Just my experience - had the Stax hi-bias jobbie (SRD-7?) and tried it with both a really smooth Dynaco Stereo 70, modified, with a set of original Mullards, as well as a high-ish end SS amp, and the SRM-007Tii handily bested it.  Really, unless you want to spring for a BH, there's no point in...

Actually, the newer Tii is a vastly superior amp.  The thing is, you do not need to run gain very high for the O2s, as they can project the full range of dynamics at lower gain levels than you might believe (try turning them down, you may be shocked), unlike many other ear speakers and their...

The SRM-717 is a very solid (state) amp.  There. FIFY.  Get the SRM-007Ti.  Tubes rule.

Discovered this thread recently and did a little test to see if there's anything to it.  If you want to duplicate this, it's a lot easier than fashioning sorbothane clamps.  I just put both hands on the metal frame and hold on with thumb and fingers, playing around with position and pressure...

This.  I would hate to have to make a decision about a source component (or anything upstream of the transducer) with my Stax Lambdas, for example.  Or the big Maggies.  There simply is no transducer that brings out the reality of a recording like the Omega IIs.  And, they don't resolve as much...

Just my .02 - I cannot imagine making a decision on what a high-end DAC, like the Yggy is capable of in any showroom I've been in.  There are so many variables that you cannot develop a realistic "control," especially when you have, maybe 10 minutes with it.   As to leaving a DAC on, etc., hell...

Y'know, there really is this think known as "audio truth."  Recently, I 've been reintroduced to it through the platform of the Stax Omega IIs and their flagship tube amp.  This, in contradistinction to a 15K amp and speaker combo here, that just can't quite equal the O2s, fed with balanced...

Music, romance, what's not to like?  Personally, I've never heard the 009s and would love to hear them on my systems.  But not enough to buy them.  All's I know is the 007s are miles better than anything else I have for a comparison, and I'm keeping them.

Thanks, LAN for posting that info about the porting.  I think I see what happened there.  Stax got some complaints about the Stax "fart" in the O2s and stupidly put a port in.   Didn't know that, but always thought the bass on my SZ1s was phenomenal, and glad I bought in when I did!

I've been spending significant listening time under the 007s (with the EXCELLENT Stax SRM-007Tii tube amp) lately.  The 202's just aren't in the ballpark, really.  The Omega IIs just get that midrange right - and... I'm beginning to understand just how important that midrange clarity, delivered...

I haven't hear the HV model - my KGSS was one of the first, so I don't want to compare apples to oranges.  KG could undoubtedly explain the differences.  Don't get me wrong, I loved the early KGSS, especially on more dynamic material, but I liked the midrange sweetness of the 007Tii better for...

For me, it's a question of the price point.  As I've posted, I had an early KGSS that did some things better than the SRM007Tii.  I extensively a/b'ed both with all kinds of music I listened to at the time, and I chose the Stax to keep.  Both amps at the time costed about the same.  At the time...

The prejudice on this forum against the Stax flagship amp is amazing!  How loud do you listen to your music, anyway?  The SRM007Tii simply blew away the KGSS I owned.  I've been living with this amp since 2009.  It is absolutely a GREAT choice with the Omega IIs, unless all you listen to is hard...

Not the cheapest, but the best price point is probably the SRM-007Tii.  Blows the 323 out of the water, and also bests the transistor 727s I've heard.  They can be had used, for U.S. voltage in the 1500 dollar range.  The nearest thing to it is the Blue Hawaii at many times more money.  The KGSS...

My short review of the Gungnir.  I ordered this thinking that it must be pretty damn good to garner the acclaim it has here and elsewhere in the high end press.  I was hoping that the newer technology it carried would propel it over my 2002-era DAC, albeit one that cost much more initially, and...