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Originally Posted by brat  But the ARE making SOME amps which are not so much cheaper than some of the best amps discussed here. If they're not interested to make a high end amplification for their flagship model they would'n compromise themselves with bad amps which are in this price range. They just should disconitnue the production (most of the headphone manufactors do not make amplifiers). Moreover I'm sure that making a good amp will be far more advantageous to Stax than to Headamp/Woo audio/RSA/...
Summary: They want to make amps and they do it. Obviously it's not a matter of financial interest.
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the reason most headphone manufacturers dont make amps is because they dont care if you drive their headphones properly.
you can run dynamic headphones out of any source equipped with a headphone jack, it wont always sound good, but most people wont notice the difference anyway. you cant do this with stats, as they cant be run out of an ipod or computer without some kind of adapter or amp, so if stax didnt make their own amps, people wouldnt be buying their headphones.
as for stax amps costing almost as much as the non stax amps.
those amps are small scale productions sold directly by the manufacturers without any markup, which doesnt require various dealers making a profit, or huge quantities of worldwide warranty service.
