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
Who does the manufacturing? Is this made in USA, China, or Singapore? Since Razer owns the THX brand, how did that show up here? Is this a product designed by razer or the guys at THX? So who supports this product?
I have absolutely ZERO respect for razer (for gamers, by gamers) when it comes to technical support and corporate integrity. From their thermal issues, to their power issues, to their straight up lies (in the name of marketing)......
Focal has their top-of-the-line drivers handmade by disabled people for crying out loud... just because Massdrop isn't Apple, doesn't mean that they can't deliver an excellent product.
I'm way more concerned by pseudo-scientific babble claiming to be "audiophile" grade. A large chunck of the THX web pages talking about the THX AAA topology is just wrong. Not even debatable stuff. Just flat wrong. I'm chalking it up to an inexperienced web dev.
If the website is accurate, this amp will sound harsher than a saturated Class-D amp. I personally doubt that THX just re-purposed a 1980's subwoofer amp topology and added extra rails for the transient peaks in the high-frequency range.
And following up, THX Ltd is owned by Razer. I don't know that this is definitely an issue, but time will tell what happens.
Min-Ling Tan sucks according to almost everyone... whether he can tank THX by forcing engineering to compromise integrity remains yet to be seen.