I´ve heard the HE-1 two times at the HighEnd in Munich. The last time for about 30 minutes. To my ears it was like a sounded Stax 009. But we all know, that the music they choose for the demonstration, makes it hard to compare to other headphones. EQ a 009s on a BHSE or Carbon is 95% to...

overwhelming difference...... maybe adding some bass.

Hi Andre, Some may say that i´m wrong so i can only speak for my hearing experience. To my ears, even i really like the sounding of Elektrostatic speakers, there will be some distortion at unhealthy high music loudness. I use a BHSE and a KGSS next to the original STAX AMP, so the amplification...

Bass and mid/high tone on the diaphragm will always lead to some distortion. That is why planar loudspeaker Manufacturer split the bass section to avoid that. The bigger the stroke on the diaphragm the worse it sounds. A lot of planar demos at the HighEnd Munich suffer from "the too loud"...

Hi, how loud is your preferred listening level? Imo electrostatic sytems are not made for very loud hearing and full range planar loudspeakers do have a problem with heavy bass and extreme dynamics at high hearing level. For me, one of the advantages of the 009/009s is the level of information...

1 on my early April 009S 2 on the 2nd 009 2012

@Klonk, Inexxon might be interesting for you. He is in Germany and offer the new Inexxon Sirius High Precision Amp. As i know he is connected to Andreas Rauenbühler who made the High Amp Alpha Centauri V7 for Stax Headphones More stuff on his web site.

They are very close to each other and i think the 009S get equal if you like to use more volume. Maybe the electrodes made that difference. I still feel the 009S is more sensestive or different in potential on good recording qualities. On better recording quality i like the 009S more.

I thought using my Esoteric D-02 as DAC and Preamp is the best way to feed my Amp´s, Loudspeaker and Headphone. Since i have a new Gruensch-audio Power-amp with no volume control in my system i was a little bit disappointed as i discovered a slight hum, generated by the DAC. So i had to add a...

It`s here. Out of Box, first impression 009S is slightly softer in upper mid tone and surprise surprise less bass tone. Hope this will change.:angry:

Same to me on german distributor.

For the very short impression of the HE-1 i think it has some potential for a real deep bass and smooth, not to shrill heigh tone but still a lot detail. Yes, for my taste it sound better than my 009/BHSE combo but for a serious comparison of DAC/Amp/Headphone set, i would like to choose out...

As a Chiron driver it is allowed to park inside the show! joking,---- that was the Car HiFi BURMESTER sound presentation object. In fact, this is my car. Not to far away from the entrance too.

What a happy day. They had the HE1, the MSB Stax-amp and the new STAX Flagship amp for testing at the Munich HighEnd show. Very subtile first impressions: the STAX Amp sounded flat on 009 and 007mkII, but that may result on music choice and quality they offered from the music server. MSB was...

have the 4040 signature + srm 006tII-- and a 007 MKII and 009 now on BHSE. As the 009 was brand new on market my amp still was the 006mkII and that 009 was a dramatic change in over all sound quality. Upgrade to a d-02 DAC and a BHSE improved the system too but the 009 was the key component imo.