pspivak
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I’m gonna stick in my $0.02.
My first pair of headphones was Stax SRX-MkIII’s in 1976. I really liked the SRX’s and they gave good service for a number of years. I got my lambda pro’s in 1987 and they continue to be in use to date. I also have Grado SR-80’s which I do not use, Etymotic EP-6 to use on the train and at the gym, and some Stax SR-003’s.
I have never regretted my purchase of the Stax earspeakers. I really like the way they reproduce recordings. They have an ability to resolve the “sound” of a recording. So much so that sometimes even different tracks on the same album sound different in terms of sound quality. This is quality that I like. They also reproduce strings in such a way that you can, on some recordings, hear the sound of the steel in the string as well as the tone that the string makes. I can also count instruments with the Stax instruments, something that I cannot seem to hear with other phones.
In the years that I have had Stax, I haven’t needed to look to other phones except for other applications. I have a portable driver for the Lambda’s or the SR-003’s and I do take them out. It is heavy but “worth the weight”. I have not needed to listen to other high end phones because the Stax are entirely satisfactory. This summer I plan to purchase the SR-404 and retire the Lambda Pro’s. Oh yeah, they are comfortable too. Negative side: my wife can hear the lambda pro’s too. She cannot hear the SR-003’s as much.
My equipment isn't the end all of high end but that does not matter. The Stax have dynamic headroom to spare. They do not suffer for "one note bass". They have the ability to play real soft without missing detail and real loud without distorting. In my opinion, with Stax you will not go wrong.
My first pair of headphones was Stax SRX-MkIII’s in 1976. I really liked the SRX’s and they gave good service for a number of years. I got my lambda pro’s in 1987 and they continue to be in use to date. I also have Grado SR-80’s which I do not use, Etymotic EP-6 to use on the train and at the gym, and some Stax SR-003’s.
I have never regretted my purchase of the Stax earspeakers. I really like the way they reproduce recordings. They have an ability to resolve the “sound” of a recording. So much so that sometimes even different tracks on the same album sound different in terms of sound quality. This is quality that I like. They also reproduce strings in such a way that you can, on some recordings, hear the sound of the steel in the string as well as the tone that the string makes. I can also count instruments with the Stax instruments, something that I cannot seem to hear with other phones.
In the years that I have had Stax, I haven’t needed to look to other phones except for other applications. I have a portable driver for the Lambda’s or the SR-003’s and I do take them out. It is heavy but “worth the weight”. I have not needed to listen to other high end phones because the Stax are entirely satisfactory. This summer I plan to purchase the SR-404 and retire the Lambda Pro’s. Oh yeah, they are comfortable too. Negative side: my wife can hear the lambda pro’s too. She cannot hear the SR-003’s as much.
My equipment isn't the end all of high end but that does not matter. The Stax have dynamic headroom to spare. They do not suffer for "one note bass". They have the ability to play real soft without missing detail and real loud without distorting. In my opinion, with Stax you will not go wrong.
