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Looks like Drop might be 'dropping' a HD800

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More likely $700-$800. We’ll know tomorrow...
Doing some guesstimating in my head based off Aus prices ($550 for a HD650, $1900 for a HD800) results in $690US for a HD8xx, can't wait to feel silly tomorrow when I'm completely wrong
 
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Doing some guesstimating in my head based off Aus prices ($550 for a HD650, $1900 for a HD800) results in $690US for a HD8xx, can't wait to feel silly tomorrow when I'm completely wrong
Too late, it's been announced as a HD8xx
 

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Maybe one could also expect prices not be halved but just 200 or 300 lower than HD800S ?
Development has been going on for months so that has to be paid for too.
 

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$1100 for the first wave, and looks like it will be shipping in... November? I think I'll have to sit this one out and hope to get one second hand or next wave. The long shipping times really kill it for me, no immediate satisfaction to my compulsive spending haha.
 
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Should be interesting, supposed to increase bass and smooth the FR from 2.5k to 8k, full descriptionr below from this link:
Tomorrow morning at 9am PST, we are releasing the DROP + Sennheiser HD 8XX.

This headphone is the result of hundreds of thousands of community posts and four years of collaboration between the teams at DROP and Sennheiser.

Analyzing discussions around the HD 800S, we saw clear mandates from the community around bass extension and midrange balance. The HD 8XX incorporates two novel changes to accommodate those mandates.

Where the HD 800S uses a single resonator, Sennheiser developed a dual resonator system for the HD 8XX, creating bass extension down to 10hz (+5db @ 10hz vs 800 S).

Sennheiser’s team, lead by Jermo Koehnke, reached the bass solution pretty quickly, but our goals for the midrange proved demanding... bordering impossible. After significant research, Sennheiser reached a solution; altered acoustic impedance in the transducer's dampening material to smooth the FR from 2.5k to 8k.

This means the transducer in the HD 8XX is unique, it’s a new ring driver.

The HD8XX goes live tomorrow at 9am PST with 3000 units available, shipping in November. These 3000 units represent the full production we anticipate for 2021. We’ll make more available if the capacity increases, but this launch is the only guaranteed HD 8XX availability until 2022.

Launch pricing for the HD 8XX is $1100 and you’ll receive $200 worth of drop points (20,000 points) with purchase.

For future units, HD 8XX pricing will increase to $1200+.

So come by tomorrow morning at 9am PST, pickup your HD8XX, buy a DROP + THX 789 for $99 and enjoy the endgame this November.

https://drop.com/buy/drop-sennheiser-hd-8xx-headphones
^ this is the direct link for 9am tomorrow, thanks for your support
 
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Maybe one could also expect prices not be halved but just 200 or 300 lower than HD800S ?
Development has been going on for months so that has to be paid for too.
$1,200 when production is in full swing, just posted another thread with a link to the release

Edit: can @amirm please merge the threads?
 

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Tomorrow morning at 9am PST, we are releasing the DROP + Sennheiser HD 8XX. This headphone is the result of hundreds of thousands of community posts and four years of collaboration between the teams at DROP and Sennheiser. Analyzing discussions around the HD 800S, we saw clear mandates from the community around bass extension and midrange balance. The HD 8XX incorporates two novel changes to accommodate those mandates. Where the HD 800S uses a single resonator, Sennheiser developed a dual resonator system for the HD 8XX, creating bass extension down to 10hz (+5db @ 10hz vs 800 S). Sennheiser’s team, lead by Jermo Koehnke, reached the bass solution pretty quickly, but our goals for the midrange proved demanding... bordering impossible. After significant research, Sennheiser reached a solution; altered acoustic impedance in the transducer's dampening material to smooth the FR from 2.5k to 8k. This means the transducer in the HD 8XX is unique, it’s a new ring driver. The HD8XX goes live tomorrow at 9am PST with 3000 units available, shipping in November. These 3000 units represent the full production we anticipate for 2021. We’ll make more available if the capacity increases, but this launch is the only guaranteed HD 8XX availability until 2022. Launch pricing for the HD 8XX is $1100 and you’ll receive $200 worth of drop points (20,000 points) with purchase. For future units, HD 8XX pricing will increase to $1200+. So come by tomorrow morning at 9am PST, pickup your HD8XX, buy a DROP + THX 789 for $99 and enjoy the endgame this November.
 
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Yeah, at half price of the HD800S these would be enticing, but at $1100 there are a number other headphones I’d look at before these.
How much are the HD800s where you are? It's about a $500AU discount here which isn't insignificant.
 
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