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KabuTheFox
22
Apr 30, 2016
considering the slow climb up to 2000 i will be surprised if we get any drops of this above 500 in the future
kalieaire
128
Apr 30, 2016
KabuTheFoxi think the problem is that not enough people found out about it. I literally found it this week since I'd never heard of massdrop until this week. A lot of people who have money to spend on audio stuff like this bought everything they needed (like me) 4 years ago and haven't really looked at anything new. my little dot mk iii has the original tubes since i thought they were pretty good to begin with. i had a semi decent dac that wasn't the most amazing, but was good enough with the setup i have.
then i read about the new advances, all the new designs.
i feel it's just that not enough people know, and if they did, they'd be lining up. i originally got my set of d7000s bnib for $500, but they were msrp'd much higher than that. The other part of it is that many people here can't justify to spend $500 on a set of headphones especially since they don't have something good to compare to them like the TH600s or TH900s.
Oh well. When this drop ends, in a couple of years, people will get it and it'll happen again.
jimpx10
46
Apr 30, 2016
kalieaireMy understanding is that they bought 2000 of them and they will all be ready in August. If that is the case:
1. there is no reason not to have kept the drop open until now 2. since the orders have slowed down it is reasonable for them to get the money which happens as soon as the close the drop, so now they will get the money 3. since they will have excess units, they can easily start another drop two months from now and that can be a normal drop, and those people will get their phones the same time as we will, just without the wait
Not sure if the above is the case, but assuming these are popular no way they will wait a couple of years for another drop. A Massdrop limited edition simply means limited until everybody who wants one has bought one. And I mean no disrespect there, I got in on the third K7XX drop and they have had three since then. You don't buy a headphone because it is limited, you buy it because you want to listen to it. That's my opinion at least...
fidgetingfinch
81
Apr 30, 2016
jimpx10I'm guessing they'll just tag the remaining Purplehearts on as an option in a future TH-X00 drop.
Cambo
422
Apr 30, 2016
jimpx10fyi there has been like 15 AKG K7XX drops. Also there is a difference there, those drops generally sold out within a week. Especially in early iterations. This took 2 months and didn't reach its total units available.
rhenom
528
May 1, 2016
CamboThese cost 2x what the K7xx goes for. Also, this drop started not very long after a standard Mahogny TH-X00 drop ended. There's only so many people that they can sell these things to.
DAS21
6
May 1, 2016
rhenomgot on mahogany drop - my fave closed back (full size!!!) HPs / got on this drop as well - ! - believe it's one of the best values on MD ;) ! and a true drop :rock:
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