#Drop thx panda wireless headphone portable#
If you’re looking for a well-built and portable pair of close-backed headphones under $500, then these are both plausible choices. I thought that readers might find it interesting to compare the Panda against a similarly-priced and well-known closed-back portable, the $309 USD 99 Classics from Meze Audio. If I were to choose again in 2020 where I’d put my money, it’d probably be on the Panda.Ĭlockwise from top left: Drop + THX Panda Sennheiser HD650 Meze 99 Classic Audeze Mobius. The irony is, of course, that the Mobius can nearly mimic the sonic profile of the Panda with its ‘warm’ setting, but the fact that the Panda can also easily become a gaming headset thanks to a boom-mic accessory is a flip on that in turn. If you’re looking for more of a purist audio headphone that you’ll be likely to want to use in public, pick the Panda. If you’re a digital ‘tinkerer’ and like the ability to use DSP to create a range of surround and EQ effects, and also like to dabble in gaming and movies – pick the Mobius. The Mobius does have a slight audible background hiss that is evident when music is not playing but is otherwise not a problem if music is playing.Īt the end of the day they’re both very capable, impressive and good value headphones, and recommending one over the other depends entirely on your use-case and preferences. Of course, the way each headphone goes about creating the sound is entirely different – the Panda has been tuned acoustically and can work happily as a passive pair of headphones, whereas the Mobius uses DSP which cannot be switched-off nor defeated.
It’s a drier, more classically planar sound but by contrast, the Panda is richer and more euphonic. It also has a greater sense of air, and more space in the sound stage it creates. In terms of sonic differences, when using it in ‘flat’ or ‘default’ tuning the Mobius is leaner, snappier, with better treble detail. By comparison, the Mobius does tend to hand from the headband on the top of your head, and the cups do flap around somewhat. Isolation is markedly more impressive on the Panda, which also manages its weight far more comfortably via a more even clamp-force. The Panda is a far more handsome package, and also a more comfortable one. However, the Mobius does have all the aesthetic charm of a $40 RGB gaming keyboard, and with its outside bristling with switches and dials it’s not exactly made for the outside world. I’ll take them over any of the LCD line-up any day, as I find them simply too dark, and too heavy…aaaand they’re much more expensive. Somewhat controversially, they’re actually my favourite-sounding Audeze headphones. I signed up for the Mobius the day its initial Indigogo campaign launched – not because I’m a huge gamer, but because it looked like an incredible advancement in headphone technology wrapped-up in a small-ish planar package – and it still very much is. Panda with its closest planar/wireless competitor: the Audeze Mobius.
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