[peter braun]

How many of you have taken advantage of some the great headphone prices outside the US? I bought my HD600s for about $170 while in Germany a few years back. Someone said that Stax headphone/amp combos are considerably cheaper in Japan, have others found Grado, Beyer, Koss, AT, or AKG deals in other parts of the world?

 

[elnero]

There are no good prices for headphones in Canada. They're all bloody expensive even through mail order. Damn Canadian dollar sucks.

 

[wordsworth]

Most 'phones are more expensive in the UK than the USA except Senn's which I tend to find are cheaper over hear, though I don't know why.

Wordsworth

 

[DLP]

I remember someone saying the Sony Street Style G72 headphones (about $40 US from any store) cost about as much as the Beyerdynamic DT231 headphones ($80 ish US from Headroom) in Europe, or at least the UK.

 

[wordsworth]

Generally all makes of 'phones (except the Senn's) are more expensive in the UK though today I saw a pair of Beyerdynamic DT231 for £30 ($40) which sounds a good deal.

Wordsworth

 

[plainsong]

Well here in Finland it sometimes seems they dream up prices that they can get away with, but that's not just with headphones, it's with eveything. I wonder if consumers here will ever rebel? I doubt it, Finns don't complain about anything.

As for headphones, I can get the Grado sr80s for the bargain price of €160. These dt990s are what, almost €300.

For anything of any value, look elsewhere before you buy it in Finland.

This is a great country, but really the Good Ole' Boys' network has been getting away with far too much for far too long.

 

[Eagle_Driver]

Here in the U.S., the Grado SR-80's cost $95 (which IS a bargain compared to the price of the same headphones elsewhere), while at Headroom ( www.headphone.com ) the DT990PRO's sell for $179.

 

[bioxeed]

Here is aus things are generally expensive compared to the rest of the world. Some brands like beyer are comparable to international prices but most sennheiser stuff is very expensive here

 

[bifcake]

Hmmm... I wonder if we can establish some sort of a headphone clearing house here for our oversea friends. We buy the headphones here, we send them to our oversea friends in non-marked, non packaged boxes, so there's no duty to be paid and we get a nominal fee. Say 10% or so.

How does that sound?

 

[wordsworth]

Well Eagle_Drive if the headphones were officially classed as "second hand" there would be no duty to be paid. We would all know they were in new condition but as the tax was paid in the USA and then sold on they become classed as second hand.

Could be a good money making scheme, except on Senn's sold to the uk ofcourse

Wordsworth

 

[bifcake]

We could even include a little note that says: "Here are the phones you forgot when you stayed over. Hope all is well. Regards, Mr. X"

I think there is something to this.

 

[bangraman]

There is a warranty risk... Which is I would say slightly higher for non-Japanese phones. I only get headphones from Japan which aren't available here, and I don't risk it for items which I can buy here even if it's expensive. One of the reasons I didn't buy my Grados from the US, where it's almost literally half price. Headphones do go wrong and if it is available in your country, are you willing to pay $40+ for insured shipping to and from the host country if it goes wrong?
Most headphone failures due to manufacturing problems tend to be DOAs so I actually feel more confident about buying 'real secondhand' from the US.

 

[ClearYourMind]

Hell Yeah!

Just like when my friends use to put school glue over the stamps on envalopes so they could use stamp over and over. They would do is recieve a glue covered stamp (usually in the letter there is a comment or code word stating the stamp has a coat of glue over it) and then they would reuse the envelope, just putting a label over the addresses. There way of "beating the system."

Lol, this whole idea just reminded me of that.

 

[mecano]

Some prices from Greece:
AKG 501 150 Euro
Beyer dt931 200 Euro
Creek OBH 11 150 Euro(no psu)
Grado RS-1 1100 Euro

 

[MartinB]

Headphones in Sweden are pretty expensive with some excepetions...Like Philips is pretty cheap(I guess no one cares) and grado is pretty cheap for not being in the US but they are still a lot more expensive than in the US...German headphones are not cheaper here then in the US....