Which headphones of Drop's currently available?
I have some rewards points to burn but there's no obviously good options on Drop right now for headphones Contenders Ultrasone - maybe? I don't own any Ultrasones, so curious. Looks like garbage travel headphone which could be useful also. Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro. - Maybe? I have the DT 880 Good price point, really uncomfortable headphones but could be interesting to try the upgraded version. E-MU - strong contender but $400 is a bad price point for what it is. Which of the above would you choose and why? Nothing else on Drop is relevant to my interests, because Already own 6xx 820 800 s Ether cx Garbage / Consumer grade Meze 99 - garbage bass canons, hard pass No gaming headphones obviously Sennheiser wireless - no to wireless/bluetooth Hifiman - I have 2 of drop hifimans and they make really bad cheap shit on Drop, hard pass on HE-R7DX Aeon - I own the closed, Drop refuses to address #padgate so no reason to buy open Beyerdynamic 177x - wireless, nope Too similar 8x / 560s...
Mar 28, 2024
With that said, I have to say that I don't particularly like the sound quality. As a point of reference, I've had some Sony MDRXB500's since 2011 and as far as "tight bass" goes, it has nothing on the MDR's. I listen to a lot of metal, electronic, rap, reggaeton and orchestra-type music and if you've bought these to just listen to music, you'll notice that these headphones, staying true to the DJ bit in its description, handles electronic music well. However, stuff like Gojira, Mastadon and Meshuggah will have its bottom-end mucking around with everything else.
I also do some recording in my down time and I have to admit that these headphones are a lot better at monitoring than the MDR's (again, staying true to form).
Overall, these are some pretty good headphones for the demographic it's targeting.