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
Both Beyers T70 and T70P show $309 right now shipped next day from a reputable authorized US dealer and with a discount coupon even lower. It was at that price all the last week. I wouldn't name the dealer to do not undermine Massdrop sales, but the point is Massdrop prices lately are nowhere near they should be for a group buy.
Because I've been watching like a hawk since last Thursday, checking both Amazon.com and Amazon.ca every few hours and I couldn't get a deal. By the time I saw coupon on head-fi for 1770, it was expired (though I didn't want 1770 anyhow), and I saw t70 for $309, but shipping to Canada was $20, and while I was thinking, couple hours later it vent back to ~$400.
Second time I saw that deal, I jumped in, put it in the cart, and tried to checkout, just to get message that it's not available anymore by that seller (Amazon.com).
And it was non-P version anyhow.
So getting deal was much harder than it looks. When you're not really trying, you see opportunities everywhere :)