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Drop + NuForce Move Wireless In-Ear Monitors

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Drop + NuForce Move Wireless In-Ear Monitors

Name: Drop + NuForce Move Wireless In-Ear Monitors
Brand: Drop
SKU: drop-nuforce-move-wireless-in-ear-monitors
Price: 20 USD
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Rating: 3.068182 (132 reviews)

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Break free from restrictive cables with the Drop + NuForce Move wireless in-ear monitors. Each pair features True Wireless technology: the result of a year and a half of collaborative development and testing Read More

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CEE_TEE

3480

Apr 27, 2019

How. Much. Wireless. When we think of wireless, we think of…no wires. Not less wires. No wires. That’s the hope and the dream. True wireless. There are some incredibly active discussions in the audiophile community with titles such as, “Going fully Wireless IEMs. Too soon? Or are we there yet?” If you‘re like me, you’ve been playing a game of wireless chicken, thinking to yourself, “The technology, sound quality, and aesthetic will get better, I should wait!” You may be waiting…instead of doing what many others seem to do:

Waiting for the right pair to come along before you make a move:

Move Forward As a company, we know that wireless is important and a big deal. We needed to get it right. We could have jumped on the true wireless bandwagon early but we waited until the category matured, working with a partner on a wireless platform to help develop the usability and sound that we would want ourselves. NuForce has been a wonderful partner on three projects, the Move is our fourth collaboration. We collaborated on many aspects of this new wireless model: sound (driver/EQ), connectivity (chipset), microphone (placement), carry case (LEDs), control sounds (new), aesthetic (sleek). A lot of samples were given back to the factory along the way or this box of prototypes would be even bigger:

Sound First Usually, the sound is the thing that keeps us up at night. Does it meet the sound target? Does a mix of the community’s best ears approve the sound? We actually locked the sound down pretty early with this project. The electronics, battery, antennae, charging contacts, microphone, weight/balance, and space were all parameters that led to a single driver design. You’re going to move in noisy environments, so clarity along with a balanced sound signature is important. Move uses Knowles full-range balanced armature drivers to achieve that sound. (An additional benefit of balanced armatures is a longer battery runtime compared to dynamic drivers.) Balanced Armature Driver Technology:

Tip For True Wireless Many wireless IEMs include very small, tiny ear tips. Use real-sized eartips. Bigger eartips = a better seal. Better seal = better bass, more secure fit, & less intrusive noise. Associated Issue: IEM charging cases may have small cavities and only fit tiny tips. With the Move: Only full-sized ear tips are included. And they fit in the charging case. Carry Case The number of LEDs lit on the front of the case = the number of IEM charges available. To see how many charges you have, simply open the lid and the lights will tell you:

DETAILS You can join and participate in the Drop + NuForce Move first production run with $90 limited time pre-order pricing for your early support, or they will be $130 at regular price. Pre-order begins on 4/29/2019 at 6:00am PT and ends on 5/29/2019 at 11:29pm PT. There is a special EU local delivery option available at check-out for this launch. Everyone at Drop is very excited for these to finally arrive. They have been hearing about them and prepping for this day along with the Collaborations Team for quite a while. We are gonna be right in line with you to get some Move!

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Fearlessleader

403

Sep 8, 2019

I, too, had that problem... and re-read all the instructions. Nothing worked. The left just randomly worked, and mostly didn’t. i gave up and tossed these into a drawer as a big mistake.

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Fearlessleader

403

Oct 2, 2019

FearlessleaderI’m trying them again... mostly working this time. Yes, I had previously done all the resets before. Who knows why, but it’s better now. Two “gripes”, though: getting then out of the case at nearly the same time is tough; getting them into your ears always ends up pushing the button (either/both ears) making the device start playing.

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Drose25

Apr 30, 2019

So...you can afford to sell them at $90 a pop but you're gonna jack the price up almost 50% to $130 once you get them in stock. So much for "Drop" being focused on getting its members the best deals. You're becoming just another predatory marketer.

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Will

8470

Chief Product Officer

Apr 30, 2019

Drose25We can't afford to sell them for $90. We offer unsustainable pre-order pricing as a "thanks" to the folks who support our products early.

