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
We're trying our best to source the X5 but it's not clear that we'll be able to list it any time soon.
The X5 is substantially more expensive than the X3, even at Massdrop prices.
When we do eventually list the X5, we don't know how many units are going to be available yet. From what we understand, there's a substantial number of backorders already so it'll be very difficult to get enough units for a meaningful drop.
Thanks for your interest either way! It's not obvious but these discussions are what impress vendors the most. Everyone who posts in the Massdrop community has strong opinions about what makes a product worth it's price and we wouldn't have it any other way.
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