Incredibly detailed, and yet very effortless. They're really airy too which I like a lot. Although I have the problem where I need to update a lot of my music as I compression at 192 kbps and even 320 kbps for some songs are glaringly obvious. But yeah, I really mainly love how detailed they are without being analytical or harsh at all.
Whoa, they shipped those all the way over from Japan without the original box or any styrofoam surrounding the 202s? And they survived?
// Insert standard recommendation of getting 507 pads here
Lol, nice monitor stand! And I dig the tsukiko figure!
You know, you might just be right about that...
And you can be the trendsetter for that, before it went mainstream!
It's not like everyone got them all at once though. You got them, what, two years ago? Then Mice and I got our entry STAX sets around 8 months ago?
Indeed. At the price we paid for them, I don't think there's any dynamic combo that can touch the resolution for anywhere near the price.
In fact, I'm so satisfied with mine that I'm not really looking at too many sub-$1000 headphones anymore.
There is just a little something they lack though. It's hard to describe, but you might notice it after a while. It's almost like they sound too fast or thin or something to sound completely natural and "organic". I still can't formulate a clear view on how much I like mine, but I do know I like them a lot.
Because they're glorious, of course!
It was actually shipped really well, wrapped in like 3 layers of bubble wrap with giant air cushions all over. It's in really great condition.
I probably will need the 507 pads as these ones are kinda coming off plus the pleather does make you sweat, in a paycheck or two though! Oh also the fact that there's straight up zero foam which is probably bad for dust.
But yeah, I know what you mean, really the only way to move up now feels like the SR-007mkII or the SR-009 which isn't exactly within budget haha. Maybe the HD800 would be an option too, I'll need to try it sometime.
And yet the UE900 still sounds like crap...
Wow wow wow, let's take a deep breath and take a seat. We wouldn't want to say anything we'll come to regret later on, there's no turning back the clock mate.
There you go.
Also I have this daki, I need to buy a bigger insert though as my current pillow is 4ft or something so there's a lot of hangoff.
All you have to do is import them from Japan, then you pay the same price as we did.
I wouldn't just say it's a "thin" sounding headphone and call it a day. It's really a weird phenomenon. I think the treble peak on the HE-500 makes them sound brighter, IMO.
It all started with @deadlylover and @lugia862 spreading the bug to everyone and it grew from there.
30% import taxes etc.
The HE-500 is the best headphone I ever tried. That's why I would buy it
I really want to try some STAX...
Hamster is more Mao's style
To answer Tom, I don't like anime any more than I did pre-STAX era. Actually I probably like it less now that the STAX are much more revealing of the crap mastered opening and ending themes. XD
The STAX have a really unique sound with their effortlessness. No other headphone sounds like it. It just sounds so natural to me. With other headphones, you know a headphone is on your head, but with STAX, it's more transparent and real.
Cues bowei and pro-Mao stuff.
Sibilant "KYAAAAAAA!"s all the way.
Stop teasing me!
He should pop up here any minute.
Oh yeah, and I just got bach from the Microsoft employee store at Microsoft!
^YESSS
I will marathon it after
I'm not far behind
Oh yeah, and I just got bach from the Microsoft employee store at Microsoft!
How much was Windos 8 Pro?
@Maken-ki 8
Parody of the famous downfall scene FTW
