I've had my Stax O2 rig for enough time now with a Stax SR 323s amp. I'm just going to post impressions because there are plenty of reviews that are more detailed and thorough than I can consider.   Initial first day -Before the initial first day of receiving the 323s amp, I did not use...

Are there any headphones better than the Sony MDR-7506? Hi guys. I have owned my Sony MDR-7506 Professional Studio-grade headphones for over 7 years and they still sound FABOULOUS! I would like to know if any of you have owned or used these cans and compared them to others in this range? I...

  Episode 008 of Head-Fi TV was just uploaded.  This episode is a video review of the new flagship headphone from Stax, the SR-009 electrostatic earspeakers, powered by the Woo Audio WES electrostatic headphone amplifier.   Thanks to Jack Wu of Woo Audio for letting us borrow his personal...

Hello everyone I saw that Stax the Japanese elite headphones has been out with a new model – 2170 So I just wanna know, how is the sound of Stax compare to HD650 senn or to what sound u can compare it too? Sennhiser or akg or grado ? Since its electrostatic headphones so how is the bass...

  Hi !   Some days ago I read an old review of Stax HPs. Let me quote a passage that struck my imagination very much   I found it disorienting to slip the headsets on and be immediately transported into the acoustic of the chapel—which makes me wonder how the characters on Star Trek...

When I went to an audio shop, I mentioned that I had read that the LCD2 was very good.  The guy at the shop said the STAX headphones were better. I'm looking for a headphone that gives me "rich, silky" vocals.  Any recommendations?  Thanks! 

Hey guys,   First time poster here, I had no clue how involved picking hi-fi headphones was.  I've been primarily listening to vocal trance / house for the past couple years and am looking to pick out a nice set of headphones that can reveal / accentuate all the different layers of sound and...

I have a Behringer DEQ2496 I use for room correction, and all my sources run through it. I use it as my main D/A converter as well as the EQ function (it can do a lot more but those are the main 2 function I use.) It has an auto-EQ function that uses a calibrated mic in conjunction with the...

I've been hearing a lot about Stax lately, and they seem like something I really wouldn't mind trying out. However I'm a bit confused as to how they work.   What is confusing me are their driver units. How exactly do I go about driving a pair of Stax headphones? I'm guessing they don't just...

Many high end cans, namely LCD-2, HD 800, HE-6, STAX, etc. costs $1000+   At what point are headphones not justifiable for their price tag because of the small little detail difference offered?   For example a $600 headphone is not going to be better two times better than a $300 one, but...

Hello all,  I am fairly new here.   I am the recent purchaser of three well used pairs of Stax from Ebay and am still playing with them!   I will probably keep the Lambda + Lambda Pro as they are "best".   My speakers have had very little use in the past month. Thanks to PiccoloNamek for his...

Hello fellows. I have a bit of an unusual question it seems. You see I have finally gotten around to acquiring a Stax set which is currently on its way, but this has brought up a tiny concern. My girlfriend can not wait to sample them, but being made aware of the voltage located that close to...

Just a quick note. anyone with o2 pads and ad900 or other at phones, they will fit right up like they were made for that headphone \/ I still like the stock pads but the o2 sure do bring out some midbass and bass! cheers, M        

My dad had a pair of old "Realistics," don't know much about them. They were monsterous. Anyways, whats some of your favorite retro 'phones?

Aside from Stax and other high-end stuff, what are your top 5 headphones for classical music? No preference for open/closed.

I've been looking around and stores around me really don't give you a huge selection of headphones to what I want to use them for, all i see is "dre beats" and I'm not really wow'd by them. So I want to know what you guys think i should look into, it would help out a lot   

Hey everyone, I recently picked up a pair of these in good shape in their original box for $10 (Quite a score for some vintage TOTL headphones - I knew nothing about these but figured they were worth their price given it said electrostatic on the box. I've heard there are three versions (Bass...

I came across these and I thought its interesting.      im pretty sure its drew by some audiophile lmao He takes obsession into action, and another level

.

Try this test: Free Online Ear Training - Test Tone Downloads The audiologist I saw only tested up to 8 khz. This is not enough to test the full hearing range. I am only good up to about 12 khz. The only thing I can hear above that is faint white noise. I can perceive a noise, but it's not...

So I’ve been quite content with my Sennheiser HD800 + Woo Audio WA6SE setup (with the Meier StageDAC as the source) for a couple months now since I acquired them. This setup has provided me a sound that I feel makes me excited to come home everyday and listen. I had a pair of Denon AH-D7000 and...

I've found a Stax sr 80 / srd 4. Given that it works, is it worth it?   I already have a pair of SR-001s, love the sound, but I'm wondering if the SR 80s pick up the slack from the 001s. 

I'm looking for a budget electrostatic amp for the omega II, until I raise enough money to buy a blue hawaii or WES amp. It seems like the Stax Srm-323s might fit the bill just fine, but I'm wondering about if it's even a powerful enough amp to correctly drive it, get it to max volume kind, etc...

Live in Canada, gonna be in China for a bit. Wondering if anyone knows shops that lets you audition a wide selection of headphones. Would be especially amazing if they have custom IEMs but I will settle for great selection of just plain headphones. 

At my local independent record store run by a bunch of hippies (ok, that's not fair, only a few of them qualify as hippies) I found a box with STAX on the side and a $30 price tag.  They're old, model SR-X mk3.  Also in the box was the adapter thingy to hook them up to your main speaker amp. ...