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
Well there are many of us out there who appreciate good quality but aren't deep into being an audiophile. Yet since all drops come from the community of real audiophiles y'all seem to focus on just audiophile level gear. Many want good cell phone gear that includes taking and making calls. And I would love iPhone button controls too -- I'd guess that there are lots of iPhone users here, and I understand that IEMs with iPhone controls will at least play fine in Androids.
Example, the RE-00 custom made with massdrop: a mic was purposely NOT included. But there are just so many cell phone users that we need to be considered in all IEM drops below $200 (because the odds are good that if you're going to spend more than that, you ARE an audiophile!)
thanks for considering