Reviews by Topic
Our analysis shows how reviewers feel about different topics. Please note these are not full reviews.
Price Point
Drop + HIFIMAN HE4XX
These headphones sound great and are very affordable, but just know what you are getting. If you're looking for some great sounding headphones to listen to around your house using a headphone amp, these would be a great buy. But if you're looking for something to take to the gym, or use at work you'll probably want to look elsewhere. Pros - Excellent sound quality
Sony WI-C600N Wireless
Even if these headphones are in the Bluetooth profiles of both devices, and have paired successfully with them both, the headphones won't "let go" of whatever device they were previously paired with unless you force them to pair with the new device. Bottom line, for the price, I cannot recommend these headphones - there are just too many disappointing (and irritating) issues with them considering the price (which at the time of this writing is well over $100).
Sound Quality
Drop + HIFIMAN HE4XX
My wife disagrees, but I think movies sound punchier and more intimate on grado cans. And they have the side benefit of letting two people listen to something and just talk like nothing since they leak like mad. But again, all round? These babies, hands down.
Sony WI-C600N Wireless
On paper these headphones ticked all the right boxes. Noise canceling with voice pass thru option, around the neck, USB C charging, Google assist integration, Sony sound quality, decent price. They mostly lived up to the expectations. The fit is great, they are lightweight, the sound is great
Comfort
Drop + HIFIMAN HE4XX
All-day comfortable with ease (they can get a tiny bit warm with the alcantara pads in a hot room, but not even close to unacceptable) and utterly zero squeaks or creaks (looking at you, Audio Technica AD700's) The one, ONLY gripe I have with them is the nice cable they have is too short for anything other than a desktop amp or device RIGHT in front of you. BUT, it's replaceable, and lots of companies make cables for them. Side benefit is you can get a balanced cable for them, and if you get a BTR5 as well, that amp has a balanced output option. So they can sound EVEN BETTER
Sony WI-C600N Wireless
On the plus side they are comfortable and lightweight. The band is rubber and very flexible when you move. At this pricepoint these should be much easier to use not to mention the battery doesn't last all day.
Fit
Drop + HIFIMAN HE4XX
It's not long enough for comfortable PC/ living room AV receiver use for me, so I ordered a replacement cable when I bought the headphone. The replacement cable is that red one that everybody else is buying. I clipped the "braided" part off, and now they're really cool looking red cables. They click really nicely into the headphones - better click than the stock cable
Sony WI-C600N Wireless
On paper these headphones ticked all the right boxes. Noise canceling with voice pass thru option, around the neck, USB C charging, Google assist integration, Sony sound quality, decent price. They mostly lived up to the expectations. The fit is great, they are lightweight, the sound is great
Warranty
Drop + HIFIMAN HE4XX
Customer service is not amazing. Warranty is nothing special. Oh, and the stock cable is a cable. It's not great
Sony WI-C600N Wireless
I cannot find the corresponding term in the warranty document coming with the product, so, to my understanding, they are arbitrarily defining a term simply to refuse to fulfill their warranty. I think the same thing could happen to any of us who bought this unit, so I want to add a friendly reminder - any "physical damage" on this unit is NOT covered by the warranty, according to Sony.
Durability
Sony WI-C600N Wireless
This is my husband second one. He loves it because it 100% does as promised but was disappointed his 1st fried during a rain.