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
Vahalla is a good amp if you do not use the stock tubes. The stock tubes has a lean sound though. I listened to that amp from my friend once and he used the stock tubes and I was not impressed. While it is said if you choose the right upgrade tubes by yourself, it can be a beast.
Audio GD is the only amp when I upgraded from Magni 2 Uber. I searched a lot and asked many people have both NFB-6 from Audio GD and V90 from Violectric. Most of them told me that they are similar and are both good amps. Both neutral amps in a charming price. Considering it will take much time to get a NFB-6 from Audio GD official website (it will take at least 2 weeks on the way from Asia to US), I bought V90 in US and got that in 3 days.
As for Meier and Cavalli, I am really not familiar with them.