What's the most you'd pay for headphones?
May 22, 2003 at 12:12 PM Post #33 of 49
id say about $400-500.




but thats because im not rich, i am so broke now its pathetic. :p
 
May 22, 2003 at 12:58 PM Post #34 of 49
You're talking about a single buy, not the price of our entire gear. It would be about $100 for the HD-495, including everything I have to pay in shipping and taxes. To put things in perspective the minimal monthly salary is $200 here. Head-Fimania is too expensive overseas, but still a pleasure!
 
May 22, 2003 at 1:54 PM Post #35 of 49
I spent $480 on a pair of RS-1's. I know I will probably never own and other top of the line audio gear so I threw caution to the wind. I know $480 is nothing to some, but my main interest is my home rig. I worked up to the RS-1's from the Sony MDR-7506's to the SR-125's to the RS-1's. doug
 
May 22, 2003 at 2:06 PM Post #36 of 49
I am a newbie and actually don't know how things are supposed to cost and how things are supposed to sound to be considered "good". The RS-1 was $700 and it sound really lively compared to my HD580 but after awhile I couldn't take that brightness and grating pads. I surfed the posts and suspected my X-Cans was to blame so I sprung for an RA-1 after reading reviews that they have this synergy. BullS**t. So now I have settled on the HD600 for $280 and it is exactly the sound I wanted. I guess it really isn't how things cost.
 
May 22, 2003 at 4:20 PM Post #39 of 49
i would pay $1500 for a pair of R-10's, because now that I've heard them, they are frikken amazing. but at $3-4,000 its too much markup for my comfort zone
 
May 23, 2003 at 12:15 AM Post #40 of 49
I spent $120 on my Sennheiser HD580s. Between those and my Grado SR60s, I'm set for open headphones.

Good closed headphones seem a difficult engineering challenge. I think I'd pay up to $200 for something closed that clearly outshines my eggos. Haven't heard it yet though.

I heard Hirsch's Sony R10s. Now those outshine my eggos.
 
May 23, 2003 at 4:03 AM Post #41 of 49
I might crank out 350 but that would be for some extroardinary headphone that was incredible. I am going to buy my ER-4S in a couple of weeks and am looking forward to being blown away by the sound...I hope
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May 23, 2003 at 4:18 AM Post #42 of 49
When I first came to head fi I would not even consider any cans over say $100 new. But flash forward into may 2003 I would have no problems with buying a omega II and not even look back. Funny how things work out isn't it?
 
May 23, 2003 at 4:29 AM Post #43 of 49
Hi,
I paid 350 dollars for the CD3000. A hefty amount for a great headphone.


Purk
 
May 23, 2003 at 5:37 AM Post #44 of 49
Quote:

Originally posted by Matthew-Spaltro
When I first came to head fi I would not even consider any cans over say $100 new. But flash forward into may 2003 I would have no problems with buying a omega II and not even look back. Funny how things work out isn't it?


You been reading my threads, huh? Man, I feel the SAME way. I just started this sickness back in late July, and look at me now. One small step after another, in rapid succession BTW, and now I am getting a Stax setup. Man, I am SICK I tell ya. (But happy!)
 
May 23, 2003 at 6:49 AM Post #45 of 49
Quote:

Originally posted by ServinginEcuador
You been reading my threads, huh? Man, I feel the SAME way. I just started this sickness back in late July, and look at me now. One small step after another, in rapid succession BTW, and now I am getting a Stax setup. Man, I am SICK I tell ya. (But happy!)


how can you be happy with your gear when you sell off components every one or two months?
 
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