The Stax Thread III

[joseph69]

USD 4,600 !

Not bad!

 

[purk]

What was the amp used for driving both phones? The T8000?

 

[oneguy]

Yep, T8000

SR-009S available for pre-order on Stax USA site at USD 4,600 !

Can't find European pricing yet....

Can be found for $4k here

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/sta...-with-impressions.877870/page-7#post-14204714

 

[wuwhere]

... Stax USA site at USD 4,600 !

Ouch!!!

 

[protoss]

STAX D-10 Portable Electrostatic Headphone Amp/DAC
$899.00




Day 1 buy !

 

[staticdynamo]

Today I went to Nakano in Tokyo, and at the event 'Headphone Festival' , I could compare SR-009S with SR-009
using SRM-T8000 and my A&ultima SP1000CP. For only 10minutes' listening, I don't report in detail. They are
alike. And in character, somewhat different. They both are good earspeakers.

e very

 

[Whitigir]

Today I went to Nakano in Tokyo, and at the event 'Headphone Festival' , I could compare SR-009S with SR-009
using SRM-T8000 and my A&ultima SP1000CP. For only 10minutes' listening, I don't report in detail. They are
alike. And in character, somewhat different. They both are good earspeakers.

e very

How about the soundstage my friend ? How come people dont pay attention to soundstage

 

[staticdynamo]

I also listened to SRM-D10 with SR-003Mk2 , my SP1000CP and Crystal Connect Cable. After I listened to SRM-D10 about a month ago, it was brushed up. I feel the sound quality got better. The sound image was more solid than before.
And one good news! The earpiece in this picture will be released in summer. I hope the cover also released at that time.

 

[AnakChan]

How about the soundstage my friend ? How come people dont pay attention to soundstage

I paid attention to that today . 2nd round of listening.

My raw notes :-

Whilst the 009 has a more left/right diffused, the 009S is more overhead center focused. I can see how some would constitute this as smaller soundstage but I felt it was just more of a different presentation than “smaller soundstage”. Would need to spend more time on comparing to confirm.

No treble harshness. More articulate.

Inner dust protector cloth is a little thinner and more finely meshed.

No Stax fart heard.

 

[protoss]

One thing I hate about Staxs are the damn Farts!

 

[Rossliew]

Fart = Stax

 

[staticdynamo]

How about the soundstage my friend ? How come people dont pay attention to soundstage

I'm sorry I couldn't notice so much difference between SR-009 and SR-009S in sound stage. It's only 10 minutes' listening. And I don't trust the flooding impressions
of SR-009S in twitter. So don't believe in my impression. The difference I could feel was SR-009's somewhat brightness and more energy in high . Not too bright. When I switched from SR-009S
to SR-009, I felt quietness.
I used my A&ultima SP1000CP and played some music from Alexis Cole's 'A Kiss In The Dark' (female vocal and jazz music,192kHz 24Bit Chesky Records) and
Rebecca Pigeon's 'The Raven'(176.4kHz 24Bit).
If I can have a chance to listen to SR-009S, I will report .

 

[Whitigir]

I paid attention to that today . 2nd round of listening.

My raw notes :-

Whilst the 009 has a more left/right diffused, the 009S is more overhead center focused. I can see how some would constitute this as smaller soundstage but I felt it was just more of a different presentation than “smaller soundstage”. Would need to spend more time on comparing to confirm.

No treble harshness. More articulate.

Inner dust protector cloth is a little thinner and more finely meshed.

No Stax fart heard.

Thanks @AnakChan . Did you try moving around with it ? With glasses or no glasses were you with ? Also, I do think SR-009 is already center focused enough ...LOL. Still, I can not hear my SR-009 being bright or sibilant. Unless there is something wrong in my chain. My SR-009 actually is helping to uncover something from the DAC-Source (which is an awakening) . IMO, the SR-009 is more than a references pair of headset.

 

[AnakChan]

Thanks @AnakChan . Did you try moving around with it ? With glasses or no glasses were you with ? Also, I do think SR-009 is already center focused enough ...LOL. Still, I can not hear my SR-009 being bright or sibilant. Unless there is something wrong in my chain. My SR-009 actually is helping to uncover something from the DAC-Source (which is an awakening) . IMO, the SR-009 is more than a references pair of headset.

Move around as in stand up and walk around? Nope. However if you're talking about jaw movement to get that Stax fart, yes I did try that. Yesterday, I wore glasses, today I didn't. It's funny that I've had the SR-009 since 2012 and have felt that to be the sorta the de facto standard to (personally) compare other headphones to (the Susvara is a different topic OT to here). But The SR-009S does so far seem to set the new bar. I'd need to somehow get hands on a little more with it. I may try to visit the Stax office again sometime soon as (aside from more time with the SR-009S), their President Nakata-san has suggested for me to visit their new showroom of the Stax History.

 

[statfi]

Thanks for the impressions of the SR-009S! Please keep the details coming!