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007 is king so I vote yes :)

The intermittent cable connection is still there with the OEM orange cable. Also some bass rattle if you run a tone generator but didn't notice it during regular listening. That plagues all of fostex's t40/50/60 models but it varies unit to unit

seems expensive

Sounds good to me

Looking at mine, single-ended normal listening level is at gain 2 with the volume knob at 12:00. So still plenty of headroom

not the product he is referencing

nooooooo, you don't want to wash the diaphragm either, as it will damage or remove the anti-static coating. Same reason you don't want to expose them to excess humidity

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/stax-sr-009-channel-imbalance-trouble-driver-problem.555908/page-57#post-13502514

remember that thread, he actually just cleaned the dust cover. pretty surprising he didn't destroy it. It is not easy to clean the driver at all (unless you know what you're doing of course)

audeze has the bass but less detail (aside from lcd4 models). I'm all for stax but they're hard to recommend going into going blind, and the bass is...different. maybe the Auteur? not sure what your budget range is but they're pretty neutral with a slightly warm tilt. plenty of detailed treble too

i prefer the 58x, but really you should decide since you have both on hand..

maybe, think more that he isn't blown away by every new toy on the market. I agree with most of his impressions on that specific post though

https://www.headphone.com/blogs/news/canjam-at-rmaf-2018-impressions (sorry if this was already posted)

well that's false about the e10k, look up measurements if you want. I would link but I don't remember which sites are/aren't banned not saying a good chain can't have small improvements on the sound, but it doesn't make sense to upgrade before you haven't even heard them. they were designed as...