Rip Off”
Pardon me, but I have seen these “rip off practices” many times, across many industries, investments, pyramid schemes.....etc....I can honestly tell you that Sennheiser is leading the industry the classical way, slow but steady, and with honesty.