[Music Path]

I'm investing $3.000 instead of buying a headphone. Seems more sane. That said they sound good, just waaaay overpriced. I can never justify spending that much money on a single headphone.

More or less what i invested, but wasnt expecting that much at beginning.
Yeah he1000 is like a another "baby orpheus".

 

[Music Path]

While I really like my HD650's I think they too can be over priced considering the largely plastic construction and fairly old technology. If you can get them on sale for $300, terrific. I'd go as high as $400. Too bad about our crappy exchange rate and rather firm pricing up here. I paid just over $500 Cdn, plus tax.

Yeah tax is bit bad, i got practicly new (2.9 year warranty) lcd2F for 600$, almost unbeatable price. But import abd Vat put more 200$-300$ on it. Still a good buy but not magical.

 

[chillaxing]

For all the people that pays taxes to get them into their country.  if you send them out for warranty, that means you have to pay the tax when it comes back into the the country?
 
That really sux

 

[CanadianMaestro]

  For all the people that pays taxes to get them into their country.  if you send them out for warranty, that means you have to pay the tax when it comes back into the the country?
 
That really sux

If it's returned under an RMA (return merchandise authorization), you shouldn't have to pay duties when manu'fr ships it back to you. They should clearly state on customs label "Repaired Under Warranty".

 

[Arniesb]

What is the recommended way of handling HD650 to avoid paint chipping?

Dont put it on hard surface with force, i saw many youtubers did that. Just be gentle... I can guarantee when i will have hd650, Paint whould never chipp for me. By the way i always put my dt990 back in his bag and never on any hard surface.

 

[mbusby]

  I'm absolutely loving mine I decided to pair mine with the Project Horizon 3 from Garage1217. Any tube recommendations that work with that amp I'm tube illiterate

 
I have a Project Horizon II that I use with an Amperex Holland orange globe 6DJ8. It helped with the mid-range and the bass is enough for me. I also use it in a Project Ember (matched pair).

 

[bracko]

 
Clipped fingernails. 

 

[Music Path]

 
If it's returned under an RMA (return merchandise authorization), you shouldn't have to pay duties when manu'fr ships it back to you. They should clearly state on customs label "Repaired Under Warranty".

Hope it is so, i actually thought the same what @chillaxing tought. 

 

[Tuneslover]

What is the recommended way of handling HD650 to avoid paint chipping?

I usually lay my HD650's onto the pouch that came with them.
Edit: When I use them on my computer setup, I put them on a Crown Royal pouch.

 

[Music Path]

I usually lay my HD650's onto the pouch that came with them.

Same

 

[iancraig10]

What is the recommended way of handling HD650 to avoid paint chipping?

What causes it is stretching the headband outwards too far. Some pull it open to loosen the grip. That does it.

You can use a Beyer head strap cover so that you don't see it. Also makes them more comfortable,

 

[ns6490]

  True, great speakers + ideal room acoustics + synergy = sublime music listening, but more $$$.
That's the price for sublime musicality. I don't think I've found any HP that even comes close to that experience. 

 
Headphones have become overpriced to the point of silliness, especially considering the following:
 
Combined with the Smyth Realiser, even the entry level Stax SRS-2170 kit (currently about $450) are transparent enough to convincingly replicate* any speaker system.
 
http://www.stereophile.com/content/music-round-45-page-2

Revelation: All that done, I sat with the 'phones on while Kramer stored the data. All of a sudden, Smyth's test loop of synthesizer music, which is stored in the A8, came bopping out of the left front speaker. "Okay, that's the left speaker," I said—then realized that I was still wearing the Stax 'phones. Kramer said, "But it's not on bypass." I lowered the headphones and he switched to bypass. It sounded exactly the same. I put the 'phones back on and we repeated the comparison from speaker to speaker. Dammit, it always sounded as if it was coming from "that speaker right there," and not from the 'phones. Back and forth we went, 'phones on and off my head, bypass switched in and out. I was like an infant playing peekaboo: surprised every time. I couldn't believe it.

 
*With minor caveats, including the lack of visceral bass that headphones can't deliver.

 

[Sal1950]

While I really like my HD650's I think they too can be over priced considering the largely plastic construction and fairly old technology. If you can get them on sale for $300, terrific. I'd go as high as $400. Too bad about our crappy exchange rate and rather firm pricing up here. I paid just over $500 Cdn, plus tax.

Wasn't that long ago the coin was reversed and you guys were laughing about how cheap you were getting US goods. 

 

[CanadianMaestro]

  Wasn't that long ago the coin was reversed and you guys were laughing about how cheap you were getting US goods. 

Yeah, so now I just avoid buying high-end goods in USD and travellin' south. Easy, actually. 

 
Everything goes in cycles. 

 

[Sal1950]

   
Headphones have become overpriced to the point of silliness,

That's true for all of the top tier of High End audio.
Got the Oct issue of Stereophile a couple days ago, back cover has ad for Naim Statement amp, only $240,000.00
Really? Come on, what possible attributes could this amp offer to justify that kind of dough?  Insane