divasson
New Head-Fier
I have 2 rigs in different houses (mountain and Barcelona) so I can't readily compare.
Mountain: Vacuumstate Level 7 DVP Sony DVP9000S ->(kimber select 1021)-> SRM-313 modified with black gate capacitors -> Stax 404.
Barcelona: Linn Classik Movie Di ->anticables IC-> Musical Fidelity XcanV8 with PSUv8 -> Sennheiser HD800
I clearly prefer the Stax but I have always believed it is due to the very different gear in each case. The Sennheiser seems more artificial, veiled - but good nonetheless. Well run in already (bought in mid 2010)
Now, I have connected 2 loudspeakers to the Linn Classik Di. In order to switch them off for headphone listening, I may plug a headphone connector in the Linn headphone output - this mutes the loudspeaker output. But this seemed ugly to me. I wanted a switch.
I had at hand a very old SRD-7 energiser with a pair of very old SR-Lambda headphones. I connected the SRD-7 to the Classik Di and voilà - I have a way of muting it.
Now, for the sake of curiosity, I hooked the SR-Lambdas. They were so old that they were normal bias (230v as opposed to 580v)
My jaw dropped. Clearly better than the Sennheisers - and with the same source! The dynamics were even better than the main rig Staxes - while the clarity was probably a little lower. Who said the stax do not have slam?
Can anyone find a solution? The Sennheisers should not be vanquished by an old Stax!
Mountain: Vacuumstate Level 7 DVP Sony DVP9000S ->(kimber select 1021)-> SRM-313 modified with black gate capacitors -> Stax 404.
Barcelona: Linn Classik Movie Di ->anticables IC-> Musical Fidelity XcanV8 with PSUv8 -> Sennheiser HD800
I clearly prefer the Stax but I have always believed it is due to the very different gear in each case. The Sennheiser seems more artificial, veiled - but good nonetheless. Well run in already (bought in mid 2010)
Now, I have connected 2 loudspeakers to the Linn Classik Di. In order to switch them off for headphone listening, I may plug a headphone connector in the Linn headphone output - this mutes the loudspeaker output. But this seemed ugly to me. I wanted a switch.
I had at hand a very old SRD-7 energiser with a pair of very old SR-Lambda headphones. I connected the SRD-7 to the Classik Di and voilà - I have a way of muting it.
Now, for the sake of curiosity, I hooked the SR-Lambdas. They were so old that they were normal bias (230v as opposed to 580v)
My jaw dropped. Clearly better than the Sennheisers - and with the same source! The dynamics were even better than the main rig Staxes - while the clarity was probably a little lower. Who said the stax do not have slam?
Can anyone find a solution? The Sennheisers should not be vanquished by an old Stax!