There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
Why do some headphones cost $1000 when I can just use earbuds? Why do people spend $30 on a keycap when they don't even need them? Why do people spend $5000 on a watch when there's a phone in my pocket that's super accurate?
It comes down to materials, construction, brand, history, performance, longevity, things like that. Those factors are important to some people and not to others. I could live my life never writing with a fountain pen and have a perfectly happy existence, but I can also understand why people geek out about them. Massdrop is for enthusiasts, so we sell them the products they care about - they're not for everybody, but we love them.
shameless salesman
And here's some R&D clippers, so there goes that part too. http://www.klhip.com/ Wish these would drop again.
Budget for r&d can vary greatly across product categories, so linking me to another brand of clippers don't refute anything I said. R&d, design, and manufacturing for highly sophisticated audiophile headphones will obviously involve a lot more resources than for clippers. There goes another part of your rebuttal. More false equivalency. It's clear you need to work on your reading and debate skills.
Let's not clip words.
R&D is still R&D no matter what the product is. Cost is irrelevant.
I'm not "clipping words," I called you out on your strawman. Something isn't true just because you said so.