[reddog]

Hopefully we won't have to go through something similar to the last six years again so soon. If we do, I make a prediction now for the next sub-prime bubble... loans to households that can't afford these ridiculously higher and higher priced headphones, dacs, amps, and not to be forgotten, accessories!

It sounds like your almost describing a audiophile loan shark lol. But I can see some bank giving out loans for such audiophile luxuries.

 

[Beagle]

Remember around the early 90's, there were "DIGITAL READY" headphones (by the likes of Sony, Panasonic, JVC)?
 
Now we have "NOT READY" headphones

 

[coinmaster]

Hey guys did you know that camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand?

 

[pearljam50000]

Are there any build quality/ reliability issues with Hifiman headphones?

 

[up late]

so many random questions

 

[pearljam50000]

lol
Sorry, just being curious.

 

[wink]

 Are there any build quality/ reliability issues with Hifiman headphones?

Only with the HE1000 because they aren't building enough of them fast enough to rellease them on to the expectational audiophile public.

 

[catspaw]

 
e.g. the sub prime car loans bubble ...?
In 2008/09 it was the sub prime mortgage bubble. I'm not sure about the total value this time, it might be much lower by absolute value but technically the exact same thing. Consumers who can't really afford to buy something (now: new car) will get pushed into a credit by a banker who earns commission on that loan independently from the fact that the loan will never be paid back in full. And derivatives package these loans into further securities that leverage the "value".
 
I guess it is high time for some credible information to emerge from HiFiMan, otherwise this will be the most off off topic thread ever

Its much more Interesting than that (at least the way I see it), but it could derail the thread too much .
 
Point being that the prices might have heavy shifts if it all goes crazy for people living out of the US, EU and Japan.

 

[Sweden]

   
oppo pm-3?

 
As I thought the PM-1 was rather dull and boring to listen to I doubt it.

 

[subtle]

patience grasshopper

 
I'm all for patience but we are closing in on four months now since the creation of this thread.
 
Manufacturers really need to stop this practice of advertising their upcoming products half a year in advance.

 

[jerg]

   
I'm all for patience but we are closing in on four months now since the creation of this thread.
 
Manufacturers really need to stop this practice of advertising their upcoming products half a year in advance.

They said early-summer release, so barring any big QC issue, things are probably on track.
 
And isn't there a big head-fi meetup later this month where Fang will showcase a newer (potentially production-standards) prototype?
 
This is sort of like how video game companies do things, announce the game early so people hype up, then just hold it all in until a big convention (like E3 or GDC or PAX) and then announce everything at once.

 

[money4me247]

  They said early-summer release, so barring any big QC issue, things are probably on track.
 
And isn't there a big head-fi meetup later this month where Fang will showcase a newer (potentially production-standards) prototype?
 
This is sort of like how video game companies do things, announce the game early so people hype up, then just hold it all in until a big convention (like E3 or GDC or PAX) and then announce everything at once.

in NYC at stereo exchange on March 19th I believe.

 

[1adam12]

 
And isn't there a big head-fi meetup later this month where Fang will showcase a newer (potentially production-standards) prototype?
 

 
 

  in NYC at stereo exchange on March 19th I believe.

 
Not to mention CanJam on the 28th-29th.

 

[up late]

I'm all for patience but we are closing in on four months now since the creation of this thread.

Manufacturers really need to stop this practice of advertising their upcoming products half a year in advance.

it's common for hi fi manufacturers to preview their products well in advance of release. i don't have a problem with it.

 

[Beagle]

Are there any build quality/ reliability issues with Hifiman headphones?

Not any more.
 
The early ones (HE-5) fell apart if you looked at them the wrong way.