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PriceJapan is up again. The manager was hospitalized, which accounts for the complete communication cut off. Thanks to paradoxper for the tip-off. This is what was posted on the site:       2016-08-05  We will resume our work from Aig 08      Really sorry for long-day...

Just wanted to say that PriceJapan came to a halt because the manager was hospitalized, which is posted on the website. I've already gotten my headphones through another proxy service, but I could probably recommend PriceJapan now that he is about to get the business up and running again.

  It's only been about a month for me, but I am in a similar situation. I have more than $1k on the line on Stax headphones, and PriceJapan refuses to reply to my emails or give me a shipping notice. I have the feeling that I'm not getting my order, or at least in any time that could be...

Well, I think I'm going to pull the plug on my PriceJapan order. There have been too many recent accounts of them never shipping or replying to recent customers. Regardless of how reliable they have been in the past for others, they have clearly been terrible recently. A month, many emails, and...

  I did a few hours after I ordered. They stated that the order may need a little longer to ship than normal, around 1 week. Unfortunately, that's the last that I ever heard from them.

  I actually ordered the L700 from PJ at about the exact same time as you did. And I'm in the same exact same boat. They will not respond to emails. This is my first order with them, but I have kind of resigned myself to the fact that they're either having stock and/or communication issues. I...

I can confirm that the Vali is very, very nice with HD800s. I am using the Odac with these. Compared to the O2 amp these are a big step up in smoothness and expansiveness, while avoiding any loss of clarity (i.e. stereotypical tube muddiness) or obvious emphasis in any region. Some tracks that...

Quote:   Well, I really have no way to test this on a stock HD800 myself, as I don't feel like ripping out the foam inside mine. I can assure you that it is an improvement with the Anax 2.0 if you would ever be inclined to try it. Nothing fancy going on. Just flattening out the mids and...

Quote:   I would have to agree that the K701 is a good headphone, something that I didn't always believe. EQ down that mid peak and you have the most neutral headphone you will get in its price range. Could afford to have a little more bass though. DT880 bass plus K701 everything else...

Yes, they have a thinner compressed timbre that is not natural in stock form. It is caused by a dip in the mids followed by a wild swing up to 6k. It's not unlistenably bad, but still a fundamental flaw in a headphone that aims for supreme neutrality. It is extremely apparent if you listen to...

Tonally, I have found the HD800 somewhat underwhelming in stock form. I thought my stock SR-Lambda, an almost 35 year old headphone, to have superior tonality. I love many things that the stock HD800 did, but it didn't ultimately satisfy.   Fast forward to the present, I have put Anax 2.0...

Quote:   Certainly. Considering the fact that a factory refurbished HD800 with original warranty is less, you would really have to love the LCD-2 beyond doubt to buy at that price. Hopefully the site made a mistake and the bamboo price remains unchanged.

For those wishing to dabble in cables - I personally don't care for changing cables in the name of SQ, but if you must, make sure that it is on a headphone that you love and want to keep (preferably forever). Changing out cables is not something you should do to fix a headphone. It won't work...

People hate it (justifiably so) because it is representative of our superficial society. It is a pay $200+ buy into an image club. People convince themselves that they sound the best so that they have no feelings of guilt and remorse to complicate their lives. In that regard, the Solos are...

Wow, no wonder you totally screwed up the FR. I'm not sure if even 300Ω would be safe from that thing.

Purrin just be hatin'!

Quote:   I don't think it really competes, but it is a pretty nice headphone regardless with a similarly bright tuning. I would call it a good value. You probably have to step up to electrostatics and high-end orthos (HE-6) before you can consider competing from a performance perspective...

I just got to reading your review, Max. Very nice job. You didn't single-handedly convince me, but you have encouraged me to save up and purchase an HD800. After hanging around Stax, I have found that overblown bass (relatively speaking) completely takes me out of my element and hinders my...

Quote:   I was more talking about the KSC-35 vs the KSC-75. Still a fantastic driver for the price either way, though.

Because that other time that a company titanium-coated an existing driver, it was an improvement. *Cough!* *Koss* *Cough!* Maybe it will work this time around.

I was talking about the second version. I'm just too lazy to type the end numerals. The HD598 just sounds cleaner, more refined and less congested. I find that it is clearly more resolving with the most demanding music. I hear better extension and a little less recess in the upper registers...