With the expense of SR009/amp, would you sell all your components/headphones and just end up with one? Or is there still enough variety in sound that it is worth holding onto other headphones/amps/combos? I am trying to figure out if I should save money for a few months to get the Stax set-up or...

Having heard great things about the WEE scaling well with great amps, I thought I would start my foray into stats by powering them with my Liquid Fire + WEE.    For those of you that have done this, and used your 1/4" out on your amp to go into the speaker taps of the WEE, what was the cable...

Is there a headphone amp in this price range to drive the SR-009 great?   Please give me some recommendations. I might just afford the SR-009, but definitely can´t afford a 5000$ amp.

Hi   I'm thinking of buying myself a pair of Stax SR-009. I think I will try to build a KGSS or BHSE but in the meantime I want an amplifier.  I'm thinking of buying a 252 because it's small and portable. I'm curious if this amplifier is a bad match for the 009s? Has anybody compared the...

Mini-Review: Stax SR-009 published on November 11, 2012 - download a printable 6-page PDF version of this mini-review Intro I've been an owner of the HeadAmp BHSE for just over 3 years so far, which I use with the Stax SR-007 (OII MKI). My opinion of the OII/BHSE is that it forms the...

After several years rolling tubes like my life depended upon it - I have finally found what, in my personal view, is the best tube combination for my trusty WOO WES amp. They are:   4  x  Telefunken ECC803s in the 6SL7 slots using the necessary adapters;   4  x  Mullard EL37 (fat bottle...

This thread can be a place to find the most 'dangerous' songs out there. The songs that make you tremor in fear of them being played on your Stax 009's, or HD800's. Kinda funny, cuz halloween is coming up. I'll start with Gangnam Style: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0 The bass...

While I was browsing these forums, I heard people mentioning "This headphone is the closest you can get to STAX headphones" and I saw a thread named "Would you give up your entire collection of headphones for this STAX headphone?" (I forgot the name). I noticed that STAX headphones are generally...

Hello everyone:   I don't know if this thread goes to this forum, if not I'd like the moderator moves it to the right place, anyway I have something important to ask those who have experience with electrostatic headphones and amplifiers. I have no experience with them and recently my...

Dear STAX friends,   Actually I was quite happy with my current head phone rig, the SR 007 & SRM-007t Mk2 driver. But, life happens to be anything but predictable, especially while reading in this very forum, and later "googeling" , whether one of those new and fancy  “009” phones might...

***Update*** Date has been changed to Saturday, November 3rd, 2012. Sorry about that.   OK, here it is, finally!   ***Update*** I have confirmed a location and time for the meeting:   The meet will be from 11:00am until 4:30pm on Saturday, November 3rd.   The meet will be held...

Aside from Stax, HD800, T1, & Audeze LCDx what else are on the market if you own those already?

This in an interesting article in the SMH re the history of headphones - previously on Mashable.  Has anyone heard the Orpheus?   http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mp3s/listen-up-a-brief-history-of-headphones-20120927-26mjx.html

Hi all,   I was in the process of converting some of my old lossy AAC to ALAC and in quite a few tracks I noticed that I was very hard pressed trying to hear a difference between my old 160kbps AAC vs the newly recorded ALACs. This is listening through my Benchmark DAC1 Pre (USB...

Just curious... or are you guys only going to satisfied until you've gotten the Stax SR009? ...Because I've pretty much reached my pinnacle, the Alessandro MS-Pro's. They are definitely end-game for me! Heaps of clarity and detail yet doesn't render My Bloody Valentine's 'Loveless'...

do you guys with the sr-009 (or any other stax headphone) encounter this? like if you move your jaw with the headphones on your head, there's a static clipping in the headphones. ths seems to happen more on the right side for me than the left. is this normal?

I posted this in the Head Gear section, but I thought I'd add it here. I bought MorbidToaster's Calyx DAC out of curiosity and shameless consumerism and this is what I thought of it.   With the nuclear power stations across Japan almost all shut off, our electricity supplier threatened us...

Hi all, I am looking at my first foray into the high end headphone market. I currently have a HD650 headphone, but like every audiophile, I want the best sound obtainable.   So i'm looking at purchasing the Stax SR-009. Trouble is i'm not sure what amp to pair it with. After reading through...

hi guys,   i just got my SR009 and 007a. I run the 007a as a power amp, meaning full volume with a pre-amp before it. i think the sound quality is amazing. but it is indeed a tad on the bright side (in fact quite bright for my liking).   i wonder if anyone here has any experience on how...

Ok, I have enjoyed the high-end section for quite a long time but lately I feel this thread is polluted with the common seeking for advices for headphones from the equipment section . Please take no offense, I just want to have a clean 2end forum and don't want a messy place like the current...

Hi guys.   Finally after thinking a complementary models for my HD800 & WA2 I,ve decided to start with electrostactic headphones -the DAC I own allows to connect 2 differents integrated amps for its RCA analoge outputs- and a couple days ago I,ve acquired a Stax SR-009. Now Im looking for an...

Hi all, has anyone here successfully bought headphones from PriceJapan.com?  I see the prices of Stax SR-009 is over a £1000 cheaper once you do the currency conversion into pounds. My question is will you be charged VAT and import duty? or is it like any normal package coming from abroad and...

Hi all, has anyone here successfully bought headphones from PriceJapan.com?  I see the prices of Stax SR-009 is over a £1000 cheaper once you do the currency conversion into pounds. My question is will you be charged VAT and import duty? or is it like any normal package coming from abroad and...

My gear consists of a Musical Fidelity M1HPA connected to a DIY USB dac made for me by a friend who knows what he's doing, and he said to me this DAC trumps most things you'll hear in stores. He also made a cable to use between the M1 and the DAC. The DAC is connected via an Audioquest Forrest...

Recently I have a renewed interest in really upping my musical listening experience and have jumped in deep.  Got my Etymotic hf3's in my ears right now following 100 hours of burn-in (33 white, 33 pink, 33 brown) and another 100 of mixed music from my library  and they sound way way better then...