BiggerHead
100+ Head-Fier
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If you're talking to me thanks, hmm still, the cans that aren't in korea aren't in korea it seems (there either) but I knew that already I guess. It's not unusual for many types of products (audio and otherwise) to have models and brands conspicuously missing from the entire country. Fortunately some amazon stores ship internationally but that doesn't help with trial. Anyway, this conversation is a little odd.
Edit: even worse for headphones... those guys don't seem to have KRK or beyerdynamics or Fischer Audio or the ATH-M50, on top of also not having the UE headphones (just iems like everywhere) or the KOSS PRODJ100 or any fostex under $2,000. That's most of the entry level sealed over ear cans in the head-fi buying guide that they don't have, and going up in price they are even missing the Sennheiser momentum. Of the one's I care, they just have the shure's and the akg. For my purposes at least that place is almost completely useless if their online listings are accurate. I'm often underwhelmed by the real selection and prices in the big tech stores here though.
On the other hand popularity has a bunch to do with the written experience and trials of a few, and availability even. There are a ton of ATH models there that are barely reviewed and not measured on in English sites like here and innerfidelity, like the ATH-A500Xto pick one at random, almost no attention over here but the one little review here is positive and now I see it seems to be an asian product market item. Even on amazon it ships from Japanese stores. So maybe Koreans know what models are good in Korea then. Still that works out difficult for a foreigner unless you want to start from square one with nothing but your ears to narrow down the options. Also if there's market segmentation you have to wonder why. Prices are rarely cheaper here in Korea. The ATH-A900X is listed at about $310 U.S. for instance at that store ($200 on amazon.com). So is the 500x (~$160) a better model just for koreans or a lower quality model at a price point for korean mass market, or the same identical item at a price point for korean mass market?
If you're talking to me thanks, hmm still, the cans that aren't in korea aren't in korea it seems (there either) but I knew that already I guess. It's not unusual for many types of products (audio and otherwise) to have models and brands conspicuously missing from the entire country. Fortunately some amazon stores ship internationally but that doesn't help with trial. Anyway, this conversation is a little odd.
Edit: even worse for headphones... those guys don't seem to have KRK or beyerdynamics or Fischer Audio or the ATH-M50, on top of also not having the UE headphones (just iems like everywhere) or the KOSS PRODJ100 or any fostex under $2,000. That's most of the entry level sealed over ear cans in the head-fi buying guide that they don't have, and going up in price they are even missing the Sennheiser momentum. Of the one's I care, they just have the shure's and the akg. For my purposes at least that place is almost completely useless if their online listings are accurate. I'm often underwhelmed by the real selection and prices in the big tech stores here though.
On the other hand popularity has a bunch to do with the written experience and trials of a few, and availability even. There are a ton of ATH models there that are barely reviewed and not measured on in English sites like here and innerfidelity, like the ATH-A500Xto pick one at random, almost no attention over here but the one little review here is positive and now I see it seems to be an asian product market item. Even on amazon it ships from Japanese stores. So maybe Koreans know what models are good in Korea then. Still that works out difficult for a foreigner unless you want to start from square one with nothing but your ears to narrow down the options. Also if there's market segmentation you have to wonder why. Prices are rarely cheaper here in Korea. The ATH-A900X is listed at about $310 U.S. for instance at that store ($200 on amazon.com). So is the 500x (~$160) a better model just for koreans or a lower quality model at a price point for korean mass market, or the same identical item at a price point for korean mass market?
