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
As for worth it, yes, definitely. While I have never heard every IEMs out there, we once have discussion with my local audiophile community friends and they were all agree that it is difficult to find midrange like TWF41 in this price point.
The other IEM I owned that competes in this price is FX850 from JVC. This one has powerful bass, slightly V-shaped sound. I consider TWF41 to be a class above it in everything but the bass. It all comes down to preference though, FX850 is a lot of fun, but TWF41 is very nice for relaxing. I still owned and loved both. :)
Another IEM to consider that I owned is Echobox Finder X1, it's cheaper at $199 but has the best build quality out of all IEM I owned (FX850 is close second). It's very small, comfortable and sealed extremely well. The sound is on the brighter side, midrange is quite thin, sometime dry and harsh, but bass is powerful and hit with deep impact. It has 3 different tuning filter to customize the sound too, although it mostly affect the bass region.
Anyway, they were all different sounding and has different trade-off. X1 is my on-the-go cans due to the form factor, but when I'm sitting and relaxing, I'm reaching for TWF41. I loved the smooth sound of it. :)