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
!!! I would STRONGLY advise against taking the cups and hinge assembly apart !!! Find a way to bend the metal straps without doing that (like extending the headband all the way and using two pliers to bend the bottom end of the metal strap on each side, worked quite well for me - I don't know why I didn't try that first...) If you do end up taking it apart for whatever reason, here are my experiences: The cups and screw holes are entirely plastic, even just screwing them back in made me concerned for the windings on the cup end - if there even are any. The screws that fix the hinge to the headband as pretty tight from the factory and one of mine just turned to dust when I tried unscrewing it. Luckily I had a fitting screw and nut lying around, so now the left hinge looks a little DIY... whatever I guess lol? Also, be very careful when taking the pads off, they are stuck into the cups with small, skinny one-way-ish plastic hooks that will break off when too much stress is applied to them. The best approach is to push the pad base inwards all around to pop the hooks out one-by-one. If you break one, it'll probably fall into the cup so you'll have to screw it open. There's six per pad so losing one isn't a huge deal, though unless you wanna eventually superglue your pads back on you're better off being extra careful. Oh yeah, also one of the screws holding the inner cup and driver to the outer cup is missing. But again, it's "just" one out of six tiny screws. So it's OK I guess? None of the smaller screws are magnetic and they don't seem to ever bite right... have fun reassembling if you are insane enough to take them apart :---) For a $150 pair of headphones these things would be A BIT OF A HASSLE. A LITTLE SILLY. PROBLEMATIC EVEN. PERHAPS A DEAL BREAKER (or headphone breaker) Honestly even just the ill-fitting headband would keep me from buying it at that price. And it did, until they went on sale... and at $80 I will restrain myself from being too seriously offended at the shortcomings any further :P sound is really awesome at this price! Oh yeah, and they seem pretty easy to drive. Even just my phone alone runs them great. So if you don't mind how surprisingly big they are, take em outside or on the road. I think they look quite neat and understated though I might spray them in some chrome mirror coat... just cuz