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
Lately I've been knocked out by the exceptional sound quality of certain YouTube tracks I've been listening to. Not sure why theses particular tracks sound so especially good, but you'll hear it from the very first note in this track (by Boz Scaggs):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K2yQQ3xwdE&t=221s
And this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAB_AJdNyWA
Both tracks are from his "Dig" album. I downloaded the MP3 versions from iTunes and they sound just as good on my equipment (MD's JBL 3 series monitors and MD's Sennheiser 6XX headphones). Not sure why recordings sound so distinctly different but, I suspect some of you will be able to explain it to me.
And, if you're with me so far, here's a bonus, wild-card selection from a guy (Otis Taylor) I'd never heard before but who blew me away with my first listen to this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OG8Fjv42nM
If Boz or Otis is too you taste, their's lots more of each on YouTube; enough to decide weather you want to add any of it to your collection. Would be most interested to hear your impressions of the music and the reason why these recordings sound the way the do...