Hi,    I have the excellent Audeze LCD-X and a Chord Hugo. It's a very good system, and portable too.    I'm thinking of a permanent desktop system, and interested in the Stax 007 and 009 with the recommended energisers. These systems are obviously very expensive but I have enjoyed headphone...

Hi all,    I could use some help finding some good over-ear headphones please.   So our house has a new baby which means time to get some headphones. They will only be used for BluRay movies and plugged into a Denon AVR-2313 CI...

Hi, new here. I'm looking for a set of closed back headphones for personal listening. I listen to a wide range of stuff from classical, to blues, and electronic music. Looking for something that has good clarity but also smooth highs. Not going to use them for any studio mixing etc. but more or...

I've been steadily upgrading my gear over the last several years. Currently, I'm running a Headroom Max into HD800s.   I went through several different upgrades on my way to the HD800s, with the previous step being the HD650s. Of course, both are awesome, but the HD800s are SO much more...

Hello Everyone,    My Father recently got a set of Stax SR Lamdba Pro and a SRM-1/ MK-2 connected to a Primaluna tube amp that is the best, most detailed, sound I have ever heard. After going home and listening to my Sennheiser RS 170, it made me reevaluate my life and now the hunt for a new...

Hey folks.   Having built up a fairly impressive main system with large active speakers, I'm planning to downsize and invest into my headphone setup.   I currently have a pair of HD800s which I drive unbalanced from the class-A headphone output of my DAC/Pre (a modified Audiolab MDAC).  This...

The picture comes from one of the headphone fan in China(www.erji.net).   This is a Japanese amp which can drive both electrostatic and dynamic headphone together.   http://www.ishinolab.com/modules/doc_merchandise/original/masters/sx-3000bd.html     Sounds good?  Anyone try this amp...

I'm thinking about getting the 323s and the Mkii, but I'm a bit lost regarding DAC options (below 1000usd preferably). From the little I've gathered so far I've seem the cambridge dacmagic (100 and plus version), and the W4SD2 dacs (Both version 1 & 2). I'd apprecite any inputs from anyone who...

Like the HE-500 but the bug has bitten.  How much of an upgrade would the Stax be?  Night and day or subtle?  Thanks   I assume the plug on the Stax is a standard balanced plug, and any good amp can be used correct?

Hi all:   I'm in the market for these headphones and as I look for them, I wanted to find out how comfortable these are. I've read a couple of posts where they are mentioned as being somewhat tight but with good ear pads.  I have a pair of Sennheiser HD600s which when new were very tight and...

I don't recall seeing this issue raised before about the 007A.  The other day as I was listening to my 007A (Serial # SZ2-1286) I noticed that if I tapped the metal bands in the arc assembly (as Stax calls it) I could hear a low frequency  ringing for a bit over a second. Now I have always...

I decided to buy the flagship Stax headphones and was wondering which amps would synergize best with them. I was looking at the WooAudio GES along with the Blue Hawaii and KGSS. Does anyone with experience with these headphones know which setups would work best with them?  

Hi,   As the titles says anyone who has heard all three? I'm also interested in low volume listening performance.. Which of these maintains the same character at all volumes?

I need a slightly longer or wider earpad to increase the distance between my left ear and the surface of earspeaker.  I know that this might alter the sound signature but when I am listening to them; I just don't fell relaxed and it ruins my listening sessions.  Is this also going to be a...

Both are excellent systems but which one has the edge on details, imaging, speed , tone? In other words which is the most neutral, natural and capable headphone when driven by a BHSE?

Hi all.  I've been a lurker on Head-Fi for the last two years, but decided it's finally time to make an account and go all-in with this hobby I recently entered the headphone world a year ago with a Grado SR-225i, GS-1 (w/ DACT), and gamma2.  Everything's routed through S/PDIF (Xonar...

Hi Head Fier Friends   I would like to share my new set up with Stax as follow   Source : April Music CD Player Stello CDA 500   DAC : by end of May April Music Eximus DP 1 as pure DAC   Pre Amp : Tube Pre Amp T + A  P 10.2   Power Amp : Solid State Stax Srm 727 Mk2   Cable : use all...

So,.... can anyone "enlighten" me on these three headphones ?   I want to buy a pair, but have no idea which ones because;   1. I can't find any threads comparing them 2. I can't find any place to audition them here in Toronto, Canada.

So,.... can anyone "enlighten" me on these three headphones ?   I want to buy a pair, but have no idea which ones because;   1. I can't find any threads comparing them 2. I can't find any place to audition them here in Toronto, Canada.   ALSO,   I am contemplating on a proper...

Notes reflect audition during a mini-meet in Boca Raton on 6/30/2012. Audiogalore, Sridhar3 and Mwilson in attendance.     EQUIPMENT   Sources Esoteric X-03SE as CD player PS Audio PWD w/ Bridge Resolution Audio Cantata Music Center as CD player   Amplification Cavalli...

Hi All   I am hoping anyone can help me.   Has anyone got a SRM-313 kicking about that they can plug into their SR-007 headphone, and see how it goes?   I know from members that the SRM-323s is fine with the SR-007s, and it has only a bit more power output (400v as apposed to 350v on...

When I replaced one of the ear pads on my 007s the part of the metal spring that fits in the center of the pad attachment plate slipped through the plate and made a small tear in the plastic membrane (?) below the plate.   The sound, at least for now, is unaffected. Do I need to get this...

HELP!  Thanks to my pet cat (Kayo), a sudden  jump off the couch, a snagged SR-007 Mk2 headphone cable on his way off the couch, a headphone on the floor ….. So now I get intermittent and highly annoying one or both channels cutting in and out so as to make use basically unlistenable.  I...

I don't want to do it myself, but wonder if there's anyone that does this?  Woo maybe?

HELP!  Thanks to my pet cat (Kayo), a sudden  jump off the couch, a snagged SR-007 Mk1 headphone cable on his way off the couch, a headphone on the floor ….. So now I get intermittent and highly annoying one or both channels cutting in and out so as to make use basically unlistenable.  I...