The Stax Thread III

[cat6man]

Probably not. I prefer my bass port modded 007A + SRM-D50 to a 009S + T8000 by quite a wide margin.

am i missing something here?
what does the D50 vs. T8000 imply (and why) about the T2 vs. BHSE?

 

[protoss]

am i missing something here?
what does the D50 vs. T8000 imply (and why) about the T2 vs. BHSE?

Well im going to get Stax mafia after me after this post . But I guess someone needs to say this!

All anyone really need is a 353x , D50 or 727II . Getting a Bhse or anything like that is a waste of money
Everyone here is brainwashing everyone else in buy these extremely expensive over $5000 amps for no reason!.

A used tune up Stax SRM-T1S for $500 is pretty much = to a $5000 amp
The most anyone should spend is $1600 for a 727II

Stax SRM 727II is end game. All anyone needs for a stax setup!
And once people argue that a carbon or Bhse will bring out that extra lame nonsense of missing 10% is sad

End of story.

I got my bulletproof vest on. People need to stop scarying everyone that they need $10,000 to enjoy staxs!

$2400 used 009 or a new $1900, 007 and a new SRM-727 for $1600 is all you need!!


P.S. Needed to be said!

 

[Whitigir]

$10,000 to enjoy Stax ? Is still cheaper than $20,000 to enjoy dynamic headphones.

Trust me, there are a lot of snake oils and “sound good - expensive” dynamic stuff out there

Stax, there is only 1 clear route.

Either way you pick, you ended up spending a hell lot of money

Stax used to be expensive to play with, nowadays with the crazy competitions and the “bias and prejudice of people benchmarking stuff by pricing”, Stax is child play in cost to performances

Take Susvara for example....isn’t that making a $10,000 Stax a child play in comparison already ?

 

[protoss]

So you are justifying still for a $10,000 stax set up?

Come on man. Thats absurd! Plus the dynamic scare is another scare. Ill make my way to the dynamic amp post soon!

 

[Whitigir]

Nah, mine is priceless

 

[protoss]

LOL.

Well all rookies and newbies are welcome to staxs with a budget of $3000 or lower. This will give you supreme bliss.

There is no need to spend any higher!

 

[tigon_ridge]

People need to stop scarying everyone that they need $10,000 to enjoy staxs!

I never got this impression reading through this thread. A lot of people who comment here are enthusiasts, for whom that last 10% is gold. That said, I'm enjoying the L300 driven by the srm-252s (digitally equalized) far more than any dynamic/planar setups I'd ever owned.

 

[catscratch]

I would say that Stax need to do quite a lot at the moment. The ergonomics of the new Lambdas are wretched, the build quality is straight out of the 70s, the headbands are cracking, the SR-007 needs to be modded to sound its best and the amps are all designs from the 80s and 90s that have yet to set a foot in the modern world. In terms of sound quality, yes they're still in a world of their own. But hey that's 'stats for ya. Do them well and there will be magic.

And no, you don't need $10k to enjoy them. I'm liking the L700/007t combo as much as any rig I've had over the years, and the 007t is probably more than you need to spend on an amp for the L700 anyway.

 

[protoss]

I would say that Stax need to do quite a lot at the moment. The ergonomics of the new Lambdas are wretched, the build quality is straight out of the 70s, the headbands are cracking, the SR-007 needs to be modded to sound its best and the amps are all designs from the 80s and 90s that have yet to set a foot in the modern world. In terms of sound quality, yes they're still in a world of their own. But hey that's 'stats for ya. Do them well and there will be magic.

And no, you don't need $10k to enjoy them. I'm liking the L700/007t combo as much as any rig I've had over the years, and the 007t is probably more than you need to spend on an amp for the L700 anyway.

You must of not read my post on page 1146 . This is what i was trying to get at !

 

[VRacer-111]

I didn't want to spend more than needed to upgrade from an SRM-323S...and decided to also make a custom rack based STAX system for all around music, movie, and entertainment use.

Mjolnir SRD-7 $740
NAD C275BEE - already owned
RME ADI-2 DAC - $1K
Furman M-8xR voltage regulator ~ $500
OPPO BDP-95 - already owned
Sanus rack - $200

I feel the bass with the 404 Limited is the beyond anything I've heard from any other STAX setup...including an SR-007 Mk2 on a Carbon CC/Yggy setup. Very much enjoy it and the RME ADI-2 really is worth WAY more than it's asking price for all it's abilities:

 

[Whitigir]

And I am listening to TayLor Swift Vinyl from this system !!

 

[donpablo]

Hello. Im new here with Stax SRS-3100. Interesting thing I must say (DAC: Aune S6).

Have a question: anyone here tried to add IFI iTube2 between DAC and Stax amp? I suppose it could give a nice boost to the system and will probably order it.

My current desktop system was/is Aune S6 -> Little Dot mk3 SE -> Hifiman HE-560 (all on XLR cables) so my entry level Stax has a real powerful competition to beat.

I also made little modification to the sr-l300 by putting ductile tape about 2mm thick tape between pad plates and the headphone (on the edge of this first ellipse). Why? Because its all plastic and its very easy to check by hand that these 2 elements are not close together and there are sound leakages.
Isolation it these places causes better bass and its control.

Picture of half done job for one earspeaker (I know its ugly, I corrected it later)

 

[tigon_ridge]

Hello. Im new here with Stax SRS-3100. Interesting thing I must say (DAC: Aune S6).

Have a question: anyone here tried to add IFI iTube2 between DAC and Stax amp? I suppose it could give a nice boost to the system and will probably order it.

My current desktop system was/is Aune S6 -> Little Dot mk3 SE -> Hifiman HE-560 (all on XLR cables) so my entry level Stax has a real powerful competition to beat.

I also made little modification to the sr-l300 by putting ductile tape about 2mm thick tape between pad plates and the headphone (on the edge of this first ellipse). Why? Because its all plastic and its very easy to check by hand that these 2 elements are not close together and there are sound leakages.
Isolation it these places causes better bass and its control.

Picture of half done job for one earspeaker (I know its ugly, I corrected it later)

I used to own the HE-560, and drove it with the Schiit Mjolnir. It is downright slow, imprecise and congested compared to the L300. Not even a close comparison, imo. The only thing it has over the L300 is bass extension. The L300's bass is still more detailed, and goes from 0-60 mph in under 2 seconds. L300 has far, far greater dynamic range; one moment a passage can be quiet/moderate, then the next your eardrums can get blasted.

 

[donpablo]

I used to own the HE-560, and drove it with the Schiit Mjolnir. It is downright slow, imprecise and congested compared to the L300. Not even a close comparison, imo. The only thing it has over the L300 is bass extension. The L300's bass is still more detailed, and goes from 0-60 mph in under 2 seconds. L300 has far, far greater dynamic range; one moment a passage can be quiet/moderate, then the next your eardrums can get blasted.

Im not familiar with Schiit products. Have you listened it through XLR?
Yeah Stax have better holography than my above setup however I had great solid-weight-sound (probably thanks to balanced signal and tube amp).

 

[tigon_ridge]

Im not familiar with Schiit products. Have you listened it through XLR?
Yeah Stax have better holography than my above setup however I had great solid-weight-sound (probably thanks to balanced signal and tube amp).

I don't know what XLR cables