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 $400 is a bad price point for what it is. Which of the above would you choose and why? Nothing else on Drop is relevant to my interests, because Already own 6xx 820 800 s Ether cx Garbage / Consumer grade Meze 99 - garbage bass canons, hard pass No gaming headphones obviously Sennheiser wireless - no to wireless/bluetooth Hifiman - I have 2 of drop hifimans and they make really bad cheap shit on Drop, hard pass on HE-R7DX Aeon - I own the closed, Drop refuses to address #padgate so no reason to buy open Beyerdynamic 177x - wireless, nope Too similar 8x / 560s...
Mar 28, 2024
Guys, available at aliexpress.com for 269$ and it ships internationally too! Although check the site out, it sells stuff from china and it has a reputation of selling some non-genuine stuff too.
They are and have been 250 on mp4nation for a long time
http://www.mp4nation.net/soundmagic-hp200-open-back-hifi-headphones-free-fedex-2-day-to-select-destination
These stores selling to EU still violate SM policy just as much as MD would though.
There isn't really anything to make up man, it is quite OK as you have said, we will get some other phones at similar prices and be just as happy. I think it is very much SoundMagics loss here, these are very little known headphones that are possibly very good, but also possibly not that good, we don't know, only 5 reviews. They miss out on a lot of coverage by restricting the drop, but as has been mentioned, they might not have a choice since they may have made some deals with distributors.
I will be taking this as a sign from the gods to go for AKG.
Eventually those deals will expire and things will change. Until then, I'm pretty happy with my Q701. ;)
And still, 270 instead of 400 is more than barely a good deal should that be the case, and shipments can always slip through customs, you can always hope :)
Actually a 50$ massdrop discount is a 80$ discount for me due to import fees, add to that MD's wonderfully good price on shipping and I'm saving a lot by going through here.