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
The description states fully balanced from input to output, but this amp doesn't even have balanced inputs, and I don't think I've seen a single-tube amp advertised as fully balanced before. And xDuoo does sell a balanced version of this amp (although not a dac/amp):
http://www.xduoo.com/xduoo/En/ProductView.asp?ID=21
So, it seems like xDuoo was confused (or deceptive) in calling the TA-10 fully balanced, and MD hasn't bothered to clarify it despite several folks commenting on it.
It's not impossible, but I feel like Massdrop should confirm the actual specs of the amp. It looks much more like the the CTH: a single ended amp with an added XLR connector for convenience. And if that's what it is, that's totally fine, but don't call it "fully balanced."
http://www.xduoo.com/xduoo/En/ProductView.Asp?ID=22