I recently got this headset, and wow is it good. My only issue is when certain people talk on discord, I can hear a really high pitched ringing. I fiddled with a bunch of settings, computer audio and discord, and nothing seems to solve the issue. It is primarily if not all in my right ear only. Is there something wrong with my headset, or was that ringing always there I can just hear it cause the headset is THAT good? I haven't had any issues with any other application, though I have yet to test if I can hear the ringing on a different version of discord, say on my xbox instead of my pc. Only other issue I've had is occasional static, but I can't tell if it's from the headset or the show/game/etc.
Apr 24, 2024
https://helpdesk.massdrop.com/hc/en-us/articles/216539348-How-does-Massdrop-work-
MSRP stands for manufacturer's suggested retail price as I'm sure most people are aware - the manufacturer here being Sennheiser, and here is their suggested (and enforced) retail price of $499.
https://en-us.sennheiser.com/high-quality-headphones-around-ear-audio-surround-hd-650
Can they be had for like $300 elsewhere (if not then during black friday etc at least)? Sure. Still, what Massdrop states is categorically correct and you and @westwest cannot deny that and/or find a workaround as for why Massdrop should offer these for less than they are. It can have nothing to do with greed (I'm not stating it doesn't), anyone familiar enough with headphones and audio gear can see $199 was too low of a price for Sennheiser to reasonably profit from their end of the deal, the increased price may (or may not) have to do with production costs alone; if it's not profitable for them, they increase the cost. Not about greed but about proper business structure and handling. People are obviously buying them.
Lead times are predicated on what the manufacturer provided as an estimated lead time. Same thing that happens in any made to order business.
I'm not going to argue semantics regarding Massdrop's wording any more, I've said my piece and what I asserted stands regardless of whether or not a meteor or some otherworldly event happens within the next 6 months and they plummet below $250 on Sennheiser's official USA online store.
You can hate Massdrop all you want but they are thriving and deservingly so - there's no need for delusions of grandeur, just because you've had bad experiences with them doesn't mean others have. I've been a part of like 50 to 100 drops by now as have other people I am close with and we have yet to run into a single problem, yet you don't see me advocating for them everywhere I go. That's basic confirmation bias, you had a bad experience (or multiple, somehow) so you feel the need to share your situations with others whereas I (and others) do not.
PS: I'm not defending the price increase here nor am I standing up for Massdrop, all I did was debunk the nitpicking that was being had above and give Sennheiser (and MD to an extent) the benefit of the doubt as I think it is perfectly warranted in this situation, knowing the headphone market pretty well myself.
I'm simply saying that the general idea of a group buy is to decrease individual price by increasing overall sales volume. At a certain price floor, the price does not continue to drop. That is Massdrop's core business model, and it strikes a balance between benefiting both manufacturers and consumers. When the price and volume both go up, suddenly the balance shifts sharply in favor of the manufacturer.
Another way of looking at this is to classify these two drops as a single drop (since this is a Massdrop exclusive product that's only 6 months old, that's not too unreasonable), and see if it still makes sense.
0 sales| $350 5000 sales| $200 5001 sales | $250 12500 sales | $250