[ProLoL]

I have 207, and L300 should come this week. So we both will figure out at same time

Please update on differences.

 

[hpeter]

I´m also curious, now i use "bass fart mod" 207, with 507 pads and 307 band pad.

 

[hpeter]

As you can see, most part are same from old Λ. Good to have spare parts available. Funny idea to put grey/brown band from old lambdas...it should fit.
Detail is better, but bass is firmer- feels less louder. It´s not fair comparison to bass fart 207´s, but you get idea. Original 207 is bass shy, but not anymore after that mod. L300 bass is bit less than modded 207, maybe because it´s tighter. Yeah like low Qts vs high Qts woofer.
I must admit details are bit more, without being annoying.
So for trance, techno i´ll use modded 207, and everything else (jazz, 80´s...) the L300.
L300 sound feels bit more "comfortable" like granturismo, but you get not sport ride sense, like with hothatch (207).
Also limousine is ok for long trips, where hothatch can make you tired sooner

007 is comfort king- limousine, you don´t feel wearing it. Also treble are even less sharp, there is a cloth above drivers.
L300 has just a thin plastic mesh. Cloth on 207 is thickest, sharp treble.
Bass fart mod i see is impossible to do on L.
With L300 i do not have wear problem, unless your ears protrude like

SR-L it is a step evolution, but not revolution.
All are secondhand (with new parts), so YMMV.

 

[dude5OO]

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Thank you; I will have the 307 on Friday. 
 
What is driving them? I will use 323s... 

 

[Petyot]

Hi,
 
The pads on the L300 looks much thinner than the pads on the 207. Can you confirm that ? 
 
How do the sound compare without any mods between 207 and L300?
 
Thanks

 

[hpeter]

spent evening with them, after that i have to improve the score my 1st observation was somewhat negative.
My gear is diy "Pluto 2A3/SE" w/ transformers. Again YMMV
Pads have non symmetric gasket, put one way it will seal less at front.
At stock, L globally feels better, (sometimes above 007) Some coloration on 007 gets audible
L pads are very soft to touch, 207 are hard fake leather, 507 pads are soft leather
Small comfort issues i have with 207, they like to sag


Short answer , get L and do not need look elsewhere.

 

[dude5OO]

 

 
hpeter, 
I sealed/restored infinite baffle to my L300 (the through-baffle "bassport" holes in the baffles) with gorilla tape [The three of them per channel].
 
I believe the holes may help with the Staxfart, as the D/S may be even less with these highly efficient headphones. I don't like the 50hz rolloff with the L series at all.. I want the Stax to execute below 30hz. Still they are fine headphones.
 
 
I do find the L300 has some resolution problems/issues.. It is good, but it seems like Tyll is correct in that there's an indistinctness in the upper midrange/and strings, et al frequency area. You tell me.. 
 
I know the 009 has a fair bit more resolution and it sounds like the L500 is closer to the L700... than L300. 
L300 may have a fine but lesser diaphragm material(?), Don't know. 
 
I think DIY (larger, elliptical or circular) drivers may be the only option but I am considering purchasing the L500
too before doing that... to compare. 
 
Also, pull that rubbery plasticized mesh out of them and then listen.

 I have no reasonable ideas why those thing's are in there anyway....
 
For people asking about the pads below, yes they are very different... 

 

[Petyot]

 
 

 
Do I understand correctly that the pad on the left is the L300's pad ? There is a big difference...

 

[funkforfood]

   
I sealed/restored infinite baffle to my L300 (the through-baffle "bassport" holes in the baffles) with gorilla tape [The three of them per channel].

 
Where are located the holes?

 

[Bloos]

Local stax reseller offered to order them for me

 


Which store is that, ..would you be able to put me in contact with them?

 

[ProLoL]

Excuse me guys, what's that 207 bass fart mod you're talking about? 

 

[hpeter]

Excuse me guys, what's that 207 bass fart mod you're talking about? 

Just a plastic tube (or two) under pad.

 

[Petyot]

I finally went with the SR-207! Very nice sound with the little SRM-252s! 

 

[hpeter]

imho, entry stax can fight with 1k $ dynamic phones, what do you think?
for example hd700 i believe no problem.

 

[Bloos]

imho, entry stax can fight with 1k $ dynamic phones, what do you think?
for example hd700 i believe no problem.

100% agree. I prefer the L300 to the Utopias, and definitely the hd800s. Hate the Elears