Wow .... €50K Headphones ... What next

Every $100,000,000+ home has color and smell of human of blood and flesh.
Come closer and feel it.

Every $100,000,000+ home has color and smell of human of blood and flesh. Come closer and feel it.

So do the iPhones in everyone's pockets.

Rich people hording their money is far worse for the rest of the people than if they spent the money, even if it is for obscenely expensive luxury goods. That money that Sennheiser makes on the headphones is a part of its income that pays salaries, as does the margin that the dealer and distributor makes. The "waste" of paying far more than the phones are "worth" goes somewhere, it is not really wasted in the sense that it disappears and does nothing more.

I know that most audiophiles do not consider headphones as serious audio gear, but, to a growing number of people, headphones are their favored means of listening. A combination of transducer and amp that costs $55,000 in the speaker world is quite high, but, it really isn't that uncommon; why should it be any different for phones?

I would certainly like to hear them, even though I would never consider a purchase. I like their prior electrostatic offerings (HE-60 and HE-90), but find that their more recent high end offerings in dynamic phones to be wildly inconsistent (I really dislike their top of the line model). It would be interesting to see what kind of sound they pursue and whether they go for the mellower sound of their old electrostatic models or the lean, bright and hyper-analytical sound of the HD 800).

I'd love to hear them also.

Good point too about about the benefits to others when a profitable purchase is made.

The resale prices down the road are the only true indicators of what a new product is really worth to the buyer at any given time.

As a buyer, not that I could afford these in any case, but I always want to hear anything new that pushes the limits or might set a new reference standard in any way.

If I did like them and could afford them, I would have less problem paying the price for headphone and amp like this compared say to wires in that there will be little doubt teh amp and headphones are the major factors in teh resulting sound I hear whereas accessories always play a lesser role. That's why they are called "accessories".

"So do the iPhones in everyone's pockets. "
Bcgator

Agree.