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
- - Left channel is noticeably quieter and lacking energy. Some bass frequencies missing as well.
- - Multi-point bluetooth is extremely buggy. I've had the headphone literally crash multiple times already when trying to pair my phone and laptop. Other times one or both of the two paired devices will simply refuse to connect.
- - When I pause playback on my phone and then try playing on windows, the audio just glitches non-stop and cuts outs. The only way to fix this is to reset the headphones and re-pair.
- - Out of the box, it didn't exhibit the interference in the left channel. But now 24hrs later, sure enough it's there even while playing audio.
The good:Currently waiting on DROP support to get back to me. I'll update when that happens. Update (Nov 30): Support got back to me and is going to replace them. Stay tuned. Update 2 (Dec 30): Replacement pair arrived today. They sound great with no issues to report. Even multi-point Bluetooth is working!