I think I can answer that. :) To be honest if it hadn't been for one or two other niggles I had with the classic shaped drops I would've been happy to live with this set up, but it is a little bit of a compromise. On the one hand, the hoods were still a small drop from the tops rather than completely flat transition, which meant a little more pressure on the base of the hands than I would've liked when resting on the hoods, and on the other hand the drops were a little further from the horizontal than ideal.
Whether it's correct or not is down to personal preference (comfort / aesthetics), but swapping to compact drops suited me better all round.
They don't look like "normal" modern drops.
What bars are they?