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Re:HD 555 to HD 595 mod (or: how Sennheiser cripples cheaper... by stcredzero on Monday February 14, 2011 @10:23AM (#2217024)
It's more a lie of omission. The 555 headphone produces the frequencies desired, but the company withholds them from the customer with a piece of foam.

If there's something you're not telling someone, which would really piss off that someone, you may be guilty of a lie of omission.

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Re:HD 555 to HD 595 mod (or: how Sennheiser cripples cheaper... by stonemetal on Wednesday February 16, 2011 @02:25PM (#2227828)
How so? Since the 555 and 595 are in the same series of headphones they should be more similar than dissimilar. Much like processors or graphics cards in the same line, it starts off as a good way to sell defective high end parts as middle to low end parts. Then as the process gets established high end parts are crippled to keep up with demand for low end parts.
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