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Originally Posted by PiccoloNamek
Stax Sigma/404: Now these I liked.  Out of all of the headphones at the whole meet, these had the most balanced and even frequency response, and clearly beat out all of the others in terms of speed, detail, etc. But seriously. I listened to every headphone there and none of them had the same combination of excellent qualities that my Stax headphones have. It seemed like each and every one of them had some kind of problem; peaks and dips in the frequency response, too slow, too bassy, too much treble, etc.
The only other 'phones that came close were the HD600s. The 600s and my Stax are very comparable in terms of overall presentation. The stats take everything good about the 600 sound and add in the speed and detail that only an electrostatic headphone can give. As someone there (I think it was Fitz) remarked "Senns with speed..." |
"Senns with speed...?" Sounds like something I should listen to. This is, I take it, a Sigma enclosure with SR-404 drivers? So it's basically a Sigma Pro with updated drivers...
I think that most, if not all, of the SR-404's problems are due to the enclosure while the drivers themselves are excellent, so I can really see how the Sigma/404 could be an excellent headphone.
"Senns with speed" also sounds a bit like a well-driven O2; though the O2 - well, much like the Senns, actually - has the potential to sound quite bad in the wrong rig.