I have two items purchased from Massdrop. They are a Topping D10 USB DAC and HiFi Man HE-350 headphones. I'm quite happy with both. Although the wait time after ordering (joining the drop) can be quite lengthy the products and pricing make the wait worthwhile. I'm not to fond of their shipper of choice (DHL). With DHL shipping items seem to disappear into a black hole for a week and then miraculously appear on my front porch.
Got the Massdrop Hifiman HE4XX headphones. Pleased with them and Massdrop. JoeESP9 is right, the long wait is part of the deal.
My Massdrop Sennheiser
HD58X "Jubilee" headphones just arrived! Got 'em on my big, square head now, with
Morph the Cat playing because I want to check out the bass. My
HE-400i and
AKG K-240S are both known to be on the lean side. These Sennheiser knockoffs (I say that affectionately, yes, already) go deep, and high, and the mids are sounding good, too. Just switched to
It's a Beautiful Day's White Bird as a quick initial check of both male and female voice. Pretty impressive. Strings sound great, too. So I'm going on to
Bach's Harpsichord Concerto in D Minor. Initially, right out of the box, with no break-in, I'm impressed with the midrange resolution.
I have a lot of listening to do, and probably some changes to go through as these cans break in, but I'm really liking what I'm hearing. Great dynamics. These may well supplant the 400i as my best headphone, and since I didn't even know of them until two days before the end of the drop, no long wait for me. Looking like I made an excellent $150 purchase.
Now, I am no headphone aficionado. Have never heard any of the recent Uber brands. Did listen to some
Stax Lambda Pro 'phones back in the mid '80s, but that is ancient history, and the only really high-end headphone I ever heard. Got to spend a few hours a day with those for three days. So, I'm not the headphone guru for current models. And I have no
but to add to that. That's a fact, Jack.
Look to others to tell you how they stack up. No doubt all my headphones are well down the connoisseur list. When I bought the
Hifiman, I had trouble deciding on them or
HD-650, sound unheard. Now that I have these, I think I chose well, since I now have Sennheisers that I think I will love, too. Most likely will hang onto all three and stop buying headphones. I believe I'm set.
Except for the long extension cord I just ordered so that I can plug directly into the Levinson which is claimed to have an excellent HP amp.