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I am rather curious whether or not audiophile headphone devisions suffer losses during recessions like the current.

Certainly a way to find out.. is to ask their prime source of income.

So..., is it?

EDIT: I could've sworn I made this in the lounge.
I guess the poll gets rid of my ability to delete it..

Can someone move it for me? Thanks

BTW: I voted option 2 (No, I'm stable.)
I'm relatively stable in this economy. I also have found that headphone purchases have great resale value... and so investment in headphones can be pretty easily regained (Especially when the economy gets better).

 

[AmanGeorge]

I'm sure they do - when people are in an uncertain spot, I'm sure $1000 headphones aren't their priority.

That said, I'm in a stable employment situation, so for me everything has just gotten cheaper over the last few months, especially with folks selling off their equipment.

Heartless, but true

 

[Aiyo]

I voted other. The reason being, it's getting hard to buy things I want. So I aim a bit lower.

 

[lucky]

Nope; at the moment, none of my phones cost more than $100, and I don't see that changing in the near future.

 

[sachu]

actually it has gotten better..have 5 headphones, 4 amplifiers, 3DACs as against 2 headphones, 1 amplifiers, 1 DAC 3 months back.
Not to mention I have parts for 2 more amplifiers (a B22 included) and boards for 3 more.

 

[Suntory_Times]

I'm concerned for the futures so haven't bought some things I otherwise would have, even though the economy crisis hasn't really affected me yet.

 

[theBigD]

I voted other. I have an uncertain future regarding employment, but some cash/headfi gear, enough to sell and trade up a bit. so i have been selling and upgrading without hurting the bank too much.

 

[EYEdROP]

I voted yes, but its just a matter of priorities and things that have to be taken care of. I am still saving for upgrades but nowadays its a slower process, especially when nobody wants to buy your old stuff.

 

[lowlevelowl]

I voted no, I'm stable in this economy.

Plus if you scour the FS forums and wait for good deals to pop up you can get quite a lot of great lightly used equipment on the cheap.

 

[HiFi1972]

The economy is definitely impacting my gear purchases. I do pro mix work and usually set some of the money I make off to the side and save for purchases, and lately I've been getting less work (some of my regular clients have actually asked me to set them up on a payment schedule) and I've noticed almost everything I'm saving up for has gone up in price (sign that these smaller gear companies aren't doing too good themselves).

 

[Captivate]

Equipment in Canada is relatively expensive, but even more so when the conversion from USD to CAD is like 1:0.8. Regardless, I still bought my Denon AH-D1001K's retail here for $180 CAD. I figured that instead of saving a few bucks ordering from the US, I'd just buy from retail to help out my economy. Yeah, I lost some money, but these headphones are worth it!

 

[daniele_g]

Well, my answer is somehow contradictory: this year I had planned to buy a new preamp, a new hifi rack, and some more objects for my stereo -I mean "the-one-with-the-speakers", but I preferred to wait and see how it ends, renouncing to all of this.

As a compensation, I bought a pair a dynamic HP, a Stax system (used, entry level) and I'm planning of buying an iBasso: altogether i will anyway spend much much less than I planned and I'll have renewed listening fun all the same !

ciao
daniele

 

[deaconblues]

I'm now listening to music out of a cardboard box

 

[rhythmdevils]

^ awesome

 

[csommers]

Actually its gotten a bit better, as some people are selling off equipment at really good prices, so I've had a chance to expand a bit