In late 2023/2024, one of the world’s most expensive headphones — the Sennheiser HE-1 (originally around $60,000 with its insane electrostatic drivers and tube amplifier setup) — was stolen from a private listening event. The thief actually took it, used it for a bit, then (somewhat comically) it got returned through a weird chain of events involving the audio community. DMS (a popular audio YouTuber) ended up covering the story and even got to listen to the recovered pair. It became one of those legendary “what the hell” moments in the high-end audio world. People who obsess over flagship studio/reference headphones are unhinged enough that someone literally stole a $60k pair just to hear it.