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Slyck
7
Mar 21, 2023
How is there not one single actual review of this product?
sheaby9
1
Mar 22, 2023
SlyckThey haven't shipped yet...
SlyckIt’s still in preorder.
DefifinitleyDea
25
Mar 27, 2023
SlyckDude it's still a pre order
Slyck
7
Mar 27, 2023
DefifinitleyDeaY'all act like you've never preordered anything in you life before. Most pre order products will have a small production run that they get into the hands of reviewers before opening it up to the rest of us sheep.
SlyckThat small production run is still in the process of being produced. That said, what popular reviewer(s) would you read for desktop speaker impressions?
Slyck
7
Mar 28, 2023
EvshrugHonest question. I have seen the hype train on this product for months now. When exactly do you expect this production run to complete? Its hard to believe that there doesn't exist a single final unit that can give us an idea of acoustic performance.
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SlyckHonesty is the best policy! On the Overview section for the BMR1, you can see that the first run is shipping mid-may, and the second run is slated for early June. Drop will be getting samples into the hands of reviewers before then, and I’ll share my own impressions as soon as possible, but you should start seeing other customer reviews around June… unless someone posts day 1!
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PancakeGoon
276
Apr 1, 2023
EvshrugI think his point is that none of this helps us *before* we spend our money; Pre-order nearfields without an FR graph or other visual references—let alone a sound demo or even a prototype sent for outside audio review—all of which you surely have in-house, sounds like a potential recipe for dissatisfaction. Obviously this price-point makes it a little easier to justify the risk (especially if no-question cancellations will be available between reviews dropping & fulfillment). But at the same time—BECAUSE of their price & size—they could go either way with regards to things like audio clarity and low-end response, or the width & directionality of the listening field @ various close-distance positions (yes they're nearfield, but the spread & travel still has to bounce around your room once it's passed you), and so on... And keeping in-mind the sale & promotion being run through the Drop Marketing/Hype Machine™ (and pre-order waves without ready review-stock or being for production reasons - sounds more like a Group Buy); it's hard to gauge how much rides on aesthetic appearances, so I wouldn't be comfortable with guessing real-world sound quality. I'm definitely interested, though.
Slyck
7
Apr 1, 2023
PancakeGoonThis precisely.
PancakeGoon“Obviously this price-point makes it a little easier to justify the risk (especially if no-question cancellations will be available between reviews dropping & fulfillment).” Indeed, cancellations and returns are available! Sort of like buying a pair of Logitech computer speakers from a big box store, a little faith is part of the equation. When it comes to prototypes, I know there are a few different ones on the other side of the country from me (I’m on the east coast). I think at this point they’ve reached the design with the sound they were targeting, but reviews would come from production quality samples rather than rough prototypes so as to better represent what customers would receive. As far as graphs go, if Drop does release them for a $129 product, we all know that the room and listening environment greatly shapes the graphs and tonal response, and the measurement conditions cannot possibly match all the different setups people will use them for. There may be graphs, but I wouldn’t compare them to headphone graphs. I’m more interested in hearing if there’s distortion at normal playback volume, how far I can reasonably be positioned and have a good response (obviously turning up the volume a bit with distance), and take note of other things that stand out but I didn’t consider ahead of time. I’m not expecting these to be mastering monitors for a home production studio, nor able to unseat big floorstanding speakers in a large living room, but how they compare to computer desktop speakers (I have a pair of Logitech and a Creative Katana). I think they’ll have a bit of diffuse imaging if I’m not sitting close to them… sort of like the way Bose speakers have a wide dispersal pattern, but the product designers have told me the spatial /soundstage presentation is impressive in a near-field setup.
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