From: niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-23 10:25, BGB wrote:   
      
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   > I am currently using some ~ $35 Logitech gaming headphones.   
      
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   > Granted, more expensive headphones exist, but I am not made of money.   
      
   Indeed. I had occasion recently to inquire about headphones at a large   
   local electronics shop. The assistant asked for my price range, and when   
   I hesitated, he mentioned that their range went up to 65 kilo-euro. Talk   
   about "framing" a price discussion :-)   
      
   The shop had one of those items in a locked glass display case.   
   Reportedly each pair of headphones is hand-built. They come with a white   
   veined marble stand that is also an electronics box, with eight or ten   
   vacuum tubes mounted visibly on the top surface. The builder comes to   
   your home to personally install and tune the stuff for your environment.   
   The price, however, was only 62 999 euro; perhaps it was discounted as a   
   display item.   
      
   We settled on a cheaper model.   
      
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