>Again, if you don't like it, don't buy it.

Obviously? I'm not searching for a personal shopping solution in this thread; I would hope it's obvious that I'm not going to buy this pair of headphones.

>The more you rant, the harder they will make it for next time.

I think, and this one might just be a wild and crazy idea, next time they can not deliberately break their product line to sell at a lower cost.

My hope when I buy a product is that the company is selling me the best product they can at a particular price point. I don't mind the company making a profit. In fact, I want them to! I just don't appreciate the expectation that I need to break apart every product to determine if they are intentionally sabatouging their product line.