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
There are currently 27 different speaker/room presets available in Out Of Your Head. This drop includes one of the 27 presets in the purchase price.
You do not have to choose which speaker preset you want to purchase in advance. You can take your time and try all 27 presets for as long as you want until you decide which one you want to license. At that point, you can use the provided license redemption code to license one preset.
That's why we recommend you download the trial now so you can make sure Out Of Your Head works on your system and try all the presets.
There is currently no way for users to record their own presets. The presets are not just settings. The presets are measurements of actual speakers and rooms. We may offer that functionality in the future, but it would involve including custom microphones and measurement software.
-Darin
I forgot to mention that you can purchase additional speaker presets for $25 any time similar to an in-app purchase. -Darin
With the Gamer Preset, you can initiate a one-time 7 day trial where that preset will work without interruption for 7 days. You can register for the 7 day trial one time. Once it expires, it will behave like the rest of the presets in trial mode.
The rest of the presets are available in trial mode indefinitely until they are licensed. There is no 7 day trail available. In trial mode, you can listen to the preset for 2 minutes at a time. After two minutes, the sound output will stop and a pop-up Purchase License window will open. You can either use that window to purchase a license or click Cancel. Then to resume sound output, just click on another speaker preset.
Each time you click on a new preset, the two minute timer will reset. If you keep switching presets in less than two minutes, the sound will continue and the pop-up window will not open.
So, all the presets are always available in trial mode. And the Gamer Preset is slightly different.
-Darin