Dept_of_Alchemy
Headphoneus Supremus
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To be fair, there has always been 'discussions' about Grado's pricing structures, so there is outrage when we feel that a headphone company is suckering us. And however you look at it, a headphone is more complex and harder to make than power cords, I'm pretty sure that Sennheiser makes less profit on the $300 HD650 than VD makes on the $300 power cord.
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Classic.
Originally Posted by markl /img/forum/go_quote.gif How much do you think it costs Sennheiser to build a HD650 (forgetting about fixed costs as everyone here seems to like to do)? It's a hunk of plastic and some velour. $40? You know it's probably less than that? Where's the outrage there? |
To be fair, there has always been 'discussions' about Grado's pricing structures, so there is outrage when we feel that a headphone company is suckering us. And however you look at it, a headphone is more complex and harder to make than power cords, I'm pretty sure that Sennheiser makes less profit on the $300 HD650 than VD makes on the $300 power cord.
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Originally Posted by markl /img/forum/go_quote.gif These criticisms of cables and cable builders also always seem to come fromh people who have lower-end systems that would hardly benefit from a cable swap in the first place. |
Classic.