wink

Triple on the black.

That'd be $50K to offset the bling factor.....

Audition is good. Purchase is expensive.

I just hope all top tier headphones cost over US$20,000... That way I won't have to worry about purchasing any of 'em......

Wisdom comes with age...... sometimes....... I may like to hear the new toys doing the rounds, but the want/need to acquire the same has diminished with the advancing years. As usual YMMV.

catscratch, for one.... One pile of stinking moist brown is way too much......

The disturbing thought here is that he has priced his set higher than the Sennheiser HE-1 in China. What if he realises that there are soccer stars, baseball stars, Dr Dre, Miss Piggy, Rudolph the red nosed reindeer, etc., who have the same mentality and decides to jack the price up to somewhere around 25% over the Sennheisers so he can rope that crowd in.

Perhaps he uses scalar technology..... nope, can that thought.......

Steam punk lives.......

That ad has been on ebay for at least 6 years that I know of. I'd buy a truckload of them if it was in Zimbabwe dollars... http://www.ebay.com/itm/ONE-HUNDRED-TRILLION-DOLLAR-BILL-ZIMBABWE-2008-FREE-US-SHIP-100-000-000-000-000-/252573269917?hash=item3ace8a3f9d:g:JTIAAOSw4shX6Ioh

Yeah, but.... 13 hours battery life..... If you connect a truck battery, you get about a years worth of goodness. What's not to like.....

But, but... awww c'mon - they're a collectors item...... You're not really supposed to use them... Just sit it on a shelf as a showpeice. Apparently at RMAF Fang expressed the hope of perhaps someone buying one..... Perhaps the price is so high because he wants to keep it for hisself.......

You could countersink/counterbore the mounting hole slightly...

Can it do a nice espresso or flat white...? ...or does it only do (spit) (spit) lattes...?

For moar glitz, http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Stax-Headphones-Kopfhorer-Earspeaker-Pro-Bias-Socket-Jack-Chassis-Panel-Mount-/182299104758?hash=item2a71df95f6:g:omUAAOSwn9lXJzOC

...as in contra-distinction to tube burn-out.... which is why NOS tubes are getting harder to obtain.....

We are all the prisoners of our perceptions and biases. I, for one, have heard differences in cables when I was totally skeptical of the concept. Cable burn-in..? now, that's a different ball-game. I've had a few cable burn-outs, though..... Too much current application does that..! This makes me wonder if the cables sound different after a severe overload as compared to a new one. I do NOT intend to sartisfy this curiosity.....

FTFY.

Few empty pocketses...

At the end of the day the manufacturers produce the "sonic signature" that they believe is either "wire with gain" or of a colour/flavour they think will garner the most sales.

A perfect amp and/or transducer would never yield an ideal sound signature to all us imperfect hearers.

An onion by any other naim smells just as volatile

It would just have to be the Objectiv2 and ODAC. I mean, figures don't lie - do they.......?

Happy birthday John. As the proud MOT of Bunyip Audio, your new avatar is ready......

The only problem is that it doesn't have a normal bias socket..... Yeah, yeah..... I know..... John doesn't have a normal bias earspeaker...... but I do.........