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post #196 of 199
4/13/13 at 1:52am
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Originally Posted by Scottsmrnyc View Post

LETS DO IT AGAIN.  I SAY!   I will be back in Japan from December 5, 2013 to December 12, 2013.  This trip will find me in Osaka, Kyoto and possibly Hiroshima.  I am not against the idea of a day trip to the Tokyo area.  I have contacted two Osaka based audio companies- Onkyo and Zander Audio. I  await a response from them.  I did enjoy visiting the very high end audio shop in Akahabara, who's name I have now forgotten. It was located in the multi floored building that housed the large headphone shop and the Mcintosh dealership.  I think it would be really cool to interview either the Headphone Shop or the High End store.  I don't want to make things too complicated, but perhaps we could do a video interview for the next one?  This might cut down on the cost to translate text. 

Thank you all for the terrific work; am happy to contribute w/translation needs etc., am a native English and Japanese speaker, and move regularly between the US and Japan.  Although new to headphones, completely overwhelmed by STAX.

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post #197 of 199
4/13/13 at 1:51pm

I understand better now why it takes more than 2 months to get an SR-009 !

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post #198 of 199
5/16/13 at 8:22am
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The interview was small, brief, and understated. I can't think of a company that is so much the opposite of what the consumer headphone scene has become. Stax is the anti-Beats. No bravado, no slick outward styling. Certainly no celebrity endorsements!

I think it's awesome that they've let the enthusiast audience reach out to them and I also wonder if they realize the relative pull that Head-Fi has that may be able to pump at least a little more life and longevity into their endeavors. It would be a sad world if a company this dedicated to quality sound simply died out. I'm sure some of the electrostatic fanatics would DIY to pick up the slack, but it wouldn't be the same.

Well, I've pretty much decided that I will have a Stax set-up when I'm out of debt.

You hit the nail on the head regarding the whole anti publicity way in which Stax seem to conduct themselves. In most markets the very best sell themselves and are subject to waiting lists.
This was such a great write up thank you so much to scott and arnaud and currawong you are all great ambassaodors for headfi and an inspiration.
Disastermouse I can assure you you'll enjoy your stax set up but pleaselgo to a meet and try a few flavours first you can decide to go either new or vintage (or both)
Some of the vintage sells for a lot more than it cost to start with and takes quite some amping
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post #199 of 199
5/16/13 at 3:29pm
Thank you very much for this great article! I never realised that Stax was such a small company. I own a Stax 4040II system and it's great, so right away I became a fan of Stax products. Because Stax is not advertising, It's very nice that some other Stax afficionados went to the factory for an interview. Otherwise we wouldn't have learned these things about the brand.
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