[schalliol]

I hope that with Sennheiser's sponsorship of Head-Fi that Jude could be offered one to make available at meets, etc.  This is a halo product and Sennheiser easily has a huge ROI from any investment in Head-Fi.  There will be some in our ranks that will buy this, but I assume the Orpheus is about delivering perfection that will help to see other Sennheiser products and set the course for what can ultimately make it downmarket over time based upon the lessons from building the Orpheus.  With the amount invested in R&D, I don't think $55K is unreasonable given the limited number of buyers it will have, and I am happy that a bit of profit from my many Sennheiser products has gone toward development advances such as this.  I will not be purchasing this product (couldn't if I wanted to), but I am happy it exists.  BTW, as a high schooler pre-ordering the HD 580 Precision (I had a HE 90 satin lined wooden case I kept them in that Sennheiser used to show them off the HD 580 promoting the product back in the 90s), I had a poster of the original Orpheus set pinned to my wall :-D.

 

[icebear]

LOL, we have lift off into Strato-Fi

 
The chances of getting one are about 1: 175,223,510.
... bought a lottery ticket anyway

 

[raybone0566]

 

[3ternalDr4gon]

What percent of your net worth would you spend to buy these headphones? It would have to be around 0.05% for me
 
$110,000,000
 
Dear Sennheiser,
 
Please save a pair for me once I hit the $100M+ club 

 

[MattTCG]

I'd like an he960 priced at $2k for us regular types. 

 

[pedalhead]

Nobody's mentioning the Sabre dac in this $55,000 bit of kit?

 

[Mentis]

man I was expecting to see a lot of old Orpheus up for sale just like the HD800's....

 

[akumian]

Hoping to try it one day. This is not for ordinary people, just like Ferrari where not everyone will be able to drive.
With Hermes bag,  2 channels setup selling at record prices, what's 55k to take home the "best" headphone system ever made.

 

[vnmslsrbms]

Orpheus v2 or a loaded BMW 3 series.... hm... I guess I can even get a pretty rockin' nearfield system too. Hype is strong on this one. And really that's all it has to be. Since people can only hear this at audio shows. I can't wait to line up for this at next year's AV show in HK.

 

[derbigpr]

  Wow! Would it not be possible to produce a version without the automatic open-n-close features and marble with 99.99% of the sound quality for significantly less?

 
 
I don't think the marble and automated knobs and cover are a big part of that price. Those things would amount to less than 1000 dollars. You're paying for engineering, not necessarily something palpable, but an idea of what went into the process of making such a product.

 

[m-i-c-k-e-y]

Darn even blood + kidney + bone marrow couldn't pay for it...

 

[pearljam50000]

The price is beyond ridiculous

 

[Chief Stringer]

Thinking about getting a set. No joke.


Recovering from cancer, the last thing I should be doing is spending more money (those bills...). But then again, recovering from cancer, I'm thinking "you only live once..."

All the best buddy

 

[randerson3024]

Nice, review Jude, keep 'em coming.

 

[Benny Ben Bens]

I'd chose this over a nice car any day, heck you can play some nice race simulators these days for relatively cheap. Not that I come close to affording them but if I was close I would. lol