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
DF compensated? Check. Linear bass? Check. Flush fit with detachable over-ear cables? Check.
It's almost as if I designed this for myself. I've been wondering why such an IEM didn't exist already.
Thank you so much for investing the time and effort into making this happen. I'm sure they'll be a great set of IEMs for a very long time.
The housing of this IEM (from the pictures) has the same notch that my HiFiMans do, so I'd assume that the cable should work, but don't quote me on that.
One more issue with regard to warranty. I understand that there is a one-year warranty period. If very unfortunately my Plus runs into some issues, can it be repaired? Should I expect a somewhat higher labour/parts cost as these are mass produced?
How do these compare to UE triplefi10? Does anybody know?
http://www.innerfidelity.com/images/UETF10.pdf
Fully agree that the Massdrop Plus will sound quite different from the TF10.
I don't think Tyll is going to use OW though. Didn't he make a big post about a new curve recently? There was some controversy over his choice to not compensate the bass region at all.
No bass boost 🤷♂️
The new compensation looks like it creates an increase in "perceived" upper midrange and treble regions. In other words, instead of adjusting the bass, he decided to adjust both the treble and midrange. The new compensation essentially requires that headphones don't need to produce as much midrange and treble to be considered "neutral". Think of it this way, if I wanted to EQ the bass, I have two choices, adjust he bass by itself or adjust both the treble and the midrange. I can EQ the bass up, but I can also get a similar outcome if I adjust both the midrange and treble down. He's decided to do the latter rather than the former.