Hello all from Japan!   I'm here on a 4 month exchange, and it just occured to me that pricing should be different here--I mean, places like AC are a tad pricy because of the whole import thing.   I have been looking around for headphones but I barely know what to look for (let alone...

...but I have audiophile aspirations.  I would like to find a full sized headphone amp that would be able to drive the HE 6 and the Etymotic ER 4S.  I would be buying for the future, since I have neither of these phones.  I'm looking for a neutral amp.  I'm not looking for pleasing coloration...

Looking for the best closed over the ear headphones and I´ve narrowed it down to these contenders.   What are your opinions? Which one should have the title?   I know Tyll loves the NAD VISO HP50, so I´m the most interested in that one and the RoomFeel feature interests me ´cause I´m also a...

I was thinking of getting the Etymotic ER 4S because of it neutral, analytical sound, but decided that I want  full sized headphones, because I already have a pair of IEMS (UE Pro fi, with a nice emphasis on the bass, which I like with my iPod when I go the gym, and that is where I only use the...

Hallo All Friends Please share your BEST SQ DAP or DAC / Amp.combo for I Device and Android as SOURCE For Desktop set up 1 month a go I have tried my DAPs and DAC / Amp combo for I Device andnAndroid as my Source for my Desktop set up . The Result not always good as portable source in...

I started a new impressions thread for the stock headphones (with original or replacement cables) because the thread that jerg started has become more technical and focuses on modified headphones.   This is a review in progress. I will update this post or the second post in this thread as I...

What is general consensus on the best matching DAC for this popular combo? Have the phones and amp on order, need to decide on DAC, budget up to $5000. My options so far are Lampizator level 4, Metrum Octave/Hex and Schiit Gungnir. 

Has anybody tried this combo, or do the 009's really need an amp specifically designed with electrostatics in mind. I assume this is not a particularly popular combo as my search did not come up with anything.   Loving my HD800/BHA combo but getting curious about the 009's.

Every headphones I listen nowdays after Stax SR-009 pretty much sounds horrible, unlistenable.   Lately I´ve been looking for good travelling headphones. Closed, preferably having noice cancellation. I tried the Bose QC15, but it sounded absolutely horrible. I don´t why anyone can listen to...

The SR-009 is the new Top Model in the STAX earspeaker line up and STAX will start shipping April 20th.     Diaphragm Newly developed sound element adopts in the SR-009 is a new high polymer ultra-thin film material called super engineering plastics, that is reinforced and much...

 I got a chance to try STAX new SR009. I was invited to try SR009 at Ikuo Tsunoda's home who is a professional audio reviewer. He has a good relationship to STAX as he is also a sound engineer.     His system is based on LINN Klimax DS. This is his new gear, Ripping server with SSD...

The SR009 may gonna be the best headphone around and it has the reputation of being clearer than already very clear sounding sr007. I am intending  to purchase it from pricejapan as it has the most reasonable pricing among all online stores known to me. Or should I wait for more impression...

My impression can be desribed by one word..... Wow!!     Compared to the sr007a, the sr009 definately sound clearer and more spacious. Female vocal performance is sublime on these cans.The only redeeming quality that sr007 has is its comparatively more laidback and warm sound. However they...

I now have a different pair as I had to return my original ones because of trouble with the right driver (I suppose). The signal didn’t completely go out but after a couple of days the channels became very unbalanced with very little sound coming from the right. I thought it might be the used...

As above , do all stax headphones including the sr009 need to burn in?

Both are excellent systems but which one has the edge on details, imaging, speed , tone? In other words which is the most neutral, natural and capable headphone when driven by a BHSE?

Will there be any Stax SR009s at the RMAF-CanJam to audition?    Or at any other Audio shows over the next couple of months? 

  Out of pure interest, I'm posting my impressions of my current two favourite headphones with different types of music. I'd previously pegged the LCD-2s as being great with hotter recordings, such as pop music and less great with violin-laden classical, purely due to the frequency response...

Hello guys, what do you recommend as my next purchase?   I share the love for a very balanced neutral and un-coloured  set true to the source.   What do you guys recommend?

Where in between would you place LCD-3 and SR-009 in my charts?   Treble chart   1. HD800 (brightest) 2. T1 3. D7000 * 4. LCD-2 / HD600 ** 5. HD650 (darkest)   * D7000 is fairly bright, but unfortunately the treble is very spiky and harsh   ** I gave LCD-2 and HD600 a...

I've always been wondering this -- at what price point does the margin of diminishing returns hit the peak, for headphones?   For example, I'm listening to my Beyer DT880-600 right now and they hold a solid ground against my much more expensive D7000's. Though given I am listening off a pretty...

Just curious. Has anyone ever listened to and compared Stax SR-009 (with Woo Audio's WES) with any set of speakers from Wilson Audio? I'm thinking of switching from speakers to headphones.

I am planning to buy the SR-009 headphones. My plan in the future is to get the RSA A10 Thunderbolt for them and also use it as pre-amp in my speaker system. In the meantime I need to go with a less expensive amplifier so I am looking to buy a Stax package.   I have been told that the...

Hi Head Fier Friends   I would like to share my new set up with Stax as follow   Source : April Music CD Player Stello CDA 500   DAC : by end of May April Music Eximus DP 1 as pure DAC   Pre Amp : Tube Pre Amp T + A  P 10.2   Power Amp : Solid State Stax Srm 727 Mk2   Cable : use all...

So,.... can anyone "enlighten" me on these three headphones ?   I want to buy a pair, but have no idea which ones because;   1. I can't find any threads comparing them 2. I can't find any place to audition them here in Toronto, Canada.