Wookhead

126

Apr 30, 2019

Drose25This comment doesn't even make sense. This product doesn't exist anywhere except Drop. You haven't encountered pre-order discounts or bonuses before? Well, welcome to product launching 101. Why would someone want to wait 5 months to receive something they bought? They wouldn't, so Drop is offering a discount lol. Also, since this is a new product, you're taking a leap of faith to purchase it. What about this would make you mad? Again this is very standard stuff. Go look at any successful Kickstarter. Usually the backers are paying less than half of the retail product MSRP. If there wasn't a discount, everyone would wait until it was out and reviews and impressions were available.

harpo1

118

Apr 29, 2019

Looks like they geared these towards IOS devices. No AptX, AptX HD or LDAC. Come on now Drop this is 2019 and these are becoming standard bluetooth codec for audio products.

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Drizzt321

138

May 1, 2019

Any real-world comparisons with the NuForce EDC3 would be very welcome, as that's what I have now. Overall don't generally consider doing BT, but I'm open for one I know will sound good, and not be terribly expensive/overpriced.

Chewtiger

May 1, 2019

harpo1Thanks for this comment, I didn't know anything about Android's poor AAC performance beforehand, you saved me from a poor purchase there. Yeah the lack of AptX is a real downer, maybe next time they will get it right.

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drop.com_is_now_poo

Apr 29, 2019

This change is terrible. This site is unusable, why all the toolbar shit? Unsubscribed, you're too proud of your weak wordpress design.

mayorblurps

499

Apr 30, 2019

drop.com_is_now_pooJust as awful on mobile too (using chrome beta on P2XL). The old layout was clean and easy to read. Holy hell this design is terrible

Lights-N-Things

Apr 30, 2019

drop.com_is_now_pooRemember the now classic launch of "New Coke"? The team at "Drop" now have their own personal experience with bad naming, bad design, and bad launch all rolled in to one big bad experience. Unfortunately so do their subscribers.

livingspeedbump

6723

KeyChatter’s Owner and Editor-in-Chief

May 13, 2019

5/5

L to R ($165 Jabra Elite 65t, Drop Nuforce Move, Cheap $40 brandless) It really took me a while to want to even try fully wireless IEM's. Frankly, I was never much impressed with previous Bluetooth headphones I had for various reasons (sound quality, signal drop, pain in the ass to connect to source, etc) and pretty much stuck with wired IEM's for all situations. I picked up the brandless IEM's from ebay before a trip and the sound was quite awful, but the convenience was great, especially through the airport and on the plane. When I got home, I decided to upgrade to the Jabra's, and liked them much better. I also pick up a pair of the Sennheiser Momentums ($299), and while they sounded great (better than any of the three mentioned above) and had a feature rich phone app, they didn't compare to wired IEM's in the same price range (unlike the Move) and I ended up selling them. This brings up a good discussion point where each person will have to make their own decisions on what is most important to them. There is a line where you will start to sacrifice audio quality for other features, in this case true wireless. For me, I do really enjoy the true wireless IEM's in certain scenarios, but they certainly aren't my main IEM's either. If I am sitting around at the house, or in a quiet place like a porch or camping under the stars with my DAP, I will use wired IEM's. Other folks may enjoy the true wireless so much that they want to spend much more on a pair that sounds as good as they can get, if that is the most important feature to them. There is no right or wrong choice. For me, the Move really hit the sweet spot of offering great sound quality that isn't distracting, but at the same time they don't break the bank and hit a price point that puts them in a bracket with very stiff competition. Overview | TL:DR The Drop Move is quite impressive. Connectivity is the best I've had in a Bluetooth headset. The sound is very balanced and musical, more than any other wireless IEM's that I have. The build quality of the case and actually IEM's is fantastic, what you would expect from Nuforce. After a few days of heavy use walking home through a busy city, around the office listening to music and making calls, I would highly recommend these guys. For the $90 price tag, I honestly can't think of any direct competition, it's a great price. Quality and Features The Drop Moves come in a very nice textured case. I actually found myself just playing with the case in my hand because of the texture. The case is slightly larger than either of the other pairs of wireless IEM's I have, but for good reason. For starters, the Move case allows for many aftermarket foam and silicone tips to be used, neither of my other sets allow close to this degree of aftermarket tips to be used and still fit in the case. Secondly, the battery life of the Move's beat out both other pairs by a solid 45 minutes per charge. This is absolutely something worth the size increase, in my opinion. Control of the Move's were fairly self explanatory and easy. I had no issues connecting to both my phone (Android) and PC (Windows). Volume and track control were also simple and intuitive. Finally, there is the connectivity. I walk to work daily through the main street of Salt Lake City, and generally get a few quick disconnects with the Jabra IEM's. Nothing serious, just a second pause here and there. I've walked to work and back a few times with the Move and have not had a single disconnect yet. Consider me impressed. The range is about exactly on par with the Jabra's, I can get 30ish feet away in the office, through walls and doors, before they start cutting out. One thing the Jabra Elite's have on the Move's is the ability to turn on a "hear through" mode, essentially a mode that plays the surrounding noises through the IEM's. I've found this is really nice to have turned on in a busy city at times just to help with awareness of your surroundings. I generally would leave this on for a few blocks on my walks home in the busy parts of the city to make sure I could hear trains, cars, morons on scooters screaming to get out of the way because they can't figure out how to stop (been hit a few times, lost some nice cans and laptop, am salty), etc. They also have a built in Soundscapes mode, so you can listen to rain, ocean, etc at the press of a button. Obviously with the Moves you can simply stream your own, not a big deal. Sound Surprising amounts of clarity. Compared to the thin tinny sounding brandless IEM's and the bass heavy Jabra's, the Move's sound like a shower curtain has been lifted from in front of the source. Not just more clarity, but far more balance and musicality. There is a slight high end bump that makes vocals shine, and the bass is very defined, yet not overpowering. The Jabra's do have an EQ in their software you can use when connected to a mobile device, but honestly there is no way to see what frequencies you you are adjusting and by what amount, making it very difficult to use and rather useless in my opinion. If you do want to use an EQ a third party offering is going to be better, and that would work with any IEM's. Now, let's talk about the mic for a second. I was fully prepared for the Jabra mic to kick the Move's ass, simply because Jabra makes a lot of tech gear specifically for phone audio. I made a few calls to people that I speak with often on the phone for business, and they unanimously agreed my voice was more clear than normal. I'm working on doing a few recordings from a call simply because this is so subjective otherwise (and I've yet to be on the receiving end to make my own judgement). So for now, I'm not saying the mic is better than the Jabra, or the best out there, but I will say that it certainly is more than decent enough to be making calls with without worrying about the person on the other end being able to hear you clearly.

