Velodyne Vleve headphones on sale $17.99

Dabutcher
Dabutcher Posts: 2,595
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Great pair of on ear headphones for the bargain basement price. @ Newegg.
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  • RamZet
    RamZet Posts: 792
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA38N1068566&cm_re=vleve-_-0TH-00WK-00004-_-Product

    Some of my favorite headphones, and they pop up now and then for 20 bucks.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Why are $200 headphones $18?
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    Because the MSRP on those are due simply because Velodyne stamped their logo on a cheap range of headphones, using their reputation as a higher end maker. They are a good buy at the 80-90% discount pricing, but they have high levels of failure on their Bluetooth models and poor performance with lots of saturation and distortion in the wireless models amps. The wired models perform better, to be fair. Polk had similar issues with their gaming headsets not being compatible when they rolled them out a few years ago. Headphones are a very personal purchase as fit and performance are so important to the happiness of the user.

    Budget headphones that actually perform well are rare, as they need to take a beating and when you build them sturdy enough to hold up well, they get knocked for being too bulky or heavy.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Hmm, their reputation must not mean much to them.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited April 2016
    afterburnt wrote: »
    Hmm, their reputation must not mean much to them.

    Companies do strange things during economic downturns to expand possible sales niches that they would never do during good times. Simply knocking 90% off from a current product line is a telling sign that they don't have much in those items and that the retail price is highly inflated. Can you imagine brand new $60,000 Chevy Tahoes on sale for $5400?
    HT Optoma HD25 LV on 80" DIY Screen, Anthem MRX 300 Receiver, Pioneer Elite BDP 51FD Polk CS350LS, Polk SDA1C, Polk FX300, Polk RT55, Dual EBS Adire Shiva 320watt tuned to 17hz, ICs-DIY Twisted Prs, Speaker-Raymond Cable

    2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable
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