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
All of them have sufficient power for these headphones to reach reasonable volume. I honestly couldn't tell you which I prefer as I'm not a huge fan of the 990 pro (was my 3rd of now 29 pairs). The Magni 2 U has a ton of flexibility if you decide to further your headphone collection (from sensitive IEM's to planars, not the HE-6). If you like the Beyer Spike (treble boost, common to their "house sound") then I think you will be just fine going the Schiit Route. If the treble sometimes bothers you, a slightly warmer source may be appropriate (Asgard or other non-schiit). I had a buddy recently go through every source/amp I have with his HD6XX trying to find what is "right" for him. His price to performance winner was the dragonfly but he certainly could tell improvements with my higher priced gear. The difference just wasn't worth the price to him. It is most certainly worth the price to me. That is the main point of my post, find something with a good return policy or you can resell easily. No two ears are the same and everyone puts different values on audio performance increases.