Introduction

If you are like me and laughed like a 12-year old when you saw the word “Ploopy” then you have that in common also with the two men behind the Canadian brand. Phil and Colin got together a few years ago and decided the world needed more open-source hardware that people could also build themselves. Thus came the Ploopy mouse our mice editor examined two years ago and the same philosophy continued when Ploopy decided to turn its focus to headphones.

The Ploopy headphones are unlike anything else we’ve covered on this website before. It’s a completely open design that you can build yourself from scratch using parts you can purchase based on a list provided by Ploopy, assemble yourself by purchasing a headphone kit from the brand, get a pre-assembled version to play with the firmware and accompanying DAC/amp with built-in EQ filters, or even tinker around with the firmware to make the headphones sound like you want to. Needless to say, there’s a lot possible with the product and this is also why I chose a photo of the various kit components as the review thumbnail to indicate the novelty on offer. Ploopy reached out to me for a review and I chose the pre-assembled version thinking it would save time. Little did I know I’d end up contributing to the firmware and final tonality of the headphones after spending a good amount of my own time on this. It’s a cool project that may not be for everyone and yet should be interesting enough for our readers to know more about. Thanks to Ploopy for providing a review sample to TechPowerUp as we begin our coverage with a look at the product specifications in the table below.

Specifications