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Re:HD 555 to HD 595 mod (or: how Sennheiser cripples cheaper... by kenjackson on Sunday February 13, 2011 @05:59PM (#2214320)
I agree. This seems like a reasonable thing to do if you want to have multiple price points for your product.

Would people feel a lot better if instead they just went and changed the circuitry to produce lower quality sound?

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Re:HD 555 to HD 595 mod (or: how Sennheiser cripples cheaper... by marshray on Sunday February 13, 2011 @06:12PM (#2214374)
Would people feel a lot better if instead they just went and changed the circuitry to produce lower quality sound?

Yes, as long as there was a halfway plausible explanation that it cost less to produce.

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Re:HD 555 to HD 595 mod (or: how Sennheiser cripples cheaper... by jmaygarden on Sunday February 13, 2011 @09:25PM (#2214977)
In this case it does cost less to produce since they don't have to develop a new product and setup separate manufacturing processes. That piece of foam saves a lot of money.
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Re:HD 555 to HD 595 mod (or: how Sennheiser cripples cheaper... by colanderman on Sunday February 13, 2011 @10:54PM (#2215183)
My guess is the headphones cost $20 to produce. The $350 price tag covers R&D.
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