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
...... It shows clearly how much rubbish this drop is... I valued the massdrop community as providing quality items not cheap rip offs... Teac allows for a +-2% speed in the motor... This makes all music from this turntable garbage... Save your money and don't make the same mistake I made....
That aside, this is a bare bottom budget table and you really can't expect it to be anything but that. A good quality table new will start at $800 and anything you're going to really want will be more like $1500 and more. The Clearaudio table at $1500 is a good choice, and you can find them on EBay for something like $1200 or so.
But a $300 or less table really doesn't bear any real criticism for being cheap, because that's what you should expect at that price point. You don't get somethin' for nothin'.
Otherwise hands down, I suggest getting ATH. Their LP5 is actually excellent for that money.