3 Headphones You Can't Afford

Headphone manufactures and comapnies looking to make a quick buck are all jumping into the headphone market.  DJ's such as tiesto and david guetta even have their own line of headphones!  We put together a list of uncommon headphones that you may never be able to afford unless you take a mortgage out.

3.  Hifiman he-500 headphones

These simplistic, unassuming headphones maybe cloaked in a run of the mill looking design but you'd be remiss to discount them. They are planar magnetic headphones and demand a high quality set-up for optimal output. IE these things aren't for playing on your iphone. If your blessed with such driver technology, than these headphones will leave you in awe similar to products twice their price.

2. fostex th-900 headphones

When your headphones are sporting fancier wood molding that 95% of cars on the road you know you have the rolls royce of headphones on your head.  Fostex ensured that with their th-900 model by building the cups out of Japanese cherry birch wood finished with an over coat of wine-colored paint with a dee glossy finish.  If the looks don't woah your onlookers you can take solice in the advanced synthetic leather earpads derived from eggshell membrane.  wait what? eggshell membrane.

The foestex th-900 will set you back a cool $2,000

1. denon ah-d7100 headphones

Coming in a stagering $1,500, these headphones could make the wealthiest of enthusiast blush.  The D7100's feature real mahogany ear cups, memory foam ear pads, and 50mm “Free Edge Nano Fibre” drivers. In addition, if you think Siri is a raging bitch you can skip her and rely on your D7100's and the Denon app to update your Facebook or Twitter status with the touch of a button.