Coq de Combat
Headphoneus Supremus
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Yikes $500 is a lot, I paid quite a bit less in the US for the Pro900s..
haha yea, in regards to your earlier comment, actually the Dr. jekyl is my D7000 and the Mr. hyde is my Signature Pro. But I guess to put it better, I use the Signature Pro more for music (because it has better detail retrieval) and the D7000 for movies (because they have a more expansive soundstage and is more comfortable to wear - both for long term & with my glasses on).
You can't go wrong with the SP, I haven't tried the Ed8 so I cant comment on them, but from what I had read they were sibilant so I always stayed away. Oh and believe me this stuff has been expensive for me too, audio gear = debt haha. That said, I think its a more sound investment than other electronics.
I'll have to audition them some day. Hopefully some store will have them for auditioning. While most of my gear are imported, Sweden is having a better stable of stores selling higher end cans now than they did before. So, I guess I'm not all out of luck.
As for the prices, yeah, I know it sounds a lot. The thing is that it's a bit unfair to compare american prices with Swedish prices. What's much for us, might not be much for you, and vice versa. When it comes to headphones, we're so used to overpricing, so we tend not to overthink their actual value with the same references that you guys have. Plus, if we decide to import from you, we still have to pay a lot of VAT and other stuff - so what's cheap buying from you, may very well in the end become more expensive than it would've been buying it locally over here. I don't know, putting a dollar sign on a Swedish price tag might not be the best way to compare prices; there's just so many other factors at play here - taxes, importing fees, BNP, political climates (that will, of course, change the value of our respective currencies) and the list could go on.
Yet, I don't regret buying the Pro 900s. As said, they're my absolute favorite cans that will probably stay with me no matter what - despite being beautifully flawed. I guess it's a question whether one likes the flaws or not - because, neutral and natural, it isn't.
Oh well, hopefully someone carries the Sig Pros over here, so that I will know what to upgrade to if I like them, when I'm done sidegrading. I feel very much at home at mid-fi land, and taking the step over to the big guys feels a little unsecure for me. That is a box that may very well become my own personal Pandoras Box. If I buy headphones above the ones I have now, who's to say where it will end? If it even will end... Playing with $150-500 headphones feels a little more warranted with my economy than playing around with $1000-2000 headphones. At least at this rate.
