Which headphones of Drop's currently avialable?
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. Beyerdyanmic 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
- USB-C input - to allow input from android phone or PC
- Headphone and mic with 3.5mm inputs
- Display that tells me input depth/sample rate so I can validate what I am hearing
- Supports Tidal's MQA/Master HD Audio bit depth and sample rate (24 bit/96 kHz)
- Supports Dolby Atmos and other Spatial Audio decoding (24 bit/48 kHz)
- 3.5mm or RCA output to small desktop Bose external speakers with means to redirect output to/from headset.
- Won't break the bank.
I realize there are solid audiophile DACs out there that don't offer a mic input while most gaming DACs do. I do hardly any after hour gaming and most PC apps have separate volume controls, so this may be less important. Without it would I just extend the mic cable to the mic input on the motherboard? What do I give up if I forgo mic input on the DAC? I'll admit, I'm spoiled using the Sound Blaster X3 in that I just plug in the USB-C connector to the PC and the 3.5mm mic-in and headphones-out to the unit and I am good to go. I just wonder how much audio quality I may be giving up now that I am turned on to MQA and spatial streaming audio when paired with the pc38x. Recommendations appreciated. Whitmark