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Ccatscratch replied to the thread Most anticipated headphone release of 2024?.Don't bite your nails waiting for headphones. Use scissors or nail clippers. Much healthier. I'm mostly waiting for the Stax SR-X1 to...
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Ccatscratch replied to the thread why no multi driver audiophile headphones?.I think the simplest answer is that you don't need it. Headphone drivers have no problem doing full range. Most speaker drivers don't...
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Ccatscratch replied to the thread Stax L700MkII and D50 ... sounds bad.....I would steer far away from JR audio. You can find some teardowns as well as past customer accounts about them elsewhere if you look...
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Cno difference. so it goes like this. just about every stax amp solid state or tube uses the same power transformer spec. the...
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Ccatscratch reacted to SolarCetacean's post in the thread How is it possible to rate the "naturalness" or how correct timbre is on a headphone?! with Like.I used to have the same hangup on the term "natural" as the OP did. I wasn't there when the recording was made, so how do I know if a...
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Ccatscratch replied to the thread How is it possible to rate the "naturalness" or how correct timbre is on a headphone?!.OP is correct in that you never know what things in the studio sounded like. Which is why "natural" to me simply means "believable."...
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Cno 3rd stage current source in the 700s. reason: no current production >700v pnp transistors. first 2 stages identical to 717. 3rd and...
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Ccatscratch replied to the thread The Stax Thread III.Isn't the 700s just an updated 717? In that case yeah, it should be pretty good with the 007. The 717 was a little bit underpowered for...
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Ccatscratch replied to the thread Stax SR-007A earpad orientation.Point the seam roughly at your temple. This way the fat part of the pad is somewhere between on the bottom and at the back. The...
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Ccatscratch replied to the thread Summit-Fi Random Thoughts.L700 just has that sibilant edge period. It has peaks in the highs, to my ears at 5.5k, 7.5k, and 11k, but of course everyone will hear...
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Ccatscratch replied to the thread HD 600 and HD 650 are now the same cost. Which one?.They're quite close honestly. Either one will do fine. I think the 650 is slightly smoother sounding and a bit more resolving, while the...
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Ccatscratch replied to the thread Best gaming mice.There's a Superlight 2 that's exactly the same shape. Some reviews have mentioned early firmware issues so I'd make sure to update the...
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Ccatscratch replied to the thread The Stax Thread III.Yeah the whole EQ one headphone to sound like another thing never worked for me. They just don't, unless they were already very close to...
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Ccatscratch reacted to darth nut's post in the thread STAX OMEGA4 compared to Omega1 / Omega2 / Omega3 with Like.Stax Omega4 compared to Omega1/Omega2/Omega3 February 2024 Amidst the thousands of conventional stereo recordings that I sampled...
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Ccatscratch replied to the thread The Stax Thread III.I'm not gonna weigh in on the 009 vs 007 debate, but I do want to say that the mk2.9 or w/e 007 is in no way dark to my ears. Yes, it...