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
I was initially worried about the "semi-open" designation not being open enough. I prefer to hear my surroundings when not playing music and/or on conference calls. If anyone else has this worry, you can be assured they work great for that purpose. You can still hear your surroundings with them on with the added benefit of less sound bleed to the outside.
I ran them briefly through several amps not rated to output to the 600ohms impedance and were able to drive them to acceptable levels without any issue. The only downside is it seems with the lack of power to the headphones, the bass gets subdued. Not an issue if you use an amp capable of driving them.
Thanks Massdrop and Beyerdynamic for a great product!