Originally Posted by
StanSeven
It's just a preference and involves tradeoff's lwith cost ike many other cycling components - why get Dura Ace or Record or Red, when there's Ultegra, etc. With King, you are getting top end. The same thing applies to bars, seatposts, wheels, and tires.
You may be right on bars and seatposts.
When it comes down to it, high-end headsets are only high-end because people believe they are and that is mostly because of their price.