Stax SR-L300 Impressions Thread

Dec 22, 2017 at 10:55 AM Post #452 of 1,198
Thanks for your comments. I agree about the transparency, neutrality and speed of the L300. Do you think that bass is more cut off on L300 than HD800 or could be similar.
This is the point that I am afraid.
 
Dec 22, 2017 at 11:46 AM Post #454 of 1,198
Thanks for your comments. I agree about the transparency, neutrality and speed of the L300. Do you think that bass is more cut off on L300 than HD800 or could be similar.
This is the point that I am afraid.

I heard more sub-bass roll-off in the HD 800. Effective EQ can fix this for any headphone, but I never felt the need with STAX.

The SR-L300 is a bit bassier than the SR-207 and SR-Lambda overall.
 
Dec 22, 2017 at 2:48 PM Post #455 of 1,198
Never heard Stax before but I took the plunge, 3100 kit is on its way!

Welcome to the Stax world! Fair warning though, you may never want to go back to Dynamics :p

I use TH-X00 Purplehearts as my bass-heavy "fun" cans to pair with my Stax. Everything else in my collection just sits.
 
Dec 22, 2017 at 4:14 PM Post #456 of 1,198
Just got my STAX SRM-3100s in. They sound good! Clean tight bass that stays clean coming into the mids. Everything sounds defined and punchy and detailed. I like the sound so far! The highs are good and the headphone seems very neutral to me especially with the energizer that comes in the pair. I like the sound and really cant complain. Id just like someone to verify with me that the highs are sibilant before i think im crazy.

maybe im just not used too so much detail?
 
Dec 22, 2017 at 7:19 PM Post #457 of 1,198
Welcome to the Stax world! Fair warning though, you may never want to go back to Dynamics :p

I use TH-X00 Purplehearts as my bass-heavy "fun" cans to pair with my Stax. Everything else in my collection just sits.

I’m in for a treat then! Excited to share my thoughts.
 
Dec 22, 2017 at 7:21 PM Post #458 of 1,198
Id just like someone to verify with me that the highs are sibilant before i think im crazy.

All three Lambdas I owned were a little peaky in the 7-10 kHz range, but that's much less of a problem than peaks around 4-6 kHz (which is more common in dynamic driver headphones that tend to sound a lot more sibilant) and it's easy to fix with EQ.
 
Dec 24, 2017 at 12:52 PM Post #464 of 1,198
So it’s day 3 and now I’m having a pretty big channel imbalance in my L300s! The right driver is significantly lower than the left and seems to distort very easy. I’m not sure what happened to them
 

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