I've got a new pair of 307s and a just-bought SRM-T1W driver.  Music comes through heavily distorted, with a strange, warbling tone fading in & out.   My problem is trying to determine if this is the earspeakers or the driver.  I suspect the driver, both because the phones are brand-new and...

I am the new owner of a Stax SRM-T1 and Lambda Pro earspeakers.  The sound of this 20 year-old system is quite exemplary.  I have only one issue: the headphones are extremely large, especially from the front.  I normally wouldn't care, but I work on a trading floor and these things produce...

Does anyone know if it's possible for a DIY Hi Fi Chazz 2 OTL headphone amp to drive Stax electrostatic headphones, with a suitable adapter?

My current setup is AT 900LTD cans, MHDT USB DAC, DiyHiFi Chazz Mk II OTL headphone amp.   I pretty much listen ONLY to 50s 60s jazz.  What's most important to me is proper timbre, fleshed-out tone & body, then dynamics, then nuance & detail.   I am interested in replacing the MHDT...

Have the Bottlehead now, which I built a few years ago.  Very nice headphone amp.  Overkill, though, in terms of power (2W).  Am considering trying the Chazz and/or the Woo 3.  Anyone heard 2 or even 3 of these?   My cans are AT 900 Ltd and AKG 701s.   I am probably going to order the...

I have decided to buy a pair of electrostatic headphones.  Have never heard a pair.  I know I completely love electrostatic speakers *except* for their severely challenged macrodynamics - a limitation that apparently doesn't exist or is far lesser in magnitude with speakers strapped to your...

Is there such a thing as a single-ended electrostat headphone amp?  I have not seen one and am wondering if there is something about the way stats are driven that favors push-pull.   (They are generally quite efficient so it doesn't seem to be a matter of power.)

Thought I would start a new thread since it turns out what I am looking for is not really "cost no object".   My ceiling is $1000. My music is 50s-60s jazz (mostly) and some rock - jazz is the priority! I now own AT 900 Ltds and like them very much but after five years would just like...

What are the top of the heap, other than Stax? And how much $ are we talking - the $1000 range.   I have a $30K main system and am looking at the prospect of having to do a lot more listening with headphones - which right now I use only at the office. I listen to AT 900 Ltds there. Just...

Posted this on AA and got no responses - thought I'd try here.   Just ordered one of these for the office after I thought my MHDT DAC broke (but it turns out it didn't). Here is my question: which of the two DAC chips is used for the headphone output? I have looked at the...