Am experiencing extreme bliss with my new SR-001s. Incredible sound and comfort - electrodynamic phones will never be the same again after this. Does anyone have an English translation of the Japanese manual ? - can't find anything on Stax website - it seems to be a new site still under...

Stax SR-202 $170 shipped CONUS, Paypal Dust covers not shown in photos but will include a set. Just installed some aftermarket extra thick lambskin pads. Original pleather pads were starting to harden and didnt provide good seal so tossed. SR-202 does exhibit some soft Stax diaphragm crinkle...

The Stax fart, lol, do they all do that?

Do a search on "stax fart." Here is a good one.

Quote: expensive fart ;)

Quote:   When I had the 007mk1's they used to Stax fart, I now have the 009's and they fart aswell.    This farting though, only happens when I move my head quickly.

Some heads tends to fart more than others ... 

No no it's the STAX bass that is called STAX fart :scream:

My L700 are unmodded. No Stax fart.

Fart = Stax :)

Stax fart!

Can't be much worse than the semi-famous Rangy Fart :poop:.

Stax fart. Ali

*stax fart joke*

Ali x2.  STAX fart.  Benign.

So is the "stax fart" really annoying? is it a reason not to buy stax?

I'm getting a wierd noise out of the left driver. It's a quiet buzzing noise. I can still hear it with music on too. I'm listening to Elvis Costello's "North" album. It's not the fart noise, it's there steadily without me moving the piece around. Anyone else have this problem? It's a little...

Farting with Stax is very normal, and the Stax fart is normal too.

The infamous Stax fart strikes back!

Okay good. My wife tells me not to fart on my headphones but I'll have to tell her it's normal and to be expected.

Have you experienced the "Stax fart" yet?

I was told by the USA distributor that the Stax fart on the SR-007 is almost eliminated on the new mk2 version. I wonder if Stax increased the stator spacing to eliminate the fart. That would explain the drop in efficiently. Just thinking out loud…

It's the stax fart, totally normal and benign.

you could always do the easy to DIY "straw mod" to get rid of that "fart" ;-)

No STAX fart on my L300LE with L700 pads.