[e-dub]

I wonder if that balanced cabled can be used with their other headphones?

 

[PopZeus]

Ooh just got word my replacement set has shipped! I've been waiting to leave a review for the Signature X for this to arrive, so I'm excited to see how the new pads fit, etc.

 

[Teebs]

Also received the notification from Drop that stock was available for purchase again. Very excited to listen to these and see how much they differ from the Pulse. Those thick pads also look incredibly comfortable. Wonder how they'll affect the sound vs the original pads.

 

[Blackrao]

Also received the notification from Drop that stock was available for purchase again. Very excited to listen to these and see how much they differ from the Pulse. Those thick pads also look incredibly comfortable. Wonder how they'll affect the sound vs the original pads.

didnt realize they updated the photos, man those look THICK. I hope it doesnt make it sound even darker than it is already, but it probably will lol

 

[RPGWiZaRD]

didnt realize they updated the photos, man those look THICK. I hope it doesnt make it sound even darker than it is already, but it probably will lol

Oh my, that's indeed some thicc pads right there. Almost reminds me of thickness of my Sony XB500 pads. Curious to know what it does to the sound, the pads seem to play such a vital part for these headphones.

I got a notification a little while ago my pair has been shipped!

 

[Teebs]

The new pads look a lot like the velour ones on the upcoming Signature Pure. Going to be great to have various official Ultrasone pads to swap around, assuming they're interchangeable.

 

[PopZeus]

Yeah those new pads are massive lol. Look comfortable. Hopefully won’t impact the original sound too much, which I do still enjoy. Or maybe they're better?!

 

[TWerk]

I wonder about pure. That's the interesting one for me. Could it be the same drivers but velour pads? They are 50 mm as well and apparently based off the sig DJ.

Could just be a variation of sorts but it's half the price... Don't really know with these things.

 

[Teebs]

I wonder about pure. That's the interesting one for me. Could it be the same drivers but velour pads? They are 50 mm as well and apparently based off the sig DJ.

Could just be a variation of sorts but it's half the price... Don't really know with these things.

If I was to guess, I'd say it's some sort of variation of the X, made more readily available for the EU market as opposed to the X. No fancy case and just a single cable to keep costs down. Time will tell. Excited to try both either way

 

[e-dub]

For those of you that got your replacements in, are you able to check to see if the balanced cable works with Ultrasone's other headphones that use the same bayonet connector cable?

 

[Ichos]

The Drop+ Ultrasone Signature X are back in stock so I thought to share my review.

https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/drop-ultrasone-signature-x.26482/review/30819/

Feel like partying?

 

[Blackrao]

so i got the new pair with the new pads, I do think I like the new pads more than the original ones, definitely way more comfortable

 

[RPGWiZaRD]

Man I hate import laws or I'd rather say the taxation laws are from hell over here.

I have to pay same amount import fees for my replacement pair, which accounts to 59€ ~= $63,70 with today's exchange rate.

Reason: Only if I would have to return my 1st pair and prove it by declaring a shipping or tracking code or similar for the returning product in the customs declaration I wouldn't have to pay for the 2nd product. It's also not a repair service as that also is seen as the same product being sent in for repair. It cannot also be declared as a gift as in Finland only private customers can send gifts, products from a company will always have to pay the custom fees (24% VAT) according the value of the product irrelevant if it was sent for free or not. I shouldn't be complaining and I'm not complaining at all at drop.com which have done something out of the ordinary here, just disappointed at how the import/taxation rules are.

EDIT: I can however apply for a correction afterwards for the "defective" product at which I may or may not get some/all of the tax refunded, I imagine this is probably similar for other EU members so that's why I'm sharing if someone else is wondering about the same thing.

 

[sonesone]

Loving my replacement set I received, it's reborn and very well tuned sound out of box. I put YAXI Stpad2 on the original set and use it for casual listening (less bassy, clear, and less dark sound).

I won't try the included 4.4mm balance cable as I doubt the headphone side has ground lines separated which may damage my DAC/AMP (iFi DIablo). I hope some can correct me.

https://twitter.com/taike_hk/status/1661648332626997248?t=zjGpEzFjrjmgxQgMa5k33w&s=19

 

[RPGWiZaRD]

Recieved the new pair today and gotta say the new pads works very well like previously said but like someone also stated also the creaking at least on this pair is noticeably less than on the 1st pair so feels like they've at least tried to adress it somehow, only when putting them on I'll hear a bit of creaking and once on the head I can shake my head very vigorously and it doesn't creak so that's nice as well.

From my initial impression just straight from my memory I'd say the new pads slightly balances out the highs and sound more natural throughout the range, meanwhile I heard a peak before on the standard pads meanwhile being somewhat below what I'd consider neutral in the rest of the highs range where it doesn't peak. With the new pads in general it seems to be quite close to what I'd consider neutral in average amplitude and I hear no obvious peak, the EDM tracks I'm familiar the lead and vocals sounds like I'm used to hearing them on my previous "go-to" headphone. The bass seem to get slightly more powerful with the new pads as well but that's slightly trickier to confirm, overall though it keeps punchy good controlled behavior for the volume it packs. The soundstage takes a more laid-back approach without pushing it too far back into becoming boring, I think this makes the midrange seem as less in-your-face but I prefer it this way, it's now closer to ^-- (bass>mids~=highs) sound signature if it was a slight amount closer to ^-_ (bass>mids>highs) shape before. The isolation is crazily good as well, at least as good if not slightly better even.

This is just straight out the box, typically when pads settle in it will only improve the sound, I'd imagine that might effect soundstaging in particular to move it more "forward" sounding which personally I wouldn't mind but I do already enjoy it the way it is, over the previous pads the increased laid-backness definitely helps it, probably the correct placement of the DDF or whatever it is called makes the imaging seem more precise as well but I'll need to test games with Dolby Atmos for headphones to be able to better judge there.

Overall very pleased with the pads, I was using Shure SRH440 pads on my other pair which had a slightly brighter sound (a bit too peaky in the treble, but otherwise decent), these are much more balanced in the highs range and slightly less "in-your-face" sounding and somewhat more powerful bass.

EDIT: Just listening to random videos this Hardstyle kick at 3:51 forward sounds very impressive on this headphone with these pads, it's a very close to authentic feel to a well tuned EDM festival speaker setup in the way the kick hits you with that full deep bass and the punch at the same time, the perfect balance of both.