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
If you still dont like the hd650 relaxed sound signature, just sell it on ebay and buy a m1060 that should be similar in sonic signature to the lcd-2's or lcd-x's(try out the lcd-2's or lcd-x's at the shop), note that the m1060 has a treble spike that affects some people and doesnt affect some people? Or you could get a ATH M50x for a v shaped sig?
Yeah I've heard a lot of those M50x but I think they suck. 😂
What about that Tube amps like https://www.massdrop.com/buy/appj-mini2013-6j1-6p1 or https://www.massdrop.com/buy/little-dot-i-headphone-amp.
Portables that I know have good matching power to drive them is Mojo, but that's expensive.
The best wireless cans right now might be B&W wireless P5/P7. https://twister6.com/category/headphone-review/
However no portable amp is going to drive the hd 650 to its full potential, so personally I recommend the O2 amp and use the centrance slim as the dac. That should reveal much more of the hd 650's potential.
The only issue I had with my DACport was the slightly high noise floor with efficient cans and IEMs(not an issue with the HD 6XX, though).