Top 7 most expensive headphones in 2018

Music can be an expensive hobby/occupation. If you are a passionate audiophile who doesn’t settle for anything less than top-notch, high-end gear, it can get insanely costly. The continuous search for the perfect sound can drive you to spend even thousands of dollars on a simple pair of headphones.

There are a lot pf aspects involved when it comes to developing a good pair of headphones and each and every one of them can add up to the final cost of the product: from research, the build quality and design, to the actual sound quality and features, everything is carefully considered by manufacturers when releasing a high-end, luxurious pair of headphones.

Here are 7 of the most expensive brands of headphones you can find in 2018:

Audeze. Audeze is an American company based in California. Their LCD-4 over ear headphones cost no less than $3,995 on Amazon. They use an innovative technology, planar magnetic, which is supposed to deliver the most astonishing, most accurate, dynamic and spacious sound.

Hifiman. The company is based in New York and specializes in high-end audio equipment. Their Susvara model costs $6,000. The company claims these headphones, which use an advanced, stealth magnet technology, deliver an impeccable, harmonious and sweetly voiced sound.

Ultrasone, the renowned German brand, boasts its popular Tribute 7 model, which is priced at approx. $2,600. The Tribute 7 come in a beautiful cherry wood box, are closed and deliver a very detailed sound.

Focal-JMLab is a French company, on the market since 1979. Their Focal Utopia headphones can be purchased on Amazon for $3,999. They are suited for low-noise environments, such as home.

Sennheiser is another reputable German brand. Their HD 800 S model is priced at $1,699. The headphones are open-back, circumaural and they deliver a very natural and detailed sound.

Grado. Grado is a company from Brooklyn, on the market since 1953. Their Grado PS2000e headphones are their most exquisite and expensive headphones. They are priced at $2,695. The company claims the headphones took 2 years to be developed. They have a hand-carved maple inner chamber, they are extremely comfortable and they deliver a very detailed, spacious sound, with no distortion what so ever.

Shure. Shure is an American company founded in Chicago. They are renowned for their in-ear monitor systems, microphones and other professional and consumer audio electronics. The KSE 1500 electrostatic earphone system is priced at $2,999. The headphones took 8 years of hard work and ingenious engineering to be developed. The headphones deliver an impeccable, clear sound regardless of the environment in which they are used and they are the first electrostatic sound isolating earphones ever to be produced. Both earpieces have almost weightless diaphragms that are surrounded by an electrostatic field. You’ll enjoy the best audio quality, no matter where you use them: on a plane, on the street or on top of the mountain.