There's another factor which hurts them but also makes them great. You only ever need to buy 1 pair. The build quality is phenomenal, I've had mine for 10 years and they look brand new.

If I had to buy another pair I would (well, not anymore I guess). But beyerdynamic headphones are in the 'buy it for life' category

[–] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago

I modded my 880s to have removable cables , replaced the pads and the headband as they were getting a bit worn after a decade of daily driving them. I use 1990s as my daily driver these days but I like having options.

Seriously solid headphones, I'm not immediately writing them off because a Chinese company though, I've used FiiO stuff for 15 years and it's been solid, so fingers crossed.

[–] mle86@feddit.org 5 points 23 hours ago

Also, spare parts are still available for decades old models and they are built with easy repairability in mind.

I really hope this sale won't change the company too much, but I fear it will.

[–] horseloaf@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've had my pair of DT-100 since 1993. Still going strong, although very much the headphones of Theseus by now.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

Swap some new pads, maybe a new cable, maybe a driver.
Still good.

Physics doesn't change. Audio is still air moving.
And quite frankly, we perfected that 40 years ago (well, give or take).