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 your budget allows, buy Opus#1 or Fiio X5iii for midrange DAP, or Chord Mojo or Oppo HA-2SE for midrange DAC/AMP.
If you want to go mobile, my recommendation is that don't buy a dedicated dac/amp because in the end you would need to do stacking with your Samsung. Or maybe you could try to see the review for dragonfly. The shape is like an usb, but still you'd have to manage with extra cable hanging out from your power jack.
In any event, the Cayin N3 and the Fiio X5iii can act as a dedicated dac/amp, so you can connect it to your pc/mac should you have the need someday.