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
These used to be Focal's top-of-the-line-until-you-hit-the-really-big-stuff monitors. The next step up were the Solo6's and then the three-ways like the Twin6 and SM series. So these were pretty hardcore speakers (and were priced accordingly at about $800 per speaker). I can't speak to the Audioengine or the JBL's, but they certainly outperformed the KRK's and Yamahas in my experience, particularly in terms of "sweet spot" and midrange detail. They don't have a huge bass presence, so if you're mixing EDM you might need a sub, but their bass extension is pretty flat until it rolls off.
The reason these are dropped down to the $550ish mark is they've been discontinued, replaced by the Focal Shape series (which has a new tweeter and has passive radiators instead of ports for tighter time-domain bass response).
The CMS's are daaaaaamn fine monitors, though.