[JimL11]

What is a fair price for a second hand SRM-007tII?

Usually, I look on eBay at completed listings and check the prices of items that actually sold to figure that out. You can probably do the same with the classified listings on Head-Fi, but it probably will take more work.

I have to say that, although I have not heard the SRM-007T, IMHO the SRM-T1 or 006 is a better buy. It shares the same basic circuit as the 007, but is significantly less expensive. The output circuit is the only difference - the 007 doubles the output tubes, but only runs 40% more total standing current through them,, which actually puts their operation at a less linear point. The consensus opinion seems to be that the T1/006 series drive the Lambda phones very well, so the added power of the 007 doesn't really do that much for the Lambda series phones like the 507, and is still marginal for the SR-007 and SR-009 (see the InnerFidelity review 0f the SRM-007, which used the SR-009).

 

[Hubert481]

Did anyone hear the 009 with the T1 ?

 

[wink]

Guys, not every answer is t2 or bhse, he asked for an amp recommendation for his 507.

It is if you want a short cut to the top...............

 

[weasel1979]

Compared to the top planars, all electrostats sound thinner to me. And compared to the sr-007, the sr-009 sounds thinner to me too. I do have a carbon and had a kgss-sr009 combo but the sr-009 sounded distant and uninvolving to me in a/b comparison.

 

[Whitigir]

Compared to the top planars, all electrostats sound thinner to me. And compared to the sr-007, the sr-009 sounds thinner to me too. I do have a carbon and had a kgss-sr009 combo but the sr-009 sounded distant and uninvolving to me in a/b comparison.

Personal preferences, and as mine goes, I prefer Sr009 out of Tubes. The Sr007-MKI is much better with Carbon

 

[statfi]

Did anyone hear the 009 with the T1 ?

I used my 009 with a T1 for a couple of years before I acquired a BHSE. My T1 is old and I have/had not done the refurb/upgrades that it deserves. I greatly enjoyed that combo, but the BHSE is even better. Detailed notes upon request, if I can find them.

 

[statfi]

Compared to the top planars, all electrostats sound thinner to me. And compared to the sr-007, the sr-009 sounds thinner to me too. I do have a carbon and had a kgss-sr009 combo but the sr-009 sounded distant and uninvolving to me in a/b comparison.

Apologies. Gotta ask: do you mean "thinner than accurate"? With which do you think you sound closer to what the microphones heard? As Harry Pearson pointed out, such a determination makes more sense with unamplfied music in a real space.

 

[Whitigir]

Apologies. Gotta ask: do you mean "thinner than accurate"? With which do you think you sound closer to what the microphones heard? As Harry Pearson pointed out, such a determination makes more sense with unamplfied music in a real space.

I don’t know what he meant, and I don’t know what Accurate mean either.

I do know that in my quest for hi-fi, I want it to get closer to the real live instruments fidelity, tonality, presentations....etc....therefore, under my point of view, Carbon pairing with SR-009 is thin. That is because it becomes too fast, the tonal body of live instruments becomes less realistic than it was in real live.

 

[Rhamnetin]

I don’t know what he meant, and I don’t know what Accurate mean either.

I do know that in my quest for hi-fi, I want it to get closer to the real live instruments fidelity, tonality, presentations....etc....therefore, under my point of view, Carbon pairing with SR-009 is thin. That is because it becomes too fast, the tonal body of live instruments becomes less realistic than it was in real live.

I'm curious (and sorry if it was stated already) but what headphone did you find to have more realistic tonal body of instruments than the SR-009? I need a port modded SR-007Mk2 to A/B test here, but beyond that I find the tonal body of instruments (everything but drums) of all other headphones to be tiny, anemic, veiled, and toyish with relatively no impact or body. Like a dense cloud of fog is obscuring the sound and holding a lot of it back, while with the SR-009 it is right there in front of me.

Going from the Code-6 or LCD-4 to the SR-009 for me was about as big an upgrade as going from a Cooler Master gaming headset to an AKG K7XX or Beyerdynamic DT 880.

 

[Whitigir]

I'm curious (and sorry if it was stated already) but what headphone did you find to have more realistic tonal body of instruments than the SR-009? I need a port modded SR-007Mk2 to A/B test here, but beyond that I find the tonal body of instruments (everything but drums) of all other headphones to be tiny, anemic, veiled, and toyish with relatively no impact or body. Like a dense cloud of fog is obscuring the sound and holding a lot of it back, while with the SR-009 it is right there in front of me.

Still SR-009, But out of Grounded Grid or even better, out of KG-T2 . Stax are hugely affected by the amplifiers that is driving it. The 007-MKI was superbly paired with Carbon though

I have become a broken record, I keep repeating myself LOL

 

[Rhamnetin]

Still SR-009, But out of Grounded Grid or even better, out of KG-T2 . Stax are hugely affected by the amplifiers that is driving it. The 007-MKI was superbly paired with Carbon though

I have become a broken record, I keep repeating myself LOL

Haha yeah, these are some of the most amp dependent headphones out there. The Grounded Grid is next on my list, I do plan to get one. Got any favored tubes for it?

 

[Whitigir]

Haha yeah, these are some of the most amp dependent headphones out there. The Grounded Grid is next on my list, I do plan to get one. Got any favored tubes for it?

Yes, similar to BHSE, T2, slab XF2 Mullard Quad onto it . I think it is because electro-stat nature, they are very amp dependent

 

[Rhamnetin]

Yes, similar to BHSE, T2, slab XF2 Mullard Quad onto it . I think it is because electro-stat nature, they are very amp dependent

I have also noticed that more and more GG/BHSE/T2 owners are preferring certain NOS 6CA7 models to any EL34.

 

[Whitigir]

I have also noticed that more and more GG/BHSE/T2 owners are preferring certain NOS 6CA7 models to any EL34.

If you can find 6CA7 NoS. I want to look for Fatbottle Nos 6CA7, but I can’t. If you know a good place for that, let me know

 

[SeaWo|f]

Haha yeah, these are some of the most amp dependent headphones out there. The Grounded Grid is next on my list, I do plan to get one. Got any favored tubes for it?

I have seen a few people swearing by C6A7 in the gg. Actual C6A7 though.. A few companies have sold things that they call C6A7 but are structurally EL34.