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
What are you trying to drive with it?
Also, are you on the 3.5mm jackless iphone or do you actually have onboard audio gear? If not you'll want something that has a DAC in it as well.
Always more details to keep track of.
You could use the included dongle as your decoder and not have to worry about lightning compatibility to drive something like FiiO A5 or A3.
If you want a DAC in the same unit, the FiiO Q1 mkii should work.
I suppose since we're here, on Massdrop, I should also point out that they do drop amps like the ones we've been talking about periodically. If you're patient you can get a great deal on something here.
Examples: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/aune-b1s-portable-headphone-amp https://www.massdrop.com/buy/topping-nx1s-portable-headphone-amp https://www.massdrop.com/buy/bluewave-get-wireless-dac-amp
Spend most of my time on full sized cans near a desk, so no need really. Every now and again I find myself on a trip somewhere that it would be nice to have for though. So far I've enjoyed my CEntrance DACPort Slim driven by my absurdly huge battery pack phone case for the same purposes though.
So, not sure where the Oppo really fits in to my sitch--guess I'll have to keep trying to find some way?