How much do these usually go for if they're filterless?

It's a tough order finding something that sounds as good in a closed circumaural headphone, as the supra aural on-ear DT1350 is one of the flattest, tightest, most dynamic, and most resolving headphones. Takes a little while for the pads to warm up on you to seal properly, and they're not...

Does it occur even when the source is turned off but the E/90 is still on? That happened to mine I had way back that Tyll first measured before I returned it to Amazon. The E/90 apparently measures comparable to a Stax SRM-323 amp, but the issue is the quality and durability of mostly the...

Has an impulse response test and CSD waterfall plot ever been done on the Stax 9000x? I see just a frequency response sweep circulating.

Are Binaural Recordings now called by some other name? Considering the amount of binaural beats garbage there is on streaming services, are binaural dummy head recordings or even DSP-based HRTF productions under some different name or heading now to differentiate themselves from the annoying...

I notice this with both the teeny tiny in-line Fiio & O2 headphone amps I have if I place them while in zero-gain buffer mode between a beefy mixer headphone jack and an electrostatic amp. The Fiio is sweet & has almost binaural-like imaging, while the O2 is extremely layered, punchy, and...

Polarity inversion or 180 deg out absolute phase is not a timing delay.

How much does the extension cable change things?

Because I have hearing damage and post-COVID sequelae tinnitus, and need as high fidelity as I can get. I was trying to get very high end headphone-only DJ mixing sound before those issues occurred, though, but I pursued that using open and IEM solutions previously. This isn't for live use...

Thanks, but I already own both HD25s and two Ortofon-branded & Ultrasone-built headphones, and 20+ years of these types of headphones (Sony, Beyerdynamic, Fostex, KRK, Koss, and on and on), as well as audiophile open headphones and IEMs. Not interested in more mid-fi studio or DJ headphones. I...

Currently, when I DJ at home, I'm using either IEMs or open headphones, both hi-fi audiophile stuff, IMO. The former sometimes hurt my ears and, besides, are inconvenient to put in an take out when necessary, and the latter are slightly obscured by noise from traffic, dogs, and AC & computer...

Are you guys sure it's the earphones that change their sound after an hour and not the E90? I remember actually preferring the sound for monitoring when it was first turned on, and then found them to sound more conventional after an hour or two of being left on. This seemed to occur...

How do you deal with the polarity inversion on these?

Looking for a Stax-compatible headset that has more treble, less and tighter bass, and is faster sounding than the 207. I like the SR-207 a lot, especially for casual listening with or without tubes, but it doesn't resolve layers and details or transients with the best when things get...

Can a delay be set on this MiniDSP HA-DSP while using an analog line input? If so, what are they priced at? I would actually consider one without the headphone amp if it meant I could use my own outboard headphone amp, of which I have several.

Probably your amps or drivers are poorly performing in the presence of ultrasonic information (real info or noise) and/or you happen to like the sound of aliasing reflections and/or you and your gear can't differentiate. The measurements are irrefutable. It's a scam. The Tidal implementation...

I might have done that (unplugged or plugged in with volume up some) with those headphones, but I just as likely am to do that on external headphone amps and the headphones I've only ever used on external amps don't seem to have become unbalanced. None of the headphone amps or either interface...

Anyone ever heard of or experience headphone jacks of USB audio interfaces seeming to over time degrade or damage one driver or the other when it's left plugged in? I'm wondering if there could be DC leaking from a jack. Every headphone left plugged into my two interfaces eventually seems to...

Sorry, I don't know anything about direct mode on a Mac. On a Windows 7 machine, though, going between VLC and Chrome I have to frequently disable/enable the 0204 in Sound Devices after it stops functioning, though. Seems like some kind of bug.

Can you mess something up on the SRM-252S if you briefly plug a line-level input into one of the parallel outputs? What might the symptoms be of damage? Also looking for an appropriate linear regulated supply for the SRM-252S either with the correct barrel size and polarity, or with those...

The euro wart the Stax came with has one of these two-pin changeable barrel connectors on the end. So if you find any appropriate linear regulated warts with fixed voltage and the changeable ends, let me know since I already have the correct end for it. I did read, though, that the 252S has a...

I see it, now. At the top of the Overview.

What am I missing on the top one you linked where it says it's regulated linear? You're talking the 170245?

Their response: Hello, This power supply is unregulated, so it doesn’t have a voltage regulator. When you applied load, the voltage will drop to the rated voltage of 12VDC. Thanks, So, good info or bad info?