I mean, most technologies should decrease in value over the years unless they become collector items, right?Have you tried to purchase the latest Macbook model? It's way more expensive than its predecessors, i can assure you! :P
... headphones like those sound fantastic and last for years, ...Well, it depends. You don't have children yet do you? ;)
I mean, most technologies should decrease in value over the years unless they become collector items, right?Have you tried to purchase the latest Macbook model? It's way more expensive than its predecessors, i can assure you! :P
As to the headphones, i really can't complain that much as i've lately bought myself a very cheap chinese pair for only 5€uros,Yeah! (My daughters have screwed-up all my good old headphones!). :'(... headphones like those sound fantastic and last for years, ...Well, it depends. You don't have children yet do you? ;)
yeah, it's almost entirely because of those dumb "beats" things. before, the only pricey headphones people could get in a target or store like that were from bose, and they don't flood things with advertising etcetera. whoever it was that came up with those dumb things, though, also marketed them well enough to sucker lots of people into buying them, and then, once people were "used" to paying more for headphones, all the other companies started raising prices as well. my advice is what it's always been: get something higher-end (but none of the "audiophile" stuff. something in the 100-200 USD price range) from audiotechnica, sennheiser, or some other equivalent company that's been around as long. headphones like those sound fantastic and last for years, and those companies have warranties and let you send them in to be repaired for a fee even after the warranties expire.I actually prefer the lightweight ones as long as they aren't too tight, because of my neck problems. Just an extra weight on my head seems to render my neck very stiff after a while, so I certainly won't use huge headphones again. However, what I hate about lightweight ones is that they are either too tight (causing me headaches) or they are just iPod-like earphones that keeps falling off my ears.
EDIT: the smaller, light-weight stuff usually isn't a good idea, but even they are pretty durable. i've had a pair of these (http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATH-EW9-Lightweight-Clip-Headphones/dp/B000CMTV3I) for about a year and a half now and used them every other day when i'm at work for hours at a time, and they're still working fine (despite my having lost their carrying pouch and just tossing them in with other things instead X_X).
If you're looking in store, BestBuy tends to have a pretty good selection.No thanks. Over here, they mainly have the expensive gaming ones. Also although they have decent prices on some things, others are really overpriced. I mean, for example, they tried to charge me $299.99 for an HDMI switch box, when Amazon has them for like $30.