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
Sad to say another disappointment - and I expected better from Beyer.
No treble, no sub bass, one-note boomy mid-bass that bleeds everywhere, congested midrange with barely any instrument separation.
Last IEM I got from Massdrop was HiSoundAudio BA100 and it was the opposite - clear and reaches deep, but zero mid-bass, I literally can't feel the drums. Plus balanced armature drivers broke in a single drop - at least these being dynamics will hopefully last longer.
Lesson of the day - get very, VERY well reviewed products that's universally loved rather than lesser known ones.
Reason I went for this is that I need the mic and play/pause button and most of the known good cheap IEMs (RE400, Yamaha EPH100 etc.) does not have them, so I took a bet on the good name of Beyerdynamics.
I was wrong, these sucked.... HARD.