In July 2022, I found a buddy who painted Echizen lacquer on wooden bowls in Xianyu (the largest 2nd hand market in China operated by Alibaba), and found that he was good at maki-e and could paint all kinds of cranes, orchids, and cherry blossoms. It looks like this: At that time, I made some...

There are 2 screws on the plug to adjust the grounding. One is made by silver and the other one is made by plastic. To adjust it to preamp/poweramp/digital/wall mode only require 2 screws. I think it only makes difference when you are using Stealth power cord in your whole system to get a star...

Yes. Still available.

Is it 2.5 or 2.1mm?

You can choose from Takatsuki 300B $1700 matched pair WE 300B Reissue $1500 matched pair TJ Fullmusic 300B/Q or 300B around $700 matched pair but you probably can't get new one for this one. Second hand one around $600 per pair. This is the stock tube of Shangri-La Haven't used any 300B worse...

Price: USD $4300 / AUD $6000 Item Condition: 8.5/10 Shipping Options: Pickup available but audition is not available.,Shipping is included in price. Suburb or Town: Eastwood State: NSW Payment Method: Paypal, EFT, Cash on Pickup Reason for selling: No longer needed Further information: Bought...

Price: USD $2800 / AUD $4000 Item Condition: 9/10 Shipping Options: to Anywhere Item Location: Sydney, Australia Payment Method: Paypal, EFT, Cash on Pickup etc Reason for selling: No longer needed Further information: Up for sale a Stealth Cable V16 Dream Power cord (Universal). It can be...

I would say Hifiman R10 (either dynamic or planar version) has no relationship with original R10 at all. Not to mention the cheap $5 woodcup, the sound is not similar to original at all. Hifiman do make good headphones like Susvara and HD1000 etc, but the R10 series is a joke and they are so...

I am the first batch user of ES-R10 (my serial number is #6 and I am a private friend of the producer). I also have an R10 with a #1 driver. Overall speaking they are quite similar with some difference. The difference is marginal. It is hard to tell if your amp is not good enough. But if your...

Item Condition: Good Downsizing my gears as I have too many electrostatics. I am the second owner, purchased it 2 months ago from China. SN is #1048. It is one of the first bach 009S. The cosmetic condition is good with some small scratches. Sonically perfect. Please check the photo. Come...

I have good relationship with the boss of local distributor personally so that I only pay some deposit. After it released I pay the rest before shipping.

I don't think there are 40 in China. The first batch to China is around 10, since then only a few people order at the first day received their X9000 after 1 month. There are a few people order at the 16~17 Sept still didn't received. I got mine from Japan at the first day of release. But I...

Not only US, a lot of Chinese customers also waiting for the X9000. Probably only Japanese customers can take sort of advantage, but the quantity is very limited at the moment. I got the X9000 from first day of release, I order it before it reveal to public (at 11th Sept). My friend ordered at...

If you are happy to buy a new headphone for $1500 and after one year the second hand value drops to $500 then you can go ahead to buy their product. I used to have a Edition X. They advertised for 10,000 CNY for the new one and I purchased it for 7,500 new. After one year I can only sell it for...

Suavara is probably the only headphone from Hifiman that do not depreciate more than half in value in 1 year. The price control of HIFIMAN is horrible. The build quality sometimes good sometimes bad, Susvara is probably good. But Shangri-La I can't say it is good. The reason that Shangri-La...

There is an old saying that never buy anything from Hifiman.

If the difference between 009S and OEMGA is minor then a fair condition pair of OMEGA wouldn't worth $9000+............. plus OMEGA is very easy to fail due to its age.

I would say. X9K and 009 do share similar sound signature (tuning), inherent from STAX's gene But other than that, they are totally different headphones. I won't say the different is marginal. Compare with X9000, the 009/009S is much forward sounding, with smaller soundstage and more focus on...

I would say it is definitely the best headphone Stax made after 2000 (not sure of the omega as I've not listened to it) But there are still something not enough for not for everyone's taste. But in this thread he use 3ES Elite, maybe this is why he feel the bass is not a issue.

Wish I could add CRBN to the collection someday.

I've put my 007 on for a while. Yes, it is more relaxed and less forward sounding than 007. Actually I think X9K is too 'polite', everything is always well arranged in a good manner, sometimes you feel that it lack of sort of excitement.

The overall treble performance is similar to 009S. The upper mid/treble is slightly smoother and well controlled than 009S, while still have good dynamics. It is slighly darker than 009. I am not quite sure about the definition of imaging. But X9000 do provide a more vivid picture than 009S...

1a. The headband itself is fixed, but you can adjust two small blocks to make it fit your head. It is similar with design of SR009/009S. I think my head is relatively large and it fits just well. It should fit most of people. 1b. The arc is made by metal and 009S arc is made by plastic. It is...