hekoman
100+ Head-Fier
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I have been a member of this forum for about 2.5 years now. In that time I have listened to more nice headphones that I would have ever thought have existed before I came here. During that time the one thing that always eluded me was electrostatics. I would always see people posting about the SR-007's and the SR-404's and I looked at their prices and thought that I could never afford a pair of good STAX. So I just wrote them off into the group such as the Orpheus, the K1000, and the R10 as cans that I would never get a chance to own.
Every Dynamic headphone that I have ever listened to (with the exception of the K1000) always sounded like something was missing. With the MS-1's and the MS-2i's everything sounded all muddled together, just not enough headstage. With the HD600's, there was plenty of detail and soundstage, but they just sounded boring to me. They were not very engaging, and I just don't see the point of listening to something that is boring.
Enter the SR-202's. I recently graduated college and I came into a little bit of money. So I figured I would splurge and get something expensive for myself. I looked around and noticed the SRS-2050a. I never realized that there were so inexpensive considering what you get in the package. So I pulled the trigger and ordered a pair from PriceJapan.
The moment I pulled them out of the DHL box I was instantly impressed. Photos just do not do the Lambda series headphones justice. To the average person they may look kinda stupid when you are wearing them (and they really kinda do) but the build quality, the size, the supple leather pads, just everything about them is leagues ahead of all the other headphones that I have owned. And then I plugged them into their amp, and put them on my head...
These can are everything that I have always wanted in a pair of headphones. The detail is amazing, perfect bass, and everything in between is just as good. I was always under the impression that neutralness was boring, but boy was I ever wrong. Everything is just done so right with these headphones.
I think what surprises me the most about the SR-202's is the sheer amount of detail that they have. It is like I can hear every guitar string being strummed, every drum beat, just about every instrument that is being played, and I can tell every one of them apart. It took me a little while to really get used to it. I keep finding myself focusing on one instrument and just ignoring the rest of the music. I can follow it all the way through the song if I feel like. The detail just blows my mind.
This huge amount of detail is what I think really helps create the awesome soundstage that these headphones have. In some of my better recorded songs, it just seems like the sound goes on forever. Each instrument having there own place in the headstage. And non of them ever getting in the way of any of the rest of them.
One of the things that scared me a little was that I heard that electrostatics could be a little bass lean. I don't think I that statement could be any more wrong for these headphones. There is just the right amount of bass. It is just so perfectly articulated. I really think these cans have so much deeper bass than almost anything that I have ever heard out of a headphone. I also heard that these can can lack some of the slam that a lot of the better dynamic headphones have. Now they may be lacking a little compared to the more bass monster headphones, but that is not to say the are devoid of impact. I think it is just right, it does not get in the way of anything, but it still impact nonetheless.
I have finally found where I was meant to be in the Head-Fi world. I just don't think I can ever go back to dynamics as my main headphone ever again. Now this is not to say that I am done with Head-Fi. I feel like I am just getting started all over again. I have found a whole new world of cans to explore. This one will just take me a lot longer to explore due to me still being a poor recent college grad. Next stop, vintage STAX.
Now time for Pics:
Every Dynamic headphone that I have ever listened to (with the exception of the K1000) always sounded like something was missing. With the MS-1's and the MS-2i's everything sounded all muddled together, just not enough headstage. With the HD600's, there was plenty of detail and soundstage, but they just sounded boring to me. They were not very engaging, and I just don't see the point of listening to something that is boring.
Enter the SR-202's. I recently graduated college and I came into a little bit of money. So I figured I would splurge and get something expensive for myself. I looked around and noticed the SRS-2050a. I never realized that there were so inexpensive considering what you get in the package. So I pulled the trigger and ordered a pair from PriceJapan.
The moment I pulled them out of the DHL box I was instantly impressed. Photos just do not do the Lambda series headphones justice. To the average person they may look kinda stupid when you are wearing them (and they really kinda do) but the build quality, the size, the supple leather pads, just everything about them is leagues ahead of all the other headphones that I have owned. And then I plugged them into their amp, and put them on my head...
These can are everything that I have always wanted in a pair of headphones. The detail is amazing, perfect bass, and everything in between is just as good. I was always under the impression that neutralness was boring, but boy was I ever wrong. Everything is just done so right with these headphones.
I think what surprises me the most about the SR-202's is the sheer amount of detail that they have. It is like I can hear every guitar string being strummed, every drum beat, just about every instrument that is being played, and I can tell every one of them apart. It took me a little while to really get used to it. I keep finding myself focusing on one instrument and just ignoring the rest of the music. I can follow it all the way through the song if I feel like. The detail just blows my mind.
This huge amount of detail is what I think really helps create the awesome soundstage that these headphones have. In some of my better recorded songs, it just seems like the sound goes on forever. Each instrument having there own place in the headstage. And non of them ever getting in the way of any of the rest of them.
One of the things that scared me a little was that I heard that electrostatics could be a little bass lean. I don't think I that statement could be any more wrong for these headphones. There is just the right amount of bass. It is just so perfectly articulated. I really think these cans have so much deeper bass than almost anything that I have ever heard out of a headphone. I also heard that these can can lack some of the slam that a lot of the better dynamic headphones have. Now they may be lacking a little compared to the more bass monster headphones, but that is not to say the are devoid of impact. I think it is just right, it does not get in the way of anything, but it still impact nonetheless.
I have finally found where I was meant to be in the Head-Fi world. I just don't think I can ever go back to dynamics as my main headphone ever again. Now this is not to say that I am done with Head-Fi. I feel like I am just getting started all over again. I have found a whole new world of cans to explore. This one will just take me a lot longer to explore due to me still being a poor recent college grad. Next stop, vintage STAX.
Now time for Pics:
