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 hope that Massdrop doesn't assume that other plugins won't sell well, in the case that this doesn't sell well. For being the first plugin on Massdrop, it is rather unpopular, and that's the nice way of putting it. Of course, that doesn't speak to it's quality, to be clear. It's just that, for giving plugins a fair shake before closing the door on them, Massdrop should try selling something popular from a popular company.
This plugin is very interesting to me and I would buy from an unpopular company, of course, but I honestly don't believe that enough information has been given for what is going on "under the hood" in this plugin. Engineers and hobbyists- The ones who know what they are doing enough for it to be worth it to buy multiple plugins- are generally pretty curious people. They want to know what is going on under the hood. They want to know the signal flow or have some idea of it. In the Gearslutz announcement post, linked by Varholiaglimp (thanks for the URL), you can see potential customers asking and wondering what the plugin is doing, but they are answered with an assertion explaining what the entire machine does. This will not convince many engineers and hobbyists, with there being some products out there that do things they can do without spending a dime.