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
Classical is not my main genre, but I do enjoy it when reading or relaxing, and can definitely appreciate the music itself. If you have a local thrift store (e.g,, Salvation Army, Habitat Re-Store, Goodwill, etc.) I've found that you can have much better luck finding good classical records than other genres (although I've made a few good rock pickups as well). For example, this is a stash I found at a Goodwill today, while waiting for my daughter to get out of practice.
That's an extreme example, but if you have a treasure hunting mindset, you know what you're looking for, and you know how to inspect a record, you can build a solid classical collection on the cheap.