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Best Over-Ear Headphones That Are Easy To Drive
Best Over-Ear Headphones That Are Easy To Drive
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Chief Product OfficerHi Everyone,
K812 is easy to drive, top tier, and live right now.
I'd like to list the HD800 but Senn hasn't come to any conclusions about working with the Massdrop community. Audeze never has stock available, the M50x is backordered for months, and we just ran the TH-900.
We appreciate your votes and you should always know we're trying to source every top choice, but sourcing can take weeks or months and we want to provide products in the most timely manner possible.
If you want any more specific details, feel free to email me: will@massdrop.com and I'll provide all the info I can.
Keep this train rolling,
K812 is easy to drive, top tier, and live right now.
I'd like to list the HD800 but Senn hasn't come to any conclusions about working with the Massdrop community. Audeze never has stock available, the M50x is backordered for months, and we just ran the TH-900.
We appreciate your votes and you should always know we're trying to source every top choice, but sourcing can take weeks or months and we want to provide products in the most timely manner possible.
If you want any more specific details, feel free to email me: will@massdrop.com and I'll provide all the info I can.
Keep this train rolling,
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I'd love to see a pair of Grados drop, but I reckon that'll be a tough one. Please, no more ATH-M50 cans of any variety. They drop all the time, but they're really overrated.
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AKG K812 is a great headphone that are not too bad to drive. Although improve with amping, and has been dropped before.
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I was promised that the 800, high end STAX, AUDEZE would never be dropped.
I would actually love to see if they got something that was reasonable from this list.
Looking to get a good deal on something like the Vmoda m100s or Grado SR325i as a fun easy to drive portable headphone and the m50x as a more studio style with removable cable.
Especially if they could offer the accessories that are common with each of these such as alternate pads.
Especially if they could offer the accessories that are common with each of these such as alternate pads.
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Give it time, they could be working on it. Manufacturers sometimes have their own agenda that doesn't quite align with Massdrop. Move enough ATH-M50s and I'm sure Audio Technica will be more open-minded to doing an M50X drop.
If Massdrop had the power to give everyone the drops they wanted, they would do it. But if the company that owns the product wants nothing to do with them, or doesn't want to share a certain product, well... dilemma.
If Massdrop had the power to give everyone the drops they wanted, they would do it. But if the company that owns the product wants nothing to do with them, or doesn't want to share a certain product, well... dilemma.
Dragonzeanse
Yeah, from what I've heard they have to go through some less than amazing sources. I just read the whole thing about them taking away warranty on the vmoda m100 drop (well, their supplier)
I stopped caring about the m50 of any sorts, and vmoda won't honor any warranty from stuff purchased here because the serial #s get taken off -_-
I would still like to see some grados here though. Would you guys rather see the sr225i, sr325is or higher? Personally I think 225i is the sweet spot for price/performance. Wouldn't mind a pair of the slightly different alessandros either
I would still like to see some grados here though. Would you guys rather see the sr225i, sr325is or higher? Personally I think 225i is the sweet spot for price/performance. Wouldn't mind a pair of the slightly different alessandros either
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Some people in this do NOT know what kind of power is needed to drive some of these. An easy to drive planar magnetic? Not so much. DT770/M4U-1/M50-X...I need me some portables!
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This is probably one of the sillier Massdrop polls I've seen. No wonder a rep hasn't responded yet. Of all the headphone polls that inundate this website, this one appears to be the most schizophrenic. It's basically turned into "add your favorite headphone," not "best over-ear headphones that are easy to drive." Not that "best" was ever objective, to begin with.
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There are so many here that is just not easy to drive at all...
Audeze, HD800, HD650, Stax 007... Just to name a few.
This list is getting a little silly - spammed full of planars/static/etc.....sad end - and I'd go for the Viso HP50 too
I added the v-moda xs....on ear rather than over the ear but a lot easier to drive than some of the ones listed and a discount could be pretty likely for a large order with a company like that I feel.
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watkins
Yeah I own the Crossfade LP's myself. They are great and very easy to drive. Back when I got them amazon had an overstock of them and I picked them up for only 70 dollars.
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Why are you even voting on headphones that aren't even easy to drive. Who the hell is even going to buy the HD800's?
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Whoever put the Stax SR-007 MKII on hear obviously doesn't know what easy to drive means. LOL
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AKG K812. They're only 36 ohms and are summit-fi
J.J.C
ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. would call them hifi
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The HD-800's aren't even easy to drive WTF.
NAD VISO HP50
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