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 mainly travel with my Kumitate Lab KL-Kanon Custom IEMs, but also have a few more sets of customs, as well as ASG 2.5. I currently use android with an OTG connected Fiio E17K. The main reason I bought the E17K was because of the super granular bass settings. -10 to +10 in increments of 2 adjustments for bass and treble.
I like the idea of the android based DAPs, but it must have hardware buttons if it's droid based, so I can adjust tracks without looking.
Must have:
Balanced Headphone Output
Standard Charging and Connectivity Cables (Sony, you're out. NO proprietary cables!)
Physical Buttons for track advance/pause/vol/etc..
Granular EQ (more than just bass boost off/1/2), if Droid, OTG would be nice. I might use this DAP with a Mojo or my E17K in the future.
Budget: Let's say $650USD, approximately. I'm willing to spend 2K on CIEMs because they will last 10+ years, but a piece of technology.... not so much. Don't see the point in blowing 2K on A&K, although they are built very nicely. $1000 hard limit.
I'm currently considering the DP-X1A (About 600USD because I live in Japan) or XDP-300R.