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
This earbud was a true revelation. I have only one concern with them. They are as durable as they look... which is to say that they are not durable at all. The only other headphone I adore that has the same issue is the Koss KSC35/50. However, the price of those headphones is often around $15 and Koss has a lifetime warranty.
I don't know if anything has changed, but I was heartbroken after my Yuin PK1s broke after a year of use despite being in the carrying case. I moved on to the Blox earbuds and the Sennheiser MX980 but I'm not sure anything came close to the Yuin PK1 sound. However, it's really hard to drop $200 bucks on this again.
At $119, I'd give it a try. Anyone know if Yuin has improved on their build quality or warranty? It looks like nothing has changed on their website since the last time I checked in 2009 :) http://www.yuin-acoustic.com/warranty/
To Mark or Will or any Massdrop team member: How does Massdrop deal with these types of issues when there is no obvious warranty policy from the the vendor? E.g. if this product goes bad after 6 or 15 months, what happens?