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 feel Darin Fong's approach is a legitimate way to implement virtualized speakers. It has the limitation of having to be made with measurement microphone in real ears in front of an actual stereo (or surround) system, so it can't just synthesize various factors ( like room reverberance, first reflections). On the other hand, it has the advantage of being somewhat organic sounding (not artificial) because it's performance is established with real gear.
While I wouldn't advocate this system as the best approach for all enthusiastic headphone listeners, I do think it's legitimate and pleasurable, and have no problem recommending it to people interested in the various ways to improve audio imaging on headphones. What I heard was pretty darned good compared to the many similar systems I've experienced.
Nope, not snake oil.