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
http://www.teac.com/product/ud-501/ http://www.teac.com/product/ud-301/
http://everythingaudionetwork.blogspot.ca/2016/01/audiophile-dac-review-teac-ud-503-da.html
May not seem like a big deal until you compare the 301 and 501 giving XLR to a tube amp. Same voltage, but the 4V is acheived on the 501 without gain, and this affects sound quality a decent amount.
-Austin
Should I go for this 501? You think its gonna make a 'huge' difference in sound quality?
That said, the UD-501 is an amazing DAC. Especially at this price. I <3 the ever living crap out of mine.
Doesn't mean I don't actively lust over gear that supports it. Even if I held out and bought something with MQA, it would most likely go into the rack as an 'it can do this, so I only use it for this' component. Unless it preforms better than the UD-501, that is. Then all bets are off.
Granted Linn has a horse in this race with not wanting to pay licensing fees but they bring up decent talking points.