Sorry, I haven't tried any of those.

With a good amp and source, for me it beats the Focal easily. But I'm one that really loves electrostatic headphones. I decided to step in the high end realm because I felt in love with how the Stax sounds. Wouldn't trade it for my 009s, much less for a X9000. But I liked it way more than an...

Jesus, that will be something to see. You were by far my favorite stand of the convention. Thanks for the good times.

I tried both of the at the Canjam. Not a fair battle. Maybe on their own they would sound great, but trying them one after the other, the Pulsar fells quite flat. The Valkyria has definitely more bass, but that's not the main difference. It's difficult for me to describe why, but they sound...

I spent quite a lot of time with the Valkyria in London, both at the Spirit Torino stand with their amp, and with the Rossini+clock and the Viva amp. I loved them, they are really phenomenal. With them acoustic instruments both in classical music or in small assembles sounded fantastic, but...

Thanks man, I have taken it. Looking forward to those 15 minutes of audio bliss.

It’s an AXE FX II: a guitar amp and effects simulator. You can have a huge collection of guitar amps and effects in one box and the quality is superb. Very convenient for a small apartment. But it has nothing to do with the headphone rig.

The Stax rig. My new Linn Series 3 speakers These things sound amazing.

I haven't listened it with the 009. But to me it sounds glorious with the 009s and the x9000.

STAX SRM-T8000

Apple Music from Iphone > Apple minijack adapter > Focal Utopia 2020

I love them with the T8000

Anyone knows why this imbalance problems are happening? What's the cause? In my Stax T8000 I have separated volume controls for the right and left earphone, so it would be pretty easy to correct any small imbalance... not saying that a 7000$ headphone should have any.

I was thinking of attending for the first time in my life to an audio expo (To UK CanJam), and Eksonic amps is one of the things I would be more interested in listening to. What's the difference between a booth and a private room?

Apple Music on an Imac > PS Audio PerfectWave DirectStream DAC > Stax SRM-T8000 > Stax SR-009S The album is amazing, the best Hilary has released in years.

Yesterday I tried the Nutopia trough a Naim Atom HE, and I brought my OG to make an A/B comparison. The new ones are a little more bassy and warm than the originals, but other than that they are very similar. Listening to Liberian Girl by Michael Jackson, the bass hit harder with the Nutopias...

The Stax 009s and the X9000 both sound lovely for classical.

Apple Music on an Imac > Apple USB-C Headphone Adapter > Focal Utopia 2020

Apple Music on an Imac > PS Audio PerfectWave DirectStream DAC > Stax SRM-T8000 > Stax SR-009S

One for the OG, one for the 2022.

Yeah, since I started using my new equipment my girlfriend has started to call me "Fallera" and "Princess Leia".

I have no experience with the Carbon or any other electrostatic amps besides the Stax ones. What I can tell you is that I found the X9000+t8000 to be a lovely pair. They sounds glorious together. The t8000 is not a trebly or hard edged amp at all. It's quite sweet, to be honest.

It's been about three weeks since I finally joined the Stax (and Hifi) family, and man, these things sound incredible. I'm rediscovering a lot of the music I've been hearing all my life, because there are so many new details and nuances that are revealed while listening with these. I have to...

How much does one of this Kerry T2 costs?

I think that the problem you described is the reason that I had such a poor impression the first time I heard the Utopias. When I was looking to buy my first headphone hifi equipment, and I was quite a noob (still am), I tried the Utopias for the first time with what I considered to be a very...