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
*Edit: see my second post. At this time, there is NO affordable DAC with a good working mic input.
The Burson is way over the top. The Sennheiser filters the mic input – mic doesn't sound good (time code in link): https://youtu.be/MGX069Zo8kE?t=472
I also have to withdraw my decision about the Mayflower Arc, the mic input is also filtered and not as good as I expected (time code in link): https://youtu.be/Sk131m-ix8k?t=363
Unfortunately, I did not found a mic test of the Syba DAC.
I`m personally still interested in the ARC, basically for the following reasons:
I`m currently looking for a good/decent headphone DAC/AMP, which is able to drive serious headphones but also works with my Cloud Alpha (with V Moda Boom Pro Microphone) Headset for gaming. Additionally I want to be able to connect a decent set of speakers to it (which shouldn`t be hold back by the DAC). On top I want the device to switch between Headphones and Speakers automatically (ARC) or preferably by just pressing a button. To improve the sound of the microphone I`ll be using Voicemeter Banana anyway so the most important aspect to me is clean audio with very low background noise. I also want the Device to look minimalistic/stealthy (black), so most "Gamer oriented" products won`t do the job for me. Lastly I prefer one single device doin everything than a couple of different ones (minimal clutter and cable chaos).
I`m not entirely sure whether or not the ARC checks all those boxes, but I haven`t found anything better to date. What do you think? Do you know of any alternatives?
Regarding the mic quality of the ARC they stated below this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk131m-ix8k&feature=youtu.be&t=363 Tyler Chilton vor 7 Monaten Hey guys - Just quick note on why certain mics may sound tinny. When we designed the microphone circuit we designed it with the full vocal range, from 300hz to 16khz. What this does is pick up pretty much everything from the mic, and it's what the microphones truly sound like. Now most microphone input devices have a cut off at 8khz which removes a lot of the higher end frequencies, and some have low end boosters that make everything sound more warm. We are taking this feedback now and we will most likely be cutting off the high end from 16khz to around 10khz in later revisions of the ARC. So if this is a very important feature to you, you may want to wait until our second revision is release.
To be honest I don`t quite get it, but it might be helpfull for you.
The sennheiser would be an option for me, if it was a bit more stealthy in design and did not filter the mic as much (as you stated).