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
Driver Tubes (I give quite a few recommendations in my first post. These are just a few more that I'm adding to the list)
6SN7 substitutes. There are quite a few tubes you can substitute for a 6SN7--many of which are MUCH cheaper than NOS 6SN7s and often sound just as good and sometimes even better. I'll break it down by tube type:
- 6F8G. These are the pre-6SN7 tubes and many are excellent. They require an adapter (about $10 on eBay) which I show below. Here are some of my favorites:
a) Tung Sol VT-99 (VT-99 is the military designation for a 6f8g). This is nearly identical to the famed TSRP 6SN7s. Unfortunately, the word is out on these and the prices have gone up recently, although it's possible to get them at decent prices. There are so many good 6F8G tubes worth trying (Raytheon VT-99, RCA, etc)