Sorry, slight change to my original post (which sadly got no answers)   I am between these three phones, mostly for electronic music (rev 2 is outside my budget)   any input is greatly appreciated...as a reference I have owned markl modded d5000's which I quite liked and really enjoyed...

I am thinking about my next headphone and amp. upgrade.   I want to listen to the SR-009 headphones first, which I haven't had a chance to yet.   But if I do get a chance to listen to them and decide that is the next step in my upgrade path.   Are there any balanced tube amps. that...

Are the 009's any good for gaming. I need something that will allow me to image very well.   I will be using a Blue Hawaii.

High End headphone systems seem to becoming more accepted in the mainstream hifi press at an accelerated rate. Here's a link to AVGUIDE's review of the WES: Woo Audio WES Electrostatic Headphone Amplifier (Playback 54).   There's a review of the SR009 in the same edition. The most...

Note from Arnaud: I am writing this on behalf of head-fi member Eric65, as he has difficulty communicating in English and his previous automatic translations from French to English using google haven't been too easy to digest. The original post is available...

I attended Capital Audio Fest this past July 13 in Rockville, Maryland (D.C. area) and had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with Jack from Woo Audio.  While in the Woo Audio room, I listened to all of their systems, including the top-of-the-line WES amplifier powering the STAX SR-009...

as the tile says, i listen a lot to (dubstep+DnB-40%-+Trance+House+Glitch+Bass+Classical music 50%) and i game 50% of the time + listen to music 50% !

hi!   I am as the title says, looking for the "perfect" headphone for me. been reading a lot but I think the opinions are too different to make any sense of it right now. making this thread in hope of it being a bit easier to understand. I've been listening to (and owning) a lot of...

I just purchased a Stax 009 and Woo WES amp and need a DAC - what are the obvious choices in the $3 - $10K price range?   Thx

Seems like everyone has a different idea of which headphone sounds most neutral.  So I thought it would be interesting to see what the majority opinion is on what is the most neutral tonal balance.     By neutral tonal balance, I mean the headphone that adds the least coloration (No extra...

say you won this insain contest and could win one pair of headphones, but it could be any pair in the world   what would it be and why?   ps the purpose of this thread is just for everyone to share their opinion

Well, Hi Folks! This could be quite a long post, so please bare with me here. Anyways, back in 2010 when I was looking at something worthwhile to spend my tax return on I happened to stumble upon this site. I'm not really sure what made me want a pair of nice headphones, considering...

Hello everyone,   I want to upgrading my system. Currently my 2 preferred headphone from my collection are the Sennheiser HE60 and Hifiman HE6.   I need 2 newest headphone that give me significant upgrade in order to sell all my headphone and simplify my system.   The Jeckling seems more...

Just had a thought that seemed worth sharing/seeing if there's any opinions on the matter... So, as some people have written, there's differences in how people listen to music... i.e. sustained high quality attention vs. pleasure-through-osmosis kind of listening.  This is a fair synopsis...

Hey,    How is everyone doing this friday?    I've had the HD800 for a few weeks now and long story short, I'm loving the sound.    In only a few months, I've owned the Grado SR80i followed by Sennheiser HD650, then Hifiman HE-500, then Ultrasone Edition 8 and finally Senneheiser...

  NOTE:  If you can't see the embedded video above, please CLICK HERE to see the video.   With the Spring 2012 Tokyo Headphone Festival coming soon (on May 12, 2012), I thought it'd be a great time to take a look back at the last Tokyo Headphone Festival. So it's time to board Head-Fi...

NOTE:  If you can't see the embedded video above, please CLICK HERE to see the video.     There are many new products being introduced and launched at CanJam @ Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF) on October 14, 15 and 16, 2011. In this episode of Head-Fi TV, we take a sneak peak of some of...

By popular demand I'm starting a new thread for our discussions on all things Stax and electrostatic due to the unwieldily number of pages of that thread. This thread should be looked on as a direct continuation of the previous thread. Keeping a broad scope with regards to subject matter has...

    Believe it or not this made the front page from theage.com.au today ~ the most popular newspaper in Melbourne.   I love this quote though.     He admits that, like any status symbol, headphone wearers get judged on their brand - with homage paid to high-end cans.    ''I...

Hi all. It's been a while...   Is it too early to look for feedback from people owning at home some of these systems for some meaningful A/B impressions?   I've been browsing through pages and pages (and pages) of what it looks like mostly early speculations that keep getting...

My current setup consists of a Grace Design m903 ( DAC ), running balanced outs into a BUDA ( Amp ).  I currently use a pair of single ended Denon AH-D2000 headphones which honestly sound ridiculously good out of this setup.  I experience a little fatigue with the sealed AH-D2000 and am looking...

  This is a review of the newly released STAX SR 009 headphones..   While the several hundred hours of “break-in” was ongoing, I selected from my library a collection of vocal, solo instrumental, chamber, orchestral, symphonic and jazz of various colors to be used during my audition...

MASTER INDEX OF CSD / WATERFALL PLOTS THIS IS OUT OF DATE - I AM NO LONGER MAINTAINING THE INDEX (THE INDEX IS INCOMPLETE.) YOU WILL HAVE TO SEARCH THE THREAD OR GOOGLE. I WILL OCCASIONALLY POST SOMETHING IF THERE ARE REQUESTS OR PEOPLE SEND STUFF TO ME.   Audio Technica AD2000 Dr...

I started a thread about 8 months ago about balanced vs unbalanced and because I come from a pro film/video background, I couldn't understand why so many of these 1000+ headphone were being made unbalanced. Many opinions in that thread said there is not much of a difference. Well today my...

http://www.rudistor.com/RP2000.htm The LCD looks nice, otherwise... Anyway, I am more looking forward to kgsshv, and a good solution to stax 009, lol