Which headphones of Drop's currently available?
I have some rewards points to burn but there's no obviously good options on Drop right now for headphones Contenders Ultrasone - maybe? I don't own any Ultrasones, so curious. Looks like garbage travel headphone which could be useful also. Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro. - Maybe? I have the DT 880 Good price point, really uncomfortable headphones but could be interesting to try the upgraded version. E-MU - strong contender but $400 is a bad price point for what it is. Which of the above would you choose and why? Nothing else on Drop is relevant to my interests, because Already own 6xx 820 800 s Ether cx Garbage / Consumer grade Meze 99 - garbage bass canons, hard pass No gaming headphones obviously Sennheiser wireless - no to wireless/bluetooth Hifiman - I have 2 of drop hifimans and they make really bad cheap shit on Drop, hard pass on HE-R7DX Aeon - I own the closed, Drop refuses to address #padgate so no reason to buy open Beyerdynamic 177x - wireless, nope Too similar 8x / 560s...
Mar 28, 2024
I'm still not sure I was and I was hoping they would correct my poor understanding of electricity and conductivity and resistance etc etc, but in stead they kind if admitted a design floor, which they were actually marketing as the reason to but the cables! Lol
Btw, I have PS Audio balanced cables if both silver and OCC copper and both are great!
While it is a fact that it changes the impedance, there is no empirical evidence in sound improvements yielded by silver over OFC. Furthermore, headphones are designed and tested with the cables they ship with, not gold or silver wires. If anything, swapping to an ultra low or ultra high impedance cable can make sound worse before it makes it better.
Copper and Silver have different latices, different magnetic fields, different everything. Recommending a silver cable is akin to selling snake oil to cure cancer. Just because you noticed an improvement does not mean it is 1) an actual improvement and 2) the improvement will be appreciated by others.
To anyone reading this not already dead set on buying silver cables: Don't do it. Ignore the hype, and look for real measurements and A/B listening tests.
I use my X1 headphones with their 'high impedance' stock cable. The amount of work that went into the design, and everything included in the package -- it is all intentional. While the sound with lower impedance may seem better to some, it isn't to me. I can't quantify it, but the sound simply is not as intentional with a 'better cable'. It is like throwing a high flow filter on a carburated motorcycle.. it breaks the balance of the entire engine, for worse. It changes everything. The difference is that you can tune the carbs to fit the filter, you can't change the driver/coil design to benefit from the lower impedance.