goldenSHK
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I kind of agree that they should release the signatures with more color combinations. I think that Ultrasone flopped too much trying to go the open headphone route for their flagship. They have a reputation of being able to churn out top tier hifi closed luxury cans. If they accepted that label and ran with their strength they'd be massively successful in terms of sales and profits. The Pro 900 is one of my favorite closed headphones, and they are built extremely well (aside from the scratchable aluminum). The Pro 900, SigDJ/SigPro, and Ed8 do something that I think few other manufactures have done successfully. They give you a closed can that is semi-portable, low impedance, quality built headphone that you could take outside with you once and awhile if you needed and you'd still be in the ballpark of summet fi sound even if you plugged it straight into your iPhone. In that regard, Ultrasone has few competitors that best it in those terms. If Ultrasone released more Signature colors, customizations, and more Edition closed cans I feel like they would massively increase their sales. In an extremely over-saturated market for open cans where competition is the fiercest it's ever been, Ultrasone could really make a name for itself with its Signature and Edition series if they focused on getting a line of high end closed cans. Maybe it's just me, I don't know, but the fact that I and many many headfiers haven't even considered the Ed12 for my endgame set (probably will go HE6) means that Ultrasone is having a difficult time competing in the open, summet-fi department.
