How much would you pay for a good pair of headphones? How about $55,000? Back In 1991, Sennheiser created the Orpheus HE90, which became widely known as the best pair of headphones money can buy. They came with an amplifier, cost $16,000 and only 300 pairs were made. If you wanted them today, you’ll have to pay €50,000 (roughly $55,000). Actually, for that price you’ll get an updated version of the legendary Orpheus, which combine the electrostatic design and valve amplifier.
Would You Pay $55,000 For New Sennheiser Orpheus Headphones?
The new Orpheus headphones have been in development for over a decade. Hand-crafted in Germany using over 6,000 components including gold-vaporized ceramic electrodes, platinum-vaporized diaphragms, and Carrara marble amplifier housing from Italy – the same used by Michelangelo. Each of the amplifier’s controls are created using a single piece of brass, and once you turn the headphones on, the quartz glass vacuum tubes rise up from the marble enclosure and emit their characteristic glow.
Would You Pay $55,000 For New Sennheiser Orpheus Headphones?
The company claims all this results in an 8Hz to 100KHz frequency response.
“It is able to deceive our senses in a completely unique way, creating the perfect illusion of being directly immersed in the sound,” Sennheiser CEO Daniel Sennheiser said of the new Orpheus.
Would You Pay $55,000 For New Sennheiser Orpheus Headphones?
