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
My only complaint came when I hooked up my Sennheiser HD580 (300 ohms impedance, essentially the same driver as the HD600). I required full volume to get close to the sound I was getting from my Sennheiser Momentum headphones (18 ohm impedance). My initial reaction was to flip the Aune over and set the gain up; to my surprise the unit was delivered with the dip switches set to the max 16db gain. The Aune T1 doesn't come close to properly driving high impedance headphones IMHO. I pulled out my Fiio E17 and it drives the HD580's to levels far higher than comfortable listening levels so it is not the headphones.
Has anyone else tried higher impedance headphones with success using the Aune? Hope it doesn't have a bad amp section because it sounds so good otherwise; both channels are well balanced throughout the volume control range and the added dynamics are spectacular.