[themad]

Fujiya's Headphone Festival hall is a 10 minutes walk from my house, so I will definitely be there next Saturday!

If possible, please also add the SR-L300 Limited and the SRM-D10 to your list of impressions. :-D

 

[Pokemonn]

the japanese pro-reviewers impresion is up.
he said SR-009S sound much smoother/less edgy than SR-009!

https://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/topic/1117613.html (in japanese)

 

[jgazal]

https://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/topic/1117613.html (in japanese)

That is what I call comprehensive.

 

[ToroFiestaSol]

the japanese pro-reviewers impresion is up.
he said SR-009S sound much smoother/less edgy than SR-009!

https://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/topic/1117613.html (in japanese)

Smoother and less edgy than the SR-009? OMG

 

[Pokemonn]

Smoother and less edgy than the SR-009? OMG

OMG and Oh my wallet.

 

[padam]

And it also answers my earlier question: the SR-009 will not be discontinued, it remains as part of the lineup.

 

[mulveling]

LOL that actually makes me less interested in the 009S. But it's definitely great for Stax to add this to their lineup.

 

[Pokemonn]

oh cmon..you just need position talk since you own TWO 009. LOL

 

[purk]

If you find the SR009 too bright for you, you can use a warmer source or interconnect to address that issues. In order for the SR009S to be a true successor, it needs to do other things better than the SR009 such as resolvability, imaging, and sense of soundstage. Tonality is important but one can do a lot to address it.

 

[Ali-Pacha]

LOL that actually makes me less interested in the 009S. But it's definitely great for Stax to add this to their lineup.

Indeed. The estat crowd seems to value smoothness / inoffensivity above many things. In order to listen to it very loud ?
That could explain this nefarious love for 007

Ali

 

[astrostar59]

If you find the SR009 too bright for you, you can use a warmer source or interconnect to address that issues. In order for the SR009S to be a true successor, it needs to do other things better than the SR009 such as resolvability, imaging, and sense of soundstage. Tonality is important but one can do a lot to address it.

Agree, but I would say the 009 has a character about it, a floaty etherial presentation that will be hard to radically change. The HE-1 to me was more realistic and had more body in the mids and timbre / texture was much nearer to reality IMO. I would pitch the HE-1 as my ideal, and that is my target sound now.

 

[Pokemonn]

Agree, but I would say the 009 has a character about it, a floaty etherial presentation that will be hard to radically change. The HE-1 to me was more realistic and had more body in the mids and timbre / texture was much nearer to reality IMO. I would pitch the HE-1 as my ideal, and that is my target sound now.

I agree with astrostar, 009 is very wrong headphone imo.
I have been piano and horn player, so I know what real sound is.
Maybe he1 is better in this regard, but still wrong headphone system imo.
Manufacturers can do better.

 

[ToroFiestaSol]

Good timing for Stax however. Wonder what the SR009s will do to the VOCE and Hifiman Shangri-la JR sales figure...

That's an extremely good observation!
Now they're not the newest, latest, look at me! toys, I wonder what will happen with them, I predict two things:
- Price drop to 200 argentine pesos (Jr started as an 8k headphone + amp package, Headamp has the separate headphone for 5k, and now Woo Audio for 4k)
- New V2 versions at twice the price to create a false perception of superiority only based in a price increase for both the Mrspeakers and the Hifiman.

I like the move of not discontinuing the original SR-009 from their lineup. because the bright sound club can still use the 009 and don't feel that they lose anything, and, if the new headphone is really smooth and musical and a real upgrade from the 007, the smooth sound club can upgrade to the new headphone without regrets...everyone happy!

Interesting times

 

[purk]

Fang is probably having a bad day with the SR009S news. I predict that they won't sell well period and great timing for Stax to release the SR009. Everyone knows that Stax is pure quality and not just another wanna be. I feel bad for tDan but his phones is quite a bit cheaper.

 

[ToroFiestaSol]

Fang is probably having a bad day with the SR009S news. I predict that they won't sell well period and great timing for Stax to release the SR009. Everyone knows that Stax is pure quality and not just another wanna be. I feel bad for tDan but his phones is quite a bit cheaper.

Yup, 100% agree!
From a business perspective, I love the fact that Stax walks at it's own pace, without being disturbed by what others are doing. Of course they know it, but they don't show even the slightest amount of concern about it. This makes a true distinction between market leader and wanna be, opportunist newcomer competitor.
Also, the fact that the original 009 is still in production, and already has an 8 years lifespan, makes the headphones a good investiment and not a flavour of the month, impulse purchase. Aggresive online marketing can't compete with that