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Ccatscratch replied to the thread How is it possible to rate the "naturalness" or how correct timbre is on a headphone?!.OP is correct in that you never know what things in the studio sounded like. Which is why "natural" to me simply means "believable."...
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Cno 3rd stage current source in the 700s. reason: no current production >700v pnp transistors. first 2 stages identical to 717. 3rd and...
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Ccatscratch replied to the thread The Stax Thread III.Isn't the 700s just an updated 717? In that case yeah, it should be pretty good with the 007. The 717 was a little bit underpowered for...
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Ccatscratch replied to the thread Stax SR-007A earpad orientation.Point the seam roughly at your temple. This way the fat part of the pad is somewhere between on the bottom and at the back. The...
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Ccatscratch replied to the thread Summit-Fi Random Thoughts.L700 just has that sibilant edge period. It has peaks in the highs, to my ears at 5.5k, 7.5k, and 11k, but of course everyone will hear...
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Ccatscratch replied to the thread HD 600 and HD 650 are now the same cost. Which one?.They're quite close honestly. Either one will do fine. I think the 650 is slightly smoother sounding and a bit more resolving, while the...
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Ccatscratch replied to the thread Best gaming mice.There's a Superlight 2 that's exactly the same shape. Some reviews have mentioned early firmware issues so I'd make sure to update the...
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Ccatscratch replied to the thread The Stax Thread III.Yeah the whole EQ one headphone to sound like another thing never worked for me. They just don't, unless they were already very close to...
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Ccatscratch reacted to darth nut's post in the thread STAX OMEGA4 compared to Omega1 / Omega2 / Omega3 with Like.Stax Omega4 compared to Omega1/Omega2/Omega3 February 2024 Amidst the thousands of conventional stereo recordings that I sampled...
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Ccatscratch replied to the thread The Stax Thread III.I'm not gonna weigh in on the 009 vs 007 debate, but I do want to say that the mk2.9 or w/e 007 is in no way dark to my ears. Yes, it...
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Ccatscratch replied to the thread The Stax SR-L500 and SR-L700 Impressions Thread.Electronic music is hit and miss on estats. It's not that they don't have bass, it's that a lot of electronic music is mixed for club...
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Ctl;dr: From an objective standpoint, the only merits of the HE1000se are a slightly improved frequency response in regard to the 4.7 kHz...
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Ccatscratch replied to the thread The Stax Thread III.Yeah, I hear noises from my wireless mouse too sometimes. There's a lot of EM interference on a desk that has both computer and audio...
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Ccatscratch replied to the thread When is Headphone “High End”.High end is a combination of different factors. From an engineering standpoint, high-end usually means little to no compromise. You...
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Ccatscratch replied to the thread Stax L700MkII and D50 ... sounds bad.....Yeah TOTL prices are rapidly spiraling out of control, and it's kinda ridiculous. Still it's what the market will bear I suppose. But...