Would love to hear @xlcans (Axel) chime in here and clarify! There's been a lot of confusion regarding the right compensation to use for this headphone-- something very interesting I found from Graph Feppar on ASR mentioned that the OAE1's frequency response looks _very_ similar to the...

Nah it goes both ways. I don't think anyone likes being persecuted for their opinions, whether good or bad. And I don't think it's right to persecute others for their opinions, whether they're positive or negative and whether you agree or not. I actually feel like folks in this thread have...

Yeee but I think the bigger thing was the Lyr+ had a ton of power (6W)! I thought it might be the bifrost 2/64 dac as well, but there was a valhalla 2 with that dac at the schiitr as well, but that sounded noticeably thinner and underpowered, so I feel it really was the Lyr+. I did find a...

If you look at the reviews on drop for the OAE1, pretty much every single review and many comments mention the headband extension being an issue-- I think it's far more common and feel the "99% success rate" you mention is a bit misleading. Even though it fits me, I don't agree; I really do...

Throwing my 2 cents: From my experience the OAE1 are pretty low sensitivity and love being fed from gear with higher power output, and when driven by lower power amps it can make the bass sound weaker/looser, the midrange more hollow, and the treble harsher. Looking at your source gear it...

So finally got a chance to go to the schiitr and have some impressions! By some stroke of luck the schiitr was completely empty when I went with my dad (Will told me this was very unusual) and I was free to just try/swap between the schiit stacks as much as I wanted and gathered some...

If you guys want to have some fun, there's some interesting "headphone checks" at this website, including frequency extension tests, driver matching tests, etc: https://www.audiocheck.net/soundtests_headphones.php FWIW in the driver-matching test, my OAE1 seems pretty close down the middle...

no it's not you! just trying to illustrate how unconventionally small the OAE1's headband is in comparison haha. it makes the headphones look sleek/sexy, but it is unaccommodating sadly (random but I also wonder if it's just single-sided cables that are more microphonic in general, as I find...

Yeah for sure! Agreed that if I had to do work involving audio monitoring the NDH30 would by far be my pick over the OAE1. I think I should also clarify that the reason I'm thinking about selling the NDH30 instead of just keeping it as a nice contrast is I just don't have space...

there's also one from geekria! https://www.amazon.com/Balanced-Conversion-Compatible-Amplifiers-Microphones/dp/B0CN68DMLB

Got mine last Saturday (July 6) but I've been radio silent because I've been formulating my thoughts and wanted to share some impressions: (all listening done using macbook air m2 -> magni unity with internal dac -> OAE1 with the two-entry single-ended cable) Position/Placement From my...

Super friendly seller-- shipped quickly and the NDH-30 arrived greatly packed and as described! Would be happy to do business again, thank you so much!

Yeah it may be that this is just tuned more "consumer-oriented" than "audiophile-analytical-oriented". The thing that strikes me though is that this is the headphone that supposedly has the highest tested MDACS score for timbre ever tested at 4.9/5.0, and one of the highest immersiveness scores...

Maybe the key takeaway for people who are considering the OAE1 in the future is that it seems like it's either going to work very well for them, or it's just not going to work well at all-- i.e. they really just need to try it out for themselves and be able to return it easily if it doesn't work...

Man for a headphone that's supposed to eliminate how it's perceptually heard because of the "outer-ear pinna interaction" or whatnot, there's quite a lot of polarized opinions on how it sounds haha, seemingly more than what I usually see for a headphone. I can only imagine it's differing...

how big is your head? :stuck_out_tongue: mine arrive tomorrow and have been having very low expectations the past few days, but hoping I'm pleasantly surprised like you!

From the impressions so far, I'm noticing a trend: it seems people with big heads tend to really not like it. I think the folks at headphones.com said the same thing, and they also had very big heads. Someone in the drop.com comments did mention that "stretching the headband out" did help a...

I'm thinking about going to the schiitr with the OAE1 sometime after I get it, so maybe I can post some impressions from that when I go! you may find this post useful for setting expectations about drop's international shipping and updates (specifically the "reality" section)...

Give it some more time and then post a review on drop's website! Really appreciate seeing honest reviews and a variety of opinions-- over time if enough people leave honest reviews, there might start being more of a consensus and whatnot. Also out of curiosity, what gear were you using with...

It seems they're shipping in order of when the order was placed, which is totally fair. To give an idea I placed my order I think many hours after the drop went live and yet to receive any shipping updates, so I'm guessing it'll take an extra day or two to ship out. will update when mine...

I think grell said somewhere that the drivers are easy to desolder/replace with just two solder points. Go for it and take some pictures I'd love to see!!

Maybe but it might not be worth it ultimately. It would probably add additional engineering effort/R&D/production costs that would boost the price of the OAE1 way higher than $400. And also there are some dynamic headphones out there that use 40mm drivers and still sound amazing/TOTL like the...

Grell has said it's a custom-spec'd/designed/tailored product, so you won't find details on it online. The driver you linked is interesting in that it has the same impedance, but is also higher sensitivity than the OAE1's while having a different surround material and diaphram shape it looks...

If you look at that interview, grell literally says the driver size is 40mm at 28:41: Also 40mm is by no means bad. It's the max size before you start getting breakup in higher frequencies and you need more complex engineering solutions to address it (like the ring radiator on the hd800)...

^alxw0w's post is correct. If you look at this interview of alex grell at munich about the OAE1, at 28:45 he mentions that the 40mm biocellulose drivers are designed by a company in Denmark called "Ole Wolff" and are made in China. Grell has known ole wolff for "decades" and they apparently...