How $1,500 Headphones Are Made

CNETNate writes "A tour of Sennheiser's Hanover factory reveals for the first time how its audiophile headphones are assembled by hand. The company recently announced its most expensive and innovative headphones to date, the HD 800, which discarded the conventional method of headphone driver design for a new 'donut-shaped' ring driver idea. Only 5,000 of these headphones can be made in a year, and this gallery offers a behind-the-scenes look at the construction process."

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Why only 5000/year

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It basically looks like they take a regular set of speakers, rip out the cone and surround, put in a little flat plastic cone instead, add a headband, and then laser etch a random number into the ironwork.

Oooh, snazzy. I can do the same with some 2 inch mids and a set of hearing protectors.