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
Thank you all for making the HD6XX a huge success! It’s been great to see comments and reviews of the headphones start to come in as people receive them.
The remainder of outstanding 6XX orders are on track to ship ahead of the mid-december estimated ship date. For the latest status on shipments for the 6xx, check the thread below:
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-sennheiser-hd6xx/talk/1894058
With that understood, we have another exciting update for anyone who missed out on the previous round. We’re pleased to announce the 6XX will be dropping again tomorrow morning. These units are from a different production batch, so they’ll have a later ship date. The good news is, after working closely with Sennheiser over the last few months, we were able to secure a 3 month delivery timeline instead of the 6 months we’ve had to wait historically.
Tomorrow morning at 6am PT, we will relaunch the 6XX drop with 10,000 units available and an estimated ship date of March 28, 2018.
This will not impact the shipping time for previous orders.
Thank you all for being a part of this drop. We’re excited to be able to have even more members get their hands on a HD6XX.
UPDATE 11/30: The 3.5k units from the drop in November are being processed. 6.5k will still be available in this batch through the end of December. Both are expected to ship around the same time, but members from the November drop will be first in line if we have to ship in multiple batches.
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From which country these will be shipped when ordered from Europe? Will I need to pay additional tax on top of those 199 + 15?
Thanks
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A huge percentage of comments in the discussion pages are exactly the same "Why won't you ship to country X?", i.e. repetitive noise.
If your country is exempt, it's your country's distributor that has a licensing agreements that restrict the sale of the item.
It turns the discussion page into a wall of noise. Then again, so do the hundred or so "why hasn't my order shipped yet?!?" posts. I guess I should just stop visiting the discussion page.
Mine are blue (had to shine an LED flashlight on them to see any blue, else in normal light, black), and they sound awesome!! Now, do I need a second pair? :)
If this reduces the whine count on the MD discussion pages, excellent!
If yours ship after the original Dec estimate, then maybe you've got something to complain about. Anything else is just a bonus.
Did you know that a wheel of cheese can weigh up to 86 pounds?
'Cause you're gonna need a whole wheel of cheese to go with that whine- it was spectacular. Whining that you're probably going to get your headphones only 2 weeks early instead of 3 weeks.
Why are you even talking about a clone microphone in the Sennheiser thread?
Editing to add: You're = you are. Your = the possessive form of you.
Ok, so just an update. Mine just shipped, and I ordered them 3 days ago. That leads me to believe that if they have them “in stock”, meaning that the production wait period is over, you’ll get them much quicker, obviously ... and if I had selected the expedited option (since I live in the US), I probably would have gotten them in the 4 business day turnaround time. I’ll keep that in mind for next time.
Why was it shipped DHL to Canada and not USPS?
I don't mind paying taxes at the border but DHLs brokerage fees are horrendous.
Please explain, as this topic as it relates to Canadians has been brought up in other drops.
-Rick.
I'll leave it as is then! $10 is nothing for my time.
For people who listen this way, this was a great deal, and I know you’ll love these headphones. It’s just not for me.
Most people who joined this drop already had or now having some kind of DAC / AMP to use with HD6XX. I joined O2 AMP drop just because I had joined HD6XX drop.
May be you are getting almost full capacity from M50 through a cell phone but that will never be a case for HD6XX.
I think I will not buy anything here after this really painful experience. All this long wait just to save $106 with respect to the price for the original HD650 in Amazon.
As soon as I get my items I will cancel my MassDrop account. I Don't want to know about these people anymore.
Would you be willing to sell them to me? I'd take them off your hands! Let me know!
Thanks :)
I would understand if the shipment had arrived a week or 2 ago to Europe, but it has been transferred from USA to DE in just one day. And knowing how fast normally shipping is across european countries - more than two weeks from germany is way too long.
My package finally arrived on Tuesday. Today I received feedback request from Massdrop and I asked them to never ever use DHL again.
Luckily it was quick to deal with them (online) so that didn't add much delay to the process. But I had to pay 47 euros or something like that IIRC. That wasn't a surprise.
So in the end this whole thing saved about 80-90 euros, was it worth waiting half a year? hmmmmmmmmmmm.
I dont know about HD650, but as many reviews say the build quality feels cheap, and it really does. I dont get why the old HD555 is made 10 times more comfortable, everything about 6xx except sound feels cheaper than hd555. Ill definitely will have to look for some softer ear cushions and i hope the clamp force will get easier, i can also support all the reviews which say the clamp is too strong.
The clamp on HD555 is also pretty strong, but its earpads are WAY softer and smoother. Feels like different material, i know it has some years of use, but still they are very different. As i read im not only one who thinks 6xx's earpads out of box are very hard and stiff. I hope they will improve in time but as of now compared to HD555 they feel very cheap.
Without any experience i already felt the sound improvement compared to HD555, but the first impression about comfort issues almost ruined the whole experience.
Also i will def. order XLR cable because im constantly hitting max volume on freaking Jotunheim amp.
The incredibly long wait was hard to endure... But after enjoying then a few times in do happy I bought them.
You need to realize I'm going back to Europe in 10 days from now and they only arrived here a few days ago...I was super worried by the time they would get to Hawaii I would have already left... Now I'm only half worried to see if the O2 SDAC all gets in time.
Thanks for asking.
I can't wait to put my hands on the O2 and earn my ears with the he and good music.
The challenge is that they require a lot of power to make them come alive.
I use a Fiio 17k + K5 or X7 Mk ii + K5 combo for the HD6xx's. I'll be honest, the K5 does good with 150mW @ 300ohms but would have liked a little more headroom. The X7 is the heart of my audio setup and the K5 is just too convenient. I'm happy with all things considered.
FiiO does a great job of making affordable quality equipment and hence why I gravitate towards many of their products.
WTF??
Are there better headphones out there? Absolutely. Is this an insane bargain for $200? Absolutely.
I can't wait to game and listen to music with these. I event intend to invest in a Schiit AMP in a bit.
If anything, that's a testimony to the quality of the headphones that they give that kind of hearing profile even when underpowered, and to the vast spectrum of hearing preferences within a broad sample of users that such an impression could be given on both sides of "the divide" on the issue.
So say what yall wants, Jotunheim's balanced option simply smokes its smaller brothers without xlr. You missing out a lot of music folks :)
Honestly i was expecting just more power from balanced cable as i read for the most part people say it doesnt really add anything to performance, but now i have to disagree, it improves the sound in every way and is absolutely worth the investment. Although i bought 70 dollar cable im not surprised original Sennheiser cable is so expensive. If id have paid 350-400$ for headphones, 550 for the amp then considering the audible improvement 200 for the cable is totally fine.
Worth pointing out here that the original cable for the HD650 is only $10.99 direct from Sennheiser. It's usually out of stock online but I'm near enough to a physical location that I could walk in and get one over a counter.
https://www.innerfidelity.com/images/SennheiserHD650.pdf
I also like the lightness of the 6xx.
There is an inner fidelity video where the guy completely takes apart the HD600 and 650. It's a very cleverly designed headphone that can be completely dissassembled. Very cool
edit: spelling