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livingspeedbump

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KeyChatter’s Owner and Editor-in-Chief

May 16, 2019

Unfortunately no. And even ones that do have the ability to play sound "through" the mic into the earphones in real time aren't really going to be help as hearing "aids." You can hear the light rain train or bus that is about to hit you on the street while you're walking well enough, but even normal conversations can be a little bit spotty to hear in normal scenarios with hear through on. It essentially lets you know someone is trying to talk to you so you can pause the music and/or take the earpiece out.

dkfreeland

May 16, 2019

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SLeeLoLo

Apr 30, 2019

Almost got sold until I saw it's missing AptX

JDiDNZ

May 17, 2019

SLeeLoLoI had the same thought, but I've not been able to find a 'true wireless' iem with AptX since, have you?

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SLeeLoLo

May 17, 2019

JDiDNZCreative Outlier Air which is mentioned by someone earlier has AptX and I have seen others with AptX indeed.

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Rustyvinyl

Apr 30, 2019

Was interested at first....but... at the minimum must have aptx! LDAC?

May 1, 2019

Understandable, however with True Wireless you need to consider other aspects too. True wireless earphones are extremely sensitive for anything that can decrease strength of the Bluetooth connectivity. Unlike regular Bluetooth headphones/earphones, true wireless earphones are continuously receiving signal from source, and then resending it to the other channel. When you add support for higher bitrates (such as aptX), everything gets more complicated. We work directly with Bluetooth chipset manufacturers and we started developing true wireless earphones at very early stage so we have some context on this topic. Biggest issue that manufacturers are trying trying to prevent with true wireless earphones is constant signal drop outs between left and right as well as between source device. This is something we wanted to avoid as the seamless wireless experience ultimately leads to better user experience. How true wireless manufacturer's with aptX (usually price points +150 dollars) usually solve this issue is that they use so called NFMI technology between left and right earphone. The technology is good but it has higher battery consumption, very short transmission distance - and its expensive. If we would want to offer aptX - we would need to change the Bluetooth chipset which would lead to higher price point, lower battery performance and it would risk the overall wireless performance. Lastly - AAC is supported by Android as well. So while it's not aptX you will still get better performance from Android phones as well. I hope the above information is helpful.

homespunphilosopher

Dec 28, 2021

JyriJyri, please, can you help. I’ve bought Nuforce Move refurb. After a while the right earbud stopped switching on at all. Being placed in the charging box, it blinks 4 times with a pause, 1st blink is a bit longer than the other 3. Can it be repaired at all?

