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 $400 is a bad price point for what it is. Which of the above would you choose and why? Nothing else on Drop is relevant to my interests, because Already own 6xx 820 800 s Ether cx Garbage / Consumer grade Meze 99 - garbage bass canons, hard pass No gaming headphones obviously Sennheiser wireless - no to wireless/bluetooth Hifiman - I have 2 of drop hifimans and they make really bad cheap shit on Drop, hard pass on HE-R7DX Aeon - I own the closed, Drop refuses to address #padgate so no reason to buy open Beyerdynamic 177x - wireless, nope Too similar 8x / 560s...
Mar 28, 2024
half the reviews on this site are "omg it sounds amazing". It doesn't sound "amazing". It doesn't sound "great". Its VERY clampy (I actually like that), its clearly made from very cheap materials, and sound wise, any generic 30$ monitor from walmart or best buy is going to compete with this. Sorry you cant see this.
is actually how I would describe the sound. They do not sound great, but adequate for my application, which is DJIng and monitoring. For these applications I am looking at certain frequecies in particular the mids and bass and then the isolation.
Materialwise, I think that they are surprisingly good. To be honest the HD25 feels cheap, maybe not as cheap as the HD562 and the HD25 is overpriced at the US price of $249. Ridiculous. It is not even hi end like my HD800s. The HD25 sounds good, but it is still congested too.
You are mistaken in your flawed onions. We all need these things for different reasons. Just because it did not fit what you were looking for does not make them trash or bad. or cheapo headphones. The HD562 is in fact a great headphone IMHO.
Pair that with the cheap plastic material and they feel cheap. They are under 40 dollars, I'd call that cheap.
Are they terrible? No. Could you do better? Probably if you go with IEMs. Honestly they sound about as good as Skullcandy in the same price range, but I find that those Target/Wallmart consumer headphones are more comfortable than these.
I'm glad you like the headphones though and that they fit you well. Unfortunately they aren't for me.