The answer to the question “who thought this was a good idea?” Is Coca Cola. The companies (and distributors) selling these products to stores negotiates with those stores to build these displays and decides what they look like.

Fuck em.

I see you missed my point.

I can’t believe I’m on the music industry’s side on this. It’s a sad day when I have to root for the team that’s made it hard for me to make a living while they fight against the team that’s trying to make me obsolete.

The LOWER the impedance, the louder the headphones. The lower impedance models (in my opinion, I haven’t read Beyer’s copy) are made with studio work in mind, for example listening to tracks as you are playing and recording drums, which are quite loud. For simple listening, the 250ohm pair of DT700 (for example) would be great. I own a pair. They are plenty loud and sound great.

I am an audio engineer with 20+ years experience.