I am curious to see what some of you guys bought as your first real headphones and what you bought after those and what you have now. I just want to see how you guys go so into this hobby that you are willing to spend so much!

Hello Head-fi, the cash is in and I'm looking to spend $300USD on some cans to last for a good while.  To start, they will be amped from a NAD 7220PE where the headphone amp section specs are: "Output impedance:  220ohms Maximum output level: .10V into 600ohms >500mV into 8ohms"  That...

This looks good, has modules for moving coil and magnetic cartridges. I guess I just can't bring myself to pay this kind of money for a 20 year old item. http://cgi.ebay.com/STAX-SRA-14S-PRE...QQcmdZViewItem

Hi. Profuse apologies if this is in any way against the rules, duplication, etc. I'm brand new and hopefully mods can put me right.   I've been a Stax user since 1988. Lamba Pros back then and after a while the cable deteriorated and for the next few years I resoldered it a few times but it...

Hi, I know there exist a thread here in head-fi with instructions on how to do this, but i can't find it anymore. I haven't been on these boards for a long time (happy wallet) so it's hard for me to track it down (was it in that long stax thread?) I bought a Stax SRM-300 from audiocubes and...

Along with its driving amp of course? just want to try it out. Haven't heard electrostats and really curios how they sound. Highly doubt there is some retail place where one can audition them, so have to rely on people owning them.   In return you can have my T1s if you want. PM me if...

hey all! Which closed back headphone would you consider for yourself while you are in a working area? will you please help me identify?

Does anybody have available either a copy or scans of the Stax SRM Monitor manual? I was able to acquire a pdf of the Stax Sigma manual thanks to a kind head-fier, so I thought I'd try playing for the BMW LOL.

Hello   I have the chance to buy my first serious pair of headphones, because I have something to celebrate.   The AKG costs 850€ and the Stax 650€ with the SRD-7 Pro amp, both aprox. and shipping included.   I don't know what to choose. I would like the one that is less harsh and...

Well, I thought I'd share my audio experience and how I came to be here.   I'm 17, and I've already spent $150NZ ($70-80US about) on a pair of headphones recently and I'd probably spend a bit more if it meat a bigger gain.   It started in 06 when I got an mp3 player from my parents. Back...

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 there guys, I recently got the Stax SRS-2050A and I love the clarity as well as the general sound of them. However, I can't wear them for more than 10 minutes as they just become too unbearable to wear. The problem is that it is simply too clampy around my ears. Does anyone have any advice as...

  While I enjoy the portability of the JH-13's,I prefer my Stax for the intense sound sessions.   Something about the closed canal pressure of custom IEM's vs. the open-back electrostats.   Simply still liking my earspeakers from 1975 with the 1979 transformer,in spite of the new...

Sennheiser HD650 vs. Stax 2020 Basic System: a comparison I recently did a fairly thorough comparison between these two topnotch headphones. The HD650 was run out of an X-CAN V3 and the Stax was plugged into it's own SRM212 amplifier. My only previous experience with Stax was when I owned...

Okay...so, which ones are the best...and which are not so good? can somoeone here make a list of best to worst?

Some time ago, a friend of mine decided he wanted to try Grados and picked up a pair of HF-1s from another Head-fier. At the time his DAC/amp was a Benchmark DAC 1, and I had an Audio-gd Compass and C2C, along with a Northstar M192 DAC. The first time I tried the HF-1s out of his Benchmark, they...

Im new to high quality headphones, so I have no idea what to look for. My friend helped me narrow down some brands: Sennheiser, akg, grado, audio technica, beyerdynamic, shure, ultrasone. Are there more brands i should look into? I listen to jazz, soul, blues, and some hip-hop and reggae.  ...

I need to replace drivers for my SR-X MKIII and i would like to upgrade to Pro, so i'm looking for SR-X Pro or Gamma Pro drivers. Please, where can i find what i need? Thanks!

If you could only own one headphone for the rest of eternity, which would it be.... When deciding your choice do NOT consider the following factors: 1. Portability (however if your favorite sounding headphone is a portable one, by all means you can choose it) 2. Price / rarity 3. How...

Caveat: I am an unabashed advocate for this design, having originally asked the designer (well, and Pete Millett) for a different electrostat amp approach more than a year ago. While others have driven the exact specs, I have watched this evolve from inception, and prototyped every step, and...

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...

So just breaking in a pair now.  Really like the sound.  Can hear some of the treble emphasis (although can tweak this a little with the ear pad position) that folks have talked about on the forums.  Overall really like the sound out of the box with the WES.  The amp is also new and breaking in...

I just got through placing the following order:   STAX SR-404 HEADPHONE & SRM-006TII AMP COMBO   This will be my introduction into the world of Electrostatic headphones!  It's been a long and dynamic time for me but I just needed to see what I've been missing....I know, I know....I...