Your Bank Account's Doom: Heyerdahl iDiamond Ear Headphones

Well, in case your wife is an audiophile and she also loves diamonds and she finds out about these headphone set... you're fried! Sorry, but these headphones are a real budget-killer, unless you're very, very serious with your earnings: at $6,400+VAT, the iDiamond Ear earbud headphones aren't by far your common X-Mass gift.

[admark=1]Created by renowned Norwegian Oslo-based jeweller Thomas Heyerdahl, the iDiamond Ear are nothing short of extreme luxury, provided your wife will attend a high-life reception listening to some music, at least for the start.

The iDiamond Ear is a no-nonsense piece of art blending in technology: no less than 204 diamonds summing up 1.65 carats, covering up these ear pieces for a simply breathtaking appearance. Too bad that the diamond-studded iDiamond iPod made by Mr. Heyerdahl in early 2007 was a on-of-a-kind player... hope and pray he will also issue a new player series to match these highest-end phones.

Unlike the iDiamond iPod, the iDiamond Ear headset will be produced in a limited, numbered 1,000-set edition and will become available in February 2008 in the world's leading jewelry stores.

The headphones are made from 18karat gold and rose gold, with laser-engraved details. The diamonds' color is F (TW), whatever this means, while their clarity is VVS (again, I have no instruction in diamonds). All the stones are set in handcrafted micropav? and sport brilliant cut.

As for the technology-lovers among you, the proper sound technology in the iDiamond Ear has been custom made for Thomas Heyerdahl by Netherlands' Diaro Digital Design.

Now, again, about the announced price; if you feel like collecting fine piece of audio luxury or looking to make a killer impression on your beloved fiancee/wife/girlfriend the iDiamond Ear might be one of the most successful gifts. If you're not prepared for such shopping, pray she does not read the Softpedia Technology News.

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