bagwell359
Headphoneus Supremus
It's a tough battle. I grew up with a father that took me to the BSO many times in the 60's and 70's. I've continued to listen to unamplified music often. When it was amplified, it was jazz/classical on Quad ESL's.Pretty much... The thing most people don't realize is that resolution is in large part simply driven by diaphragm thickness. At 2.4um our driver is the same thickness as the HE-1, I can't speak to Stax because I'm not aware they publish this info, but thinner material was too unstable to hold tension properly so we went with the thinnest that was stable over time. Beyond that, tone is really defining the experience, and if you crank up the highs you'll hear "detail" but it won't sound natural, and that's what we set out to address. Corina really took it the next level, with the smoothest mid/highs we've done to date, 200-7KHz literally has not a single peak or dip > +/-1dB.
Listeners under 45 most often seem to have recorded music, mostly digital as their starting point. That is why so much equipment is treble heavy I believe. Also why the ideal of accurate well damped bass seemed to get lost also, seen in many closed back bass cannons the past at least 15 years.
If I wasn't retired, I'd have several of your recent products in hand, but I can appreciate without owning. Carry on.