Wednesday, November 13th 2024

Drop Announces New Drop + Grell OAE1 Headphones

Drop, Corsair's community-driven e-commerce brand, today announced its latest Grell headphone collaboration, with the latest edition of the Drop + Grell OAE1. Building on the momentum of the signature headphones that launched earlier this year, selling all 1,000 units in a short period of time, this new edition offers the same world-class engineering and immersive sound profile at a more accessible price.

Based on community feedback, Drop made key adjustments to the new OAE1 headphones to improve the listening and user experience. The OAE1s feature a lighter clamping force and single-sided 6.3 mm cable with an insert indicator for added ease of use, as well as a new all-black colorway with dark gray accents. The headphones, rooted in Axel Grell's three decades of audio engineering and audio product development, feature a driver-forward, open-around-ear structure to map to the human ear and achieve a more natural and realistic sound field.
By moving the drivers in front of and away from the ears, the new OAE1 headphones enable the sound field from the transducers to take advantage of the ears natural structure to direct sound into the ear canal. The open-around-ear design minimizes acoustic reflections and controlling sound pressure, with the culmination of both innovations resulting in improved stereo imaging, a natural sound field, and the uncovering of the deepest dimensions of any song.

"Building on the success of the signature headphones that sold out earlier this year, the new OAE1s bring the same level of audio innovation and sound precision to a broader audience," said Grell. "With the Drop + Grell OAE1 headphones, we've maintained our commitment to precision engineering and high-fidelity sound while offering a more accessible price point. It's all about making premium audio experiences accessible to more listeners without compromising on quality."

Drop + Grell OAE1 Specifications
  • Frequency Response: 12-32,000 Hz (-3db) 6-44,000 Hz (-10db)
  • Transducer principal: Dynamic
  • Ear coupling: Circumaural
  • Sound characteristic: Front oriented loudness diffuse field equalization
  • Adaption to the individual hearing curve: Soundfield pinna interaction
  • Nominal impedance: 38 ohms
  • Sound pressure level at 1 kHz 1VRMS: 106 dB
  • Maximum long term input power: 500 mW
  • THD at 1 kHz 100dB: 05%
  • Weight (without cable): 375 g
Cable Specifications
  • Single sided, silver coated OFC cable: 1.8 m (6 ft.)
  • Connectors headphone side: 2.5 mm TRRS
  • Connector device: 3.5 mm stereo plug
  • Adaptor: 3.5 mm to 6.3 mm screw on
The Drop + Grell OAE1 Headphones are available today for $249 (MSRP $299), $100 less than the previous signature headphones.
Source: Drop
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4 Comments on Drop Announces New Drop + Grell OAE1 Headphones

#2
Space Lynx
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how do you switch between these two? -3db and -10db, like do you have to use software to enable that range, or is it like tied to low gain/vs high gain on an amp? i am curious how it has two ranges when every other headphone only advertises one range. for $249 I am kind of curious about these, the inside looks a lot like Senn HD800 kind of design
  • Frequency Response: 12-32,000 Hz (-3db) 6-44,000 Hz (-10db)
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Super Firm Tofu
Space Lynx@VSG

how do you switch between these two? -3db and -10db, like do you have to use software to enable that range, or is it like tied to low gain/vs high gain on an amp? i am curious how it has two ranges when every other headphone only advertises one range. for $249 I am kind of curious about these, the inside looks a lot like Senn HD800 kind of design
  • Frequency Response: 12-32,000 Hz (-3db) 6-44,000 Hz (-10db)
It's simply showing the response over two different ranges of measurement.

That means that between 12hz-32khz, the frequency response doesn't vary beyond -3dB. Increasing the measurement range to 6hz-44khz means there's greater falloff at the extreme ends of the range.

It's all pretty much marketing anyway.
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#4
SOAREVERSOR
Did not know Drop was part of Corsair but that's enough for me to quit buying from them.
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