My best portable set up to date
Source : Astell and Kern AK 100 standard
Amp :Stax Amp Srm 002
Iem: Stax Sr 002
Cable : mini to mini 8 braid silver solid core DIY
I'll third that motion!
And I on the other hand have gone El Loco Retro for the minute,
I managed to find and dig out my PX487.
Still in brilliant condition, But Im waiting on some Aiwa in ears as Ive lost the original ones.
Aiwa PX-487 > Sennheiser HD25 1 II
Music - The Pavarotti Collection Special Ltd Ed.
Newly upgraded rig, loving it!
My best portable set up to date
Source : Astell and Kern AK 100 standard
Amp :Stax Amp Srm 002
Iem: Stax Sr 002
Cable : mini to mini 8 braid silver solid core DIY
Nicely done Rudi. Those Stax earphones have a great soundstage - naturally being open. Let me know how you find the mids. I find them a little too forward for me but at the same time very nice details. Those Stax IEMs are sold out in most headphone stores in Tokyo. Lucky to have them.
I asked the shop if they were balanced and it appears they are. Not bad price for balanced electrostatic earphones!
For the rest of the community here, this was a test of the top IEMs at the store 2 days ago - Red Wine Audio's mod of the AK100 (RWAK100), Tralucent 1Plus2 Gold/Sliver cable, Stax SRS-002 system, FitEar MH335DW, and my former FitEar TO GO! 334.
. The Stax were quite mid/vocals focused so for the typical "hi fi" sound fans, probably not for you. However on close and subtle listening, they're a fine and detailed pair of earphones with a wide soundstage (not surprisingly and to be expected really out of an open earphone). I personally feel though they're not for outside use...or if they used outside, in a quiet space somewhere. That hot chick sitting in the next table in Starbucks won't be impressed with Wham!'s "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" invading her audible personal space.
I daren't say or I'll have the Tralucent fans say, "I told you so"....woops, I said it; indirectly
