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
The ones that are similar to Teaks and X00 are Denon 5000, Fostex 900.
If you can look at that and tell me those aren't all similar tunings, then we have very different definitions on what headphone tunings are. Anyways, I currently own all 3 of these headphones so as an owner speaking from experience, I feel the CAL! sounds very similar to TH-X00 and EMU Teak. I am not saying they are in the same league, but that it is a good, cheap way for people to get a sample of what type of sound you get from TH-X00 and EMU Teak. I found my CAL! used for $20 and think it is well worth the price of owning and very much a poor man's X00/Teak. I was simply giving a suggestion to @Ngd3 in case he/she wants to know what the sound signature is like.
Maybe my EMU PH is defective cause they're sound much worse that X00. While my X00 MH is extremely detailed and fun to listen, EMU PH is lacking everywhere. It sounds like a cheap sub 50usd phone. Again, maybe just mine EMUs that bad..