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Jesse, a headphone is an inanimate object, incapable of pretending to be anything. And your assertion that "it's an admission they (Sennheiser, I assume) could have used metal but were too cheap" is unsupportable.
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It's a turn of phrase. The idea behind which is that the folks at Sennheiser chose to make the headphone look as if it were made of a material it is not. I think it's poor design, especially on such an expensive product, that's all there is to it.
Unlike some people in this thread, I would consider buying an HD800, and I don't think it foolish to buy one at all. I feel it could have been designed better for the price, but nothing is perfect. I'm sure it sounds beautiful and that IS what's important. But we CAN talk about design, and that's all I'm trying to talk about. We can want it to be even better than it is. We don't have to justify and defend everything about it. How else do things get better?
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I think the HD-800 is attractive enough and rugged enough.
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I'm sure it's well built. My personal headphone of choice is the HD650 and it's made of plastic, it's not very handsome, and it has a faux-metal finish (although not in silver). It's well built and I'm confident the HD800 will be even more sturdy. I appreciate that you don't mind the looks.
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Any headphone that works is functional. So "beautiful and functional" doesn't cut it, at least for me.
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Perhaps I was ambiguous. When I said that about the HD800 I meant beautiful and outstanding sonically. I feel the HD800 could be more beautiful, especially for it's price. Again, that is all I'm saying.
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If I only wanted good enough (whatever that is) yes, I could have bought a cheaper phone. But I wanted better than "good enough" sonically, so I ordered the Senns with every intention of returning them for refund if their sound quality was not up to my expectations.
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I am not saying anything about anyone's choice to buy the headphones. I understand the desire for better than "good enough", this is head-fi after all. I didn't mean to be ambiguous about that. I'm only talking about the design, and not trying to warn people off headphones I've never owned or judge people who have bought them.
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Your assertion that "at 1400$ it shouldn't have pretensions of something it's not" I can only assume was a projection of some sort.
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I don't know why you feel the need to attack me. If you felt attacked by my judgement of a headphone, it was not my intention I can assure you.
I feel the headphone should not have a fake finish at that price. That is all I am saying. This is not a judgment on your decision to purchase the headphone.
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You are, of course, entitled to your opinions on this matter.
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Condescending and ignoring the point I'm trying to make. I am merely discussing the DESIGN and the appearance of the product. Not the sound, which I have not heard. Not the people who have purchased it. I don't doubt that it is a great headphone.
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The reason I took the time to explain my thought process is so that you would understand that not every customer for the HD-800 bought it on hype or for ego reinforcement, etc. For many of us, I suspect, it was a reasoned purchase not casually made.
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Condescending again. But then again it seems like you feel judged through your headphone. Projection or something.
I never insinuated anyone bought the HD800 for less than well considered reasons. Your headphone is not you. I think your headphone is ugly. So what? I've bought ugly headphones because I liked the sound. I just wish they were prettier. I wish the HD800 was prettier.