I can only imagine what that sounded like. I tried to get just the super tweeters for my own setup. No such luck yet. They are either over priced or poor condition so far and anymore not necessary.

Nice to see Sony is trying to make a comeback. Looks like it will yet again be another Japan only item though. Hifido.jp could probably get a pair for you without the shipping ruining the deal. I still do not see these stacking up well against the ss-r10's and ss-gr1's. Those are 2 of the best...

I know what version of speakers you were listening to and so do you. The SS-m9ed's are speakers.

Speakers are just fine bud. It's a Sony ES thread not a Sony headphone thread. Maybe if there were Sony ES headphones you would have a point but there are not any Sony ES headphones to my knowledge. You can shoot the messenger if you want but those speakers you gave as an example are a joke...

Why is this not the place?

No Sony still makes ES products. But around 2010 Sony started branding allot of their products ES and the ES name lost allot of its pedigree. Sony also came out with allot of weird digital ES products around that time that did not make much sense. To me and allot of others the "good" ES products...

They are pretty easy to get still. Even in 120v. Be open minded to 100v and a whole new world opens up.

There was only a few true Espirit's in the 80's. I am lucky enough to own the 3 most rare ones. The TA-N902, SE-P900, and APM 4. I also have a Sony Reference DAS-R1 dac. I had a couple Sony ES cd players but do not currently own any ES components right now. The Espirit stuff crushes the ES stuff...

triplite cig lighter to 120v inverter

Are there going to be video games again?

If you do not mind going 100v and yahoo.jp. you do not need more than that. Correct me if I'm wrong but $10k streamer + $10k cd player + $10k dac = $30k? That to me is allot to work with. Top end micro seiki record players start out at just a few thousand. Linn is not bad. As far as today goes...

For the kind of money you are spending I can think of ALLOT of record player options that would be allot better.

A 727ii and woo ges will not drive an oo7. You will for sure max out the pot on quiet recordings. A used kgsshv or carbon is what you want for the 007. If you want something easier to drive a 404le with a octavev2 amp is much less expensive and 90% a 007/kgsshv.

Ha. Yeah a dave will get clobbered by that measurement. I looked up the Sony das-r10 and Luxman da-07 dac's. 4 times the weight of the dave and virtually the same measurements.

Well it probably did not hurt the Audio Note dac was playing through a pair of $16k retail speakers. It was the first tube dac I have ever listened to. Really impressed. The measurements are somewhat transferable to me but I know plenty who could not care less. They are all about the tube no...