I've actually been thinking of the same setup as pixelcity's for the last few months, only difference is that I'll probably get them from a Canadian dealer, whom told me I'll get some warranty.   I'm just a bit worried about the channel imbalances which seem to plague electrostats. Is it a...

Post your impressions later! What were your previous headphones?

Is there any authorized Stax dealers in Canada? Can't seem to find any.

Thanks for the link. I'm actually in Canada, and it says they cannot ship to my address. I could probably hit up Sennheiser Canada for a replacement stock cable, but I just wanted to see what's out there other than the stock cable. Ideally I'm looking for something that's less than $50. So far...

Has anyone here bought any HD650 cables from ebay? My stock cable is starting to wear out at the ends. I'm just looking for ones that are well built, sturdy, and are made from nice material. Also relatively cheap. I'm seeing some of them are under $50 (some from China, some from the USA), and I...

If you want the Dayton B652's, solen.ca has them for $40. In an email they told me its from the good batch (not the bad batch that plagued the earlier months this year). I didn't buy from them, so I don't know what shipping and their service is like, but its worth a try.

If you're in the US, from time to time Amazon.com has the BS22's (I have them, I think they're really good for its price, although I got them at a higher price) on sale, usually $79.99 or $89.99 compared to its normal ~$120. I think the last time this happened was a week or two ago. So if you're...

I didn't swap the tubes over, but what I did was took them both off, blew some air, and plugged them back in. Now the problem is gone. I guess there was just some dust or something like that. Thanks for your help though.

So while I'm waiting for new tubes to come in, I stuck back some stock Lyr tubes (GE 6BZ7) in. They have only been used for about 100 hours. Every time I turn the volume knob (no music playing, headphones plugged in), I can hear a slight "screech"-like noise on the left side. It also happens...

The Pioneer BS22 is a $100 bookshelf speaker that sounds really good IMO. Pair that with a decent and cheap T-amp (Indeed TA2021 or a Topping TP21 for example) and you have a really nice setup. There's better options for your budget, but if you ever need a cheaper pair with a cheap amp, there...

I don't own any of that setup, but I'm sure its going to sound absolutely amazing. Congrats on the setup. You should check out innerfidelity's review on the 009's with a variety of end game amps here if you haven't already.

What do you think of its comfort? May get one as an upgrade sooner or later from my HD650 (which is super comfortable).

I haven't used the Little Dot MK III, but the Bottlehead Crack is absolutely fantastic with the HD650!

Sweet! The SR 507 on staxusa.com went down to $925 from the $1000+ they were before... really thinking of getting one as my first electrostat headphones.   I'm upgrading from a HD650 with a Lyr/Bifrost, I'm looking towards the 407 or 507 (400 dollar difference??) as well as a amp for them...

So I just went to Moon-Audio's page to look at the specs again and I found that the price for the headphones are now $625. Add solid state amp total is still $1000, so I guess only difference is that if you buy the cans by itself its now $125 more. Considering the initial impressions it looks...

So recently the past few days it seemed like the left side of my HD650's was... a bit lower in detail and volume. Best way to explain it is that it seemed most of the music was a bit concentrated in the middle-right side of my head rather than directly in the middle. Bass felt more impact and...

That's great news! Hopefully reviews start coming in soon.

Will be nice to see how this matches up against Stax SR 407 and 507.  

Quote: Interesting. What amp and dac do you use? Also, any thoughts on the 407's compared to those two, as well as the 507's?

Quote: If you have the HD650's and/or LCD2's, can you do a comparison between those versus the 507's? I'm new to electrostats so I just want to see how Stax's lower priced headphones compare towards their dynamic/ortho counterparts in terms of price. May consider going towards electrostats...

Quote: Sure. I got em' from this guy: http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMPEREX-ORANGE-GLOBE-6DJ8-ECC88-VACUUM-TUBE-1960s-70s-MATCHED-PAIR-SWEET-NOS-/221229410098?ssPageName=ADME:L:OU:CA:3160    One of you actually posted this link here, and I was lurking around for a matched pair of tubes. Was...

Alright, I've had my orange globes for a few days now. I have listened to them for about 35 hours now. Compared to the stock GE tubes that came with the Lyr. When I first upgraded to the HD650's from other "lower tier" headphones, I was able to hear things I couldn't hear before. With the orange...

Got my orange globes today!! Been running them for a few hours now. Initially there was a hum in the left driver, but it disappeared when I switched the position of the tubes. I'm running a Uber Bifrost + Lyr with the HD650 setup. Compared to the only tube I had before these (stock GE 6BZ7 that...

Ahh, Ragnarok Online... good memories.  

Hmm I see, thanks. Wish I saw that ebay post earlier before I made my order haha. Well I guess I'll take a gamble and hope it's all good when I get them. Edit: I was able to get my order cancelled, and so I just ordered ones that are matched. They are coming in two weeks!