Oh huh! Actually really not bad at all

How does it sound? Especially in comparison to some modern planars?

Its truly incredible that they don't look any different inside than from one from the 1950s, Also remind me to get new pads for them~ Beautiful~

Yamaha HP-1 Anistropic Cant believe I bought the entire headphone on a whim since it had its cable cut off, otherwise even the headband is still is good condition and not cracked

Interesting! I only know of the Koss Pro/450 that also has them but it's the earpds that move too. Doesn't work btw

Interesting so the drivers are on a universal joint? Smol boi

Also does anyone have any advice to rotate the drivers on the SA5000 off? No matter how much or which direction, the drivers just won't budge or twist SA3000 for comparison Unfortunately the baffles are different but other than that and the extra layer of black felt on the SA5000, same driver

The ATH-W1000Z, I think this was the first time I was actually taken back by a construction of a headphone Standard audio-technica construction so far, the generous foam ring actually make them very comfy The rarely seen other side of the wooden cups. No coating or varnish at all. It's a...

Pretty much agreed, a similar thing goes for the original Lambda. The original Lambda is just, so well done that everything seems to be tuned perfectly. It's a shame the glue is gone in mine... Still squeals when first charged on pro bias, as much as I got the dust out as I could. Amazing...

A very cheap ATH-A500Z driver And uh, was doing some repairs and de-dusting to a Star SR-Lambda Signature

It's definitely something they do, especially for the wooden models but I also imagine there would be some tuning at the very least. These despite all the good stuff they do, really do sound cavernous and almost echoey which for me pretty much ruins them. It's a big shame because the mids and...

Audio-Technica, again you dissapoint with your lack of dampening... ATH-A100Ti At first glass the driver looks dissapointing, especially for how much these sold for and that a lot of audio-technica's even then had metal fron baffles. But the entire baffle plate isn't plastic, it's fibreglass...

How do they compare to the lambda signature? Looking at the construction, this is entirely Pioneer made. The driver design with the support is actually more in common with Koss than Stax designs. Stax did A LOT of OEMs and not just the Micro Seiki or SR-3 OEMs but this doesn't have a single...

OOOOOO~ wait were you the one who snagged the recent auction?

Gamma and SR-5N do sound different but they also have very different pads as well. The Gamma is actually more like a superaural and my ears hurt wearing them~. But yeah, I think for that driver type, the housing really makes a big difference and the sr-x Mk3 has become one of my most favourite...

Iirc it's a lot thicker yet looser

Partly, the damping and the shell are very different too. Other wise the SR-5N and SR-X Mk3 and SR-Gamma/Alpha all share the exact same driver.

I do like the idea of having different pad options. That was one of the big modifiers to the sound signature on the SR-X Mk3 and SR-5 Gold. Both had the same driver but the SR-X Mk3 had superaural pads since Stax believed it would be more neutral. On the other hand, the SR-5 had circumaural...

The driver definitely looks to be similar in size and I'm surprised it's using quite a simple pattern, in contrast to the more complicated ones of the older stax. I half expected them to make another mesh model like the original SR-X. They should be circumaural though since even with the...

Also I had thought it might be a shared driver, but the driver is completely unique to the ES10

Just amazing they fit that large of a driver into that small of a headphone

Greq.... Where did you get all of them?

The announcement was made through Fujiya-AVIC as one of the main attractions for the 2024 Winter Headphone Festival https://www.fujiya-avic.co.jp/shop/pg/1headphonefes-2024wt/

I dont like the cup design that much but I love the headband assembly design, very much like the old Stax and actually much more comfortable and nice than it looks. Given a flat and neutral response it's definitely meant as a sucessor to the original SR-X, so pro-oriented too. That and it...

It's announced! I was spot on, new entry level round Stax