[Jodet]

I wonder if Denon will ever make a 'really high-end' headphone to compete with Sennheiser and Beyer in +$1000 market?
 
Maybe if they refresh their line, which is something I've heard rumors of. 
 
 
 
 

 

[desktophifi]

Hopefully they launch one! 
 
Where did you hear rumors about that? 

 

[DefectiveAudioComponent]

Aren't all the higher end Denon cans based on Fostex designs? They look extremely similar to the headphones on Foster japan....
( Maybe if they went for the RP driver instead of the usual dynamic drivers..... but I suppose that's not going to happen....)

 

[oqvist]

The D7000 is 1500$ over here so they are already competing

 

[Uncle Erik]

Denon would need to drastically change their house sound to a more balanced one before I'd buy one.

 

[SleepyOne]

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The D7000 is 1500$ over here so they are already competing

D7000 is about 742 euro (or US$956) in UK. But only around US$600 - 650 in the US (street price).

 

[Jodet]

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Hopefully they launch one! 
 
Where did you hear rumors about that? 

Here, actually. 

 

[DefectiveAudioComponent]

I think this headset from Foster is vaguely similar to the Denons. Maybe they have something new coming up?
 

 

[Meyvn]

I'd venture that Denon already considers the D7000 to be competing.  The price is irrelevant to actual quality in the audio industry, except for the perceived allure that exhorbitant pricing brings.

 

[DefectiveAudioComponent]

If only that was true.... would have saved me some $.
 
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The price is irrelevant to actual quality in the audio industry, except for the perceived allure that exhorbitant pricing brings.

 

[Beagle]

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I wonder if Denon will ever make a 'really high-end' headphone to compete with Sennheiser and Beyer in +$1000 market? 
 
 

They will make a +$1000 headphone but it will have too much bass.
 
People will buy it anyway, same way that they buy hot fudge sundaes when they should be eating cucumbers.