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
Edit: I stream lossless through tidal so I use my iPhone 7 and am wondering what a good dac/amp combo under $500 for portable use would be best for sensitivty iems. New fiio q5 mark iii for $350 that is made for iPhones like the Q1 Mark II($99) or should I get the chord mojo but may not work as seemless with no Headphone jack iPhones i heard that camera lightning to USB adapter for iPhones no longer work with ios11
Personally, I would stay away from the Fiio Q5 simply because it is too new. If you take a look at the forums on the fiio website there are a lot of irritated customers whose X5iii, X7, X7ii or X3iii doesn't work the way it's supposed to. Fiio's standard answer is that it will work in a future firmware version. Some issues have dragged on for over a year with no foreseeable solution. That said, I have no experience with the new Q5 but it just seems that lately they tend to be premature to market and slow to fix issues that should never have been a problem in the first place.
Good luck!