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
Recommended IMHO
I also notice no real difference in the sound between the two sets of pads unlike many others here (or at least not a difference to worry about!) Perhaps I am just cloth-eared or maybe I need to spend some time exhaustively A/B-ing to hear the flaws, but life is too short and I love the sound of these cans.
For the most part I run them hooked up to my Macbook Pro via a Centrance DACPort (they work great straight from the laptop jack though) with Audivarna Plus as my player/source and they consistently deliver hour after hour of sweet, detailed listening pleasure.
Interestingly I did buy a DacPort Slim in the recent drop, but I find the Sonorous are so sensitive (or the Slim deficient in quality!) that I can hear a faint but unmistakable hiss/noise floor which I don't get from my original DacPort, so you may find them too sensitive for some sources.
I was also impressed with how well they performed plugged straight into my iPhone 6s Plus playing 256k AAC files - most unexpectedly good!
Love em.