[InfiniteJester]

I'm not paying more than 300€.

I'm tired of abusive practices.

Either they stick to the price they announced or goodbye.

 

[Luckyleo]

I'm not paying more than 300€.

I'm tired of abusive practices.

Either they stick to the price they announced or goodbye.

They never announced a firm price. They estimated approximately $300. Could be a bit more (probably not less)

 

[AsciiJC]

Speaking of, whos going to NYC to give it a listen?

 

[drummerman1]

Bit out of my way unfortunately!

Is there actually an expected launch date? I would assume, Drop would initially have a pre-order period to gauge demand no?

 

[Rob80b]

Latest development story on Drop:

https://drop.com/talk/137429/the-driver-geometry-of-the-grell-headphones

Looking forward to the OAE1, may put the HD600 series die-hards as the staging will be quite different but if they maintain the tonal value it will be something I'll embrace with opens ears.


"With the OAE1 signature we are able to have both a natural sound field and low end bass response due to the acoustic baffle which allows low frequencies to be generated inside the ear cup."

 

[Rob80b]

hat DOES NOT look like a $300 headphone .

More similarity in build to Sennheisers HD800 series.

Bets are on ...

$900 to $1500?

 

[drummerman1]

Looking forward to the OAE1, may put the HD600 series die-hards as the staging will be quite different but if they maintain the tonal value it will be something I'll embrace with opens ears.


"With the OAE1 signature we are able to have both a natural sound field and low end bass response due to the acoustic baffle which allows low frequencies to be generated inside the ear cup."

Good. I need to equalise in extra bass on some of my H/phones. Can't stand that politically correct Hifi bass (ie. lack of it) so applauded by many.

 

[TheDJHastings]

Just heard them at CanJam NYC. They sounded like they had a lot of mid bass, some kind of boost in the upper mids, and, from what I could tell, attenuated high end. Too much floor noise to get a real sense of soundstage etc. but my basic impression is that they sound like they have a pretty generous down tilt.

 

[InfiniteJester]

They never announced a firm price. They estimated approximately $300. Could be a bit more (probably not less)

300€ is already a bit more than $300.

 

[JerseyD]

Just heard them at CanJam NYC. They sounded like they had a lot of mid bass, some kind of boost in the upper mids, and, from what I could tell, attenuated high end. Too much floor noise to get a real sense of soundstage etc. but my basic impression is that they sound like they have a pretty generous down tilt.

So you think they have tuned down some of the previously mentioned excessive treble?

 

[TheDJHastings]

So you think they have tuned down some of the previously mentioned excessive treble?

Yeah, but it sounded to me like too much. I would describe it as sounding it's price, and definitely far from neutral. Bloomy bloated mid bass. But again, this is just a show floor impression. Background crowd noise etc can definitely cause a masking effect

 

[RenoGu]

Just heard them at CanJam NYC. They sounded like they had a lot of mid bass, some kind of boost in the upper mids, and, from what I could tell, attenuated high end. Too much floor noise to get a real sense of soundstage etc. but my basic impression is that they sound like they have a pretty generous down tilt.

X2 same exact opinion. I heard them today also at CanJam. I asked the guy there the launch, he said they will go on preorder by the end of the month.

 

[Trinkle]

Very disappointed, with the initial impressions above, I had some hope because OAE 1 according to Jude got highest scores in MDAQs, 4.9. But the more I read reviews and opinions the more I think this MDAQs thing is a useless measurement. One of the authors said they picked random people to provide input regards to sound quality, and their prediction model uses the input to form some form of model to predict scores. The result ? Apple earpods get a rating of 4.8 and HD 800S got 4.0, now it makes sense why this OAE 1 got 4.9 in it ..... you make boomy bass you get good scores.

https://www.soundguys.com/sennheiser-hd-800-s-review-88114/

 

[PopZeus]

I'm curious to see what the final build sounds like. If nothing else, I kinda love the snippets of the design shown. It reminds me of something Apple might make.

 

[drummerman1]

I'm pretty sure Grell & Co know how to design a headphone. It's unlikely it will please everyone, as always.

For me, at least, some nice bass is important.