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
I have had a set of Final Audio E2000s I've been enjoying for the past few weeks. I also just received a Fiio Aspen 2 E17K last week. So I'm playing around with those off my phone. The Finals, which are IEMs(still trying to understand the true definition of an IEM), take to the amplification very well.
So I tried on the Porta Pros without amplification first. They do sound nice, well balanced, without strong highs or lows. I also did not feel amplifying them brought any great benefit. It is certainly louder, but they were loud enough off my phone(OnePlus One). In fact, I was overdriving them pretty easily, where the Finals soaked up everything I threw at them. And those are listed @ 16ohm...