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LifelongCaboose

598

May 2, 2019

Having a hard time convincing myself to get these in for review. I have a hard time recommending any truly wireless IEMs, as they have all been very disappointing for the price. So maybe this will be the first. The Jump in price after I am not a fan of, id rather them sell at a mid ground price the whole time. SO when reviewing it even tho i paid $90 ill have to be reviewing it as a $130 product. I love that the name isn't just a play on a previous model, i made a long post about that on the dt177x and this is what i was asking for. Also is it just me or does the Drop not mention anything about the controls and how they work. I'm just worried about how bassy they will be. Overall i hope there a big step up in quality over the Be free models, Sound quality doesn't have to be a huge jump but less connection issues is important. Also concered how much background noise there will be, would love info on whats powering them. I do agree with everyone else that the lack of AptX and other codexs are a big bummer, and the fact that i have to use the right iem or both and not the left on its own is a huge bummer. I'm not worried about the connections issues as if they have them or have any QC issues, as I'm sure massdrop and Optoma will stand by there product. Overall ill take a week to think about it too see if there worth getting to review, as that would be all id get them in for as for me wires are not an issue so I personally don;t have a need for wireless, and if I did id rather go wireless around the neck, so when not in use they can hang around my neck so im not opening and closing the case every time I put them away or take them out, if they fall out of my ear I wont lose them, and that way i can use a normal wired cable or a bluetooth cable. But I understand why people would want truly wireless, and i do give them a chance so i can recommend a better selection of products for more peoples needs. So we will see if I choose to get them in. Edit: Also i guess i should weight in on the name change and site redesign. I really disslike it, the site feels more like a chore to navagate and looks alot less refinded and even less legit. The name I also don't like. Ive already gotten messages from people asking if Drop based on the name and look of the site is a massdrop knock off. Which is what it feels like. But I don't see massdrop going back so I guess were stuck with it, at least (i hope) they will take feedback and improve the site but I don't see the name changing at all. For now we can chuckle when we have to mention that we just joined a drop on drop.

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CEE_TEE

3480

May 3, 2019

LifelongCabooseHey LifelongCaboose, We have some units going out now for reviews that we just got in. The graph shows that these are tuned to be well-balanced with vocal clarity and not overly warm or bassy. Impressions will be rolling in over the next couple of weeks for some outside perspective. Different driver and tuning from previous models. I'm very happy to report that the background is nice and quiet- some chipsets have electronic noise from the bluetooth that quiets down after connection establishes and settles in or it hangs around. This new chipset is very quiet- no white noise floor either, which is nice if you stop the music to hear the outside or concentrate on something. For controls, I have a little table that summarizes the control set:

Again, this is a new chipset different from previous models and it passed the tests we put them through in the Bay Area. Outside, inside, & commuting. We hope you can finally recommend a pair of True Wireless IEMs.

LifelongCaboose

598

May 3, 2019

CEE_TEEAwesome to hear, I'll wait and see who got samples and see what they say and see what they compare it to. For me Well Balanced doesnt mean too much as even with much more expensive headphones there is always spikes, and dips and roll off. So im just curious too see how it all fairs. Is it gonna be a more warm sound maybe it will have a focus of treble detail and a vocal forward mid range, who knows. Hope some very detailed reviewers got some in. For the controls I personal think that there should be some mention of them added to the main page, even a simple "touch controls" (unless there is and I missed it) note somewhere. I kinda wish they were gestures like swipe forward or back for next and previous. Once I see what some people think I will make my choose if I will end up ordering them but I'm not sure, have seem many poeple asking me about my thoughts.

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MecHawk

Jul 3, 2019

So... Uhh... No manufacturing update? Nothing? I get the shipping date is September, but maybe a bit more involvement in those *4* months it's taking...? It'll be much appreciated.

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homespunphilosopher

Jyri, please, can you help. I’ve bought Nuforce Move refurb. After a while the right earbud stopped switching on at all. Being placed in the charging box, it blinks 4 times with a pause, 1st blink is a bit longer than the other 3. Can it be repaired at all?

homespunphilosopher

Can anyone help with an advice? I have an unexpected issue with my DROP + NUFORCE MOVE WIRELESS IN-EAR MONITORS - REFURB bought in July. The right earbud has just stopped reacting to any actions and blinks 4 times with a pause when placed in the box for charge. Is there any expert knowledge for the case in the community, or the issue is hopeless?

THOMAS044

What tips did you end up using ? I’m having a similar issue