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
That all being said, I haven't heard this particular amp with the THX00, I have only heard similar hybrid design amps with it. My guess is that this amp is functionally a copy of the old Millett SSHM design topology wise, but with slightly different (cheaper) tubes and op-amps. Those are great amps, but they work best with a relatively narrow range of headphones. Notably they are pretty good with the HD600 and HD650 though.
Volume control was nice on the Fulla, but being able to be powered directly from the iPhone was a huge plus for the dragonfly.