List the best pairing of headphones to song/album.   When you want to show off how great your headphones are, what song do you play for your friends?  Please do NOT list genres...too nebulous.  want specifics.     I'll start:   K550: Rush - Tom Sawyer Annie Lennox - Little...

Hello everyone, I am a new member here. I have had alot of experience with home audio (mostly tube stuff) in the past. I, however, have not been around it for some time. Back in my day, stax were the premier HP's. From reading a little here, stax sounds like the best still. I was wondering...

I will be moving soon and for the next few months, until I get a permanent place, I will need to use headphones. I was thinking of getting a pair of Koss ESP 950's and driving them directly from my Herron VTPH-2 phono stage.   With my A90 cartridge I get around 700mV output from the Herron...

I've always liked their low-end stuff for what it is, but I happened on a bunch of Koss' lower-mid-range offerings yesterday (I don't believe they make headphones past that point) and I was wondering - does Koss actually make a pair of phones that's decent for, say, close (but not...

Hello ESP950 owners, why don't we make a discussion thread for the ESP's? It will be fun!

I'm looking for planar headphones. Actually, I'm considering :   Hifiman HE-4 (plus appropriate amp) Koss ESP-950 Stax SRS-2170   I know that two of them are rather new, but maybe a couple of guys could compare them...   Also, do I miss planar heaphones worthy of consideration in...

I have a set of ESP950 and like its sound very much! But I am thinking to buy another dynamic headphone with similar characteristics. Any one have listened to both headphones can have any comment? Does the A250 give better dynamic and punch sound than ESP950? Thanks!  

Okay, here goes - I originally had a Koss ESP-950 rewired with Stax 007 cable and termination (sounded fantastic). The headband broke (couldn't assemble it), so i sent it to Koss, but made sure to remove the Stax cable before shipping. Well, they sent me a brand new ESP-950 with Koss wiring...

I sent my (Stax cabled) Koss ESP-950 headphones into Koss for repair (after I had removed the 007 Stax Cable).  All they needed was a headband repair since they no longer 'stayed together'.  My question is, does anyone know how long it usually takes Koss to respond/repair and return...

Okay, excuse my ignorance, especially seeing that I have several pair of electrostatic headphones.  But I keep reading comments about the need to regularly discharge electrostatic headphones, especially the ESP-950's and Jades.  How does one correctly discharge electrostatic headphones, and...

Well our discussions of all things Stax and electrostatic related seem to have died down recently, so in the interest of perking things back up a bit, here's a thread for it. Okay then, to start us off; compare and contrast:

Hi everyone, can you guys help me decide a combo of headphone with amp/dac with the budget of $700? Most of the time I listen to J-Pop and classical music. A little bit rock sometimes, but not much. I like something that is detailed and has good imaging. Thanks.   Edit: my source is the...

One of the most frustrating things for me (especially being relatively new to the audiophile world) is not being able to get my hands on something I begin to obsess on. But, most of all, not being able to physically demo the item (especially high end headphones) in a store near me. I recently...

I'm just curious because it seems like it would be a good cheap way to enter the world of electrostatics before diving in Stax.  I saw that amazon.com had some recent negative reviews about the support from Koss.  When I googled The ESP 950 a lot of HeadFi posts saying they sold them happened. ...

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