Just a quick update: received my SR-009s on Wednesday, April 6th and have had some time with them but
hardly enough - these are Headphone crack(early impressions). First impressions so far: you put them on and
enter a musical world - they put you in the music - the music is all around me and I'm in it. This is to say that, compared
to my highly vaunted and loved HD800s from 2008(or when they were first introduced), The Stax Sr009s allow me into
the studio or venue as compared to the HD800s which place you in the audience. More to follow but it is early. Impressions
of the build quality and comfort are unsurpassed - these headphones literally disappear. As with all my listening sessions,
I close my eyes and am immersed.
I'm using the following chain for my eargasmic pleasure:
MBP (using bitperfect) -> DAC1 USB -> Stax SRM-006tII -> Stax SR-009
HD800 setup:
MBP(using bitperfect) -> DAC1 USB -> Headamp GS-1 -> HD800
PICTURES!!!: cause really, what's a post in head-fi without 'em, right?
about the Stax Energiser used:
Stax SRM-006tII
The movement toward wider band ranges in the world of audio is evident. For example, in the appearance of SACD and DVD audio,
it is much like the mega-pixel of CCD light-receiving elements in digital cameras.
What will CCDs, which have already topped the 10 million mark, carry out?
It isn’t simply a question of images not deteriorating as a result of enlargement.
The real benefits come from the ability to show every single human eyelash with absolute clarity and
from the richness of gradation of shading.Electrostatic earspeaker systems are being reassessed as next-generation
audio systems that make it possible to achieve an astonishingly wide range and now, their real value is being recognized.
Vacuum tube output stage transformer made possible by use of the electrostatic method, ideal pure balance operation
with no need for an inverted circuit, a DC amplified configuration… The new SRM-006tII has evolved into a new territory with
wider band range and detailed refinements.