[icebear]

.... A Bronx cheer should sound like a Bronx cheer. If it sounds like a cute mellifluous giggle on your system, then the indications are that your system is nowhere near high fidelity and in desperate need of repair or disposal.

 
LOL, sounds like a HE1000

 

[wink]

 

[icebear]

 

[RMSKFX]

I wonder how much more debate would be bantered about if these units were $100K WHY NOT!!! People that want them will find a way to rationalize the price...whatever it may be..

 

[icebear]

Does it make any real difference if these are priced way or WAY out of reach ?

 

 

[ToroFiestaSol]

New business premise or new Sennheiser Orpheus? 
I haven't got wife so is very tempting hahahahahaha
 
EDIT: Hope they produce the new Orpheus for at least 5 years, so I'll be able to "reasonably" buy one 

 

[catspaw]

http://www.businessinsider.com/billionaire-vodka-from-leon-verres-costs-a-cool-37-million-2011-8
 
If there are people who buy it, why not sell it?
I think Ill start selling paper sheets for 20.000 dollars and call it soul givers paper....

 

[Freets]

So what would you be willing to pay for a private 2 hour listening session with the Orpheus?

 

[smitty1110]

So what would you be willing to pay for a private 2 hour listening session with the Orpheus?

Two cents.

 

[DavidMahler]

I can only imagine the aftermarket value of these headphones after they have been sold out. 
 
The year is 2030
The place ebay (or ebay equivalent)
 
NOS HE1060 HEV1060..... Starting price: $300,000 USD

 

[icebear]

  I can only imagine the aftermarket value of these headphones after they have been sold out. 
 
The year is 2030
The place ebay (or ebay equivalent)
 
NOS HE1060 HEV1060..... Starting price: $300,000 USD

 
They are not limited , they just can't mass produce them, around 250 pieces max. annually acc. to Sennheiser on this thread

 

 

[comzee]

I have a feeling most people in NA would connect the aesthetics with a bathroom sink. The marble they used looks much like granite, specifically the granite they use in bathroom sinks. I'm not sure how it is other places, but granite bathroom sinks are turbo common wherever I've gone. Looks like it could be a soap dispenser in a Hilton hotel restroom.....

 

[saidentary]

  Mr.saidentary,
 
I certainly can't speak for best of anything, especially headphones.  I've listened to various 'meet' headphones, bought same only to discover the product bought performed differently.  
 
I own a few Sennheiser RS120 wireless, one in particular has sound approaching my HD580s which consistently outperform the headphones I hear at meets.  
 
I'm say'n Sennhieser's performance is more consistent than the others but 'not-so-good' ones are still out there.  
 
Every single HD800 I've heard is superb, it's the only headphone I can say that about. 
 
I gave up on the Electrostatics long ago, way too tricky to get em working properly.  
 
Mr. Jude's superlatives are a scripted TV Show, he's a professional "plugger" for Manufacturer's Sales Staff.  His business is supporting sales not being a Analyst.  
 
We still have to love him for this format where we can compare notes and share ideas.
 
I can't see these things being worth the price but for some folks the price won't matter much compared to the exclusive nature of the ownership experience. 
 
It does portend a future Bastille Day for us, which is my greater concern.
 
Tony in Michigan

We're looking at this from slightly different angles.  However, our opinions certainly overlap considerably.  As for the future Bastille Day, hopefully this is something our society can "head off" before it comes to that.  Personally, if people want exclusivity, then that's fine with me. I pity the person who has the need to feel "exclusive."   But I'm right with the ones who want the best possible product.  The wild card is that all of us define the "best" in variable ways.  And I'm someone who wants the best (meaning lowest) possible price as well.  This is driven partly by what I can afford, but also by what I'm willing to spend, irrespective of whether "I can" afford to spend more.

 

[Dobrescu George]

I hope that Sennheiser is striving much more to make a statement in engineering and sound than profit from these, because, as far as profit goes, it would had been better to make them cheaper and more of them if they wanted to get more money.... 
 
Still, I am so curious to hear how these sound!

 

[vcoheda]

how did they come up with the name HE1060. i would think HE1090 would be more appropriate and then down the road (big hope!), the "baby" version would be the HE1060.