[citation][nom]EzioAs[/nom]If you're a music enthusiast or a very VERY professional sound/music editor. That thing is $1000+, very limited people need it.[/citation]
1500
personally i would get the hd 700 over the 800 as they are easier to drive, and over all have a better sound to them.
and by easier i mean more amplifiers will make them sound great apposed to the 800 which i read is a bit more specific as to what you need.
all that said, i believe all headphones should require metal be part of any area that keeps the headphones together. the things that snap in the turtle beach headphones is a small plastic tube,
and my Sennheiser hd 555, they have taken a fair beating because of the morons in this house that dont know how to walk around wires. the part on them that breaks or cracks is the grey area between the cans and the headband, i cant say that that is all fall damage though, as i do not know what caused it, i just know i noticed it after falls.