SnellTHX said: auronihilist said:

http://www.sony.com/electronics/headband-headphones/mdr-z1r



Good grief. As far as markup goes, I wonder what the markup is on these:Good grief. Click to expand...

Wow. I'm sure those Sony headphones sound great... But who in their right mind would pay $2300 for those when you could buy Audeze LCD-3s for $1900? Or STAX LP-700s for less than that?





As for the Denon D7200s... I can imagine they would be a fantastic purchase @ $999 five years ago.. but with the Massdrop/Fostex TX-00s going for $399 I'm not sure how they can justify the thousand dollar price tag in 2017. Will have to listen Wow. I'm sure those Sony headphones sound great... But who in their right mind would pay $2300 for those when you could buy Audeze LCD-3s for $1900? Or STAX LP-700s for less than that?$1300 seems like a more competitive price.As for the Denon D7200s... I can imagine they would be a fantastic purchase @ $999 five years ago.. but with the Massdrop/Fostex TX-00s going for $399 I'm not sure how they can justify the thousand dollar price tag in 2017. Will have to listen Click to expand...

The real question is what the street price will be. Once upon a time I bought a pair of D7000 which were listed at like 1000-1200 if I remember right, but I got them new for 600-700.I sold those a while ago and now have a few versions of the TH-x00. I'm guessing the cable isn't as nice as the old denons, but overall they are a way better value.The closest competitor to these would be the E-MU Teak with removable cables which was $499. The only real advantage I see over these would be the esthetics with the removable cable connectors being set into the cups and the newer headband/design.The real question is what driver is in these? The Th-900 one, the th-x00 one, or a custom/new one. A cheaper TH-900 would be a nice option. An overpriced TH-x00 would NOT.