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Noooooo!
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Looks like the shareholders wanted to cash out and are using covid-19 as an excuse. Perhaps there was some crazy mismanagement of the company too, because it’s such a well respected brand.
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
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.
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.
I think that there are two issues:
- Many people did indeed upgrade their home entertainment during the lockdowns. Bought new media players, headphones, TVs, home theatres and such stuff. But this stuff is now there. If you bought a new and expensive headphone in 2020, well, you still have it, it does work and you will not buy another one. Which is totally bad for a headphone company in 2025, because sales back in 2020 won’t help
- After Covid we had the big inflation following the 2022 russian invasion. Energy became expensive. Heating, cars, rents, food, everything became more expensive and that is killing the “affordable luxury” market. If you now struggle with food prices and rent, you will not buy new luxury headphones.
I bought three pairs of expensive headphones in 2020 because I got a taste of nice headphones+lossless and couldn’t stop myself D:
Then another pair of earbuds with ANC a few years later because I had to start going into the office sometimes and sit near the most annoying mf ever.
I kinda wanna buy more. But I don’t neeeeed them.
A lot of their products are geared towards professionals like DJs and audio technicians.
If those cant tour their equipment doesnt wear down and they dont make the money to buy new equipment.
Fuck.
Please no
Angeblich soll sich nichts ändern… Abwarten
Was sollen sie sonst sagen? Wir machen jetzt müll, aber dafür bleibt dre preis gleich
They say assembly will still take place in Germany and they keep their employees …
It’s something.
It’s what every single German company getting bought by the Chinese says.
Sometimes it happens before they are bought out like with Cherry moving their factory to China.
I give it 3-5 years, max.
Mein leben!
Da hat wohl jemand Wolfenstein 3D gespielt?
Achtung!
Really sad. I have Beyerdynamic earphones for nearly two years now and I’m really happy with them. They really feel like if they are high quality. But lets wait and see…
Buy some spare pads/foam for them. They will last a decade
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About who? /s
I will just stick to using Sennheiser until sooner or later someone buy them. Honestly the story for seemingly every european company.
They have already been bought by china my dude
First Gigaset sold to South Korea and now this
RIP
Noooooo!
I hope the Chinese company isn’t just buying the brand name, but actually buying the company.
IE, will continue to do excellent beyerdynamic things.
But I doubt it. I don’t know if an audio company that got better after an acquisition. Cheaper, maybe. Better bamg-for-buck, yup. But actually better? Not that I can think of.As opposed to what Behringer/Music Tribe did to Midas: Midas made extremely well respected kit; Behringer buys them (except it was Music Group, now Music Tribe); midas stuff becomes shittier; behringer stuff becomes a little bit better.
Sucks for anyone that bought a Pro series console. Pretty much a boat anchor after 5 years.Hopefully they’l be much cheaper now?!
