Well yes, but those could, potentially, be made to sound great if put into a housing that has been very carefully designed and produced. And also: Do you reall

Well yes, but those could, potentially, be made to sound great if put into a housing that has been very carefully designed and produced. And also: Do you really think the drivers used in a Sennheiser HD 630VB (I just randomly picked this model from a reputable vendor) couldn't be produced for $10 in mass quantities when aiming for a 1'000'000 piece production run? I think the problem of the article is that it's focusing on "look, how cheaply this has been produced", when instead it should focus on "look, how bad it sounds, how easy it breaks and how uncomfortably it sits on a head".