I can’t say much in response to this as I havnt tried 3rd party. Buuuuut with the L-300/L-700 on the Srm 252, d-10 and 400, I honestly haven’t heard a better headphone yet. With such a balance of tonal qualities of various categories. For their price the Stax amps do a pretty darn good job to...

Question regarding literally physically stacking units. I just acquired a Cambridge dacmagic 200m coupled to a Stax SRM-400. I have it currently sitting on the back of the Srm-400, mostly on part that doesn’t have the vent, but overlaps the vent a little bit, maybe 1/2 inch. Would this cause a...

Oh oh I see what you mean. Yeah it’s dc through and through.

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Aka off the battery? Does Stax offer replacement batteries for these? For future knowledge.

Question. What are the meaningful differences between the L-300 and L-700 physically. Besides that star brace on the L-700. To my naked (and no doubt amateur) eye. I don’t really see much difference. What is my curious eye missing. Yes to the ear overall the L-700 is better. A lot better But...

Question about the 400s, the iPhone directly cabled into rca through the little dongle thingy, doesn’t seem to have as much oompfh with the 400s as it did with the 252 and the d10, are these higher end amps harder to drive off something like a iPhone? Sound quality is ….. astounding but directly...

Found it, Onsemi, J5502 design from their acquisition of Fairchild Semi. Or so things seem to line up as such.

Ok now my nosy stage is active. Curious who makes the fet? Pulling up the J5502 number brings up a Fairchild data sheet. Anyone decode these numbers better? Lol again curiosity

On a side note. Holy hell this thing is HUGE. Oh but does it ever have excellent control over what I guess is the stators. Currently testing it through the L-300 on the erm offchance something goes wrong, sadly rather fry a 400$ headphone vs a 1700$ one. It isn’t any louder, but the detail, I...

Ah so they are neon, I thought they looked like the ones sent with my tesla coil……so more of a power spike absorber….. unpacking it and looking inside through the vent…. Def is one nice set of kit. Never saw neon in a amp circuit before.

Aaaaah I see, I see.

Just bought a srm400s, and looking at the circuit photos, noticed 4 neon bulbs towards the front of the unit. I was wondering the purpose for neon bulbs inside a amp, and not for obvious illumination. Just curious.

Pfft I’m not touching these except to replace the pads. Even with extreme care. I can’t imagine how much it would cost to have replacement drivers put in, if something borks. I personally wouldn’t risk anything getting into the driver from removing that dust cover…… these are just too pricy for...

Listening to the L-300 vs the L-700 via same energizer, over all is complicated. Going strictly on sound, setting aside build, comfort, cabling, etc. Comparing the L-300 to the L-700 through the same amp, and same songs. The L-300 is more aggressive, with a hot treble, not sharper, it’s...

Is it ok to leave the headphone plugged into the amp in between uses? Or is it best to unplug and discharge after every use?

Major disappointment I couldn’t find Stax l-700 L-300 pads. Dekoni shouldn’t discontinue any pads for the big headphones. Has me looking to other manufacturers.

It’s amazing the step ups. From dynamic to planar mag, to estat. Before I got the L-300, the LCD-2 and the HE-5xx were the best sounding headphones I’ve ever had…… and the L-300 blew them all away in every way except bass, the LCD-2 still is the most subwoofer like headphone I have.

Ohhh I see, I wonder if that’s what helps with the soundstage size and projection.

After listening to both the L-300, and L-700 through both the D-10, and 252s for a while now. Yep no going back 😆. Metal on these things is a whole other experience. Def glad I decided to spring for them. Wish I had sooner.:o2smile:

Question, the L-700 mk2 I have, on the outside of the stator is this star shaped structure, with a hexagonal ring in the center that isn’t present on the L-300……. What is it? Decoration? Support structure? Part of the sound generation? Just curious.

Based on looks F is what I like.

😂🤣😂🤣😂 pure comedy

I wonder if they have any rocks that will upgrade my tv to 8k 🤣

Yes yes I know I tend to be a thread necromancer….. but I had to look these up and I’ve been lmao at these dots for 5 mins. Omg 🤣😂🤣 these are like those bs holographic chip wrist bands from like 10 years ago hahahahaha *snort*