I've started taking apart more products recently to learn how other designers make their products. I try to think about why they created certain features, how they stacked up the assembly, why they used certain materials, and better understand their intent. I can hopefully become a better designer and engineer by experiencing and seeing more types of products and designs. Since this is a particularly unique and expensive product, I decided to more deeply document the process.
TL;DR these are complicated headphones. There are about 30 unique parts. The industrial design (ID) and color, material, and finish (CMF) are pretty elaborate for a pair of headphones: gold, painted plastic and sheetmetal, physical vapor deposition (PVD), leather, fabric, magnetic removable earpads, exposed cable that passes through press-fit swivels for the earcups, a dampened headband that smoothly retracts and extends. They feel solid and balanced, unlike some headphones that feel kind of flimsy and unwieldy.
