Sennheiser re-launches Orpheus luxury headphones; cost $55000

Nearly 25 years later, Sennheiser is now opening up a new chapter in audio history with the successor: “With the new HE 1060 / HEV 1060, we once again push the boundaries and show that we can repeatedly set new benchmarks in excellence and with that shape the future of the audio world”, said Sennheiser CEO Daniel Sennheiser. But is it enough to get you to fork out $50,000? The company launched the Orpheus HE90 in 1991 and it went on to become one of the best pair of headphones that you could own. The controls and vacuum tubes ascend from the marble base, then a protective glass cover opens up giving access to the headphones when you gently press the on/off button. Well, the key is that the headphones are electrostatic, which means that they work by placing a static charge on a thin film that is placed in between two metal plates.

Sennheiser has announced a new pair of headphones it says will cost “around €50,000” (£35,886 or US$155,165).

Following the company’s recent announcement on November 3, users have all agreed that Sennheiser’s Orpheus headphones are officially the most expensive headphones at present.

Also, the producers spiced things up a bit by introducing a few jazzy features to the headphones, which will reduce the possibility of your wife yelling at you for spending this much money on a few headphones. Audio signal voltages cause the film – which typically weighs less than the air around it – to oscillate and produce sound.

The film does not have a damping or resonance problem because it is so light; therefore, creating an amazingly clear sound.

The amplifier then drives an ultra-high impulse amplifier stage that’s integrated into the cups of the headphones.

The amp inside the cans is all solid-state, making use of MOSFET transistors. The diaphragms can’t be etched or drilled, and are instead created using spraying and grinding process before being coated with a layer of gold to make sure they conduct effectively. That combined with 8 digital-to-analog converters should result in the best possible sound quality.

The new HE 1060 / HEV 1060 surpasses every other headphone system in the world by offering the ultimate in reproduction precision, exceptional spatiality and a frequency response that extends far beyond the range of human hearing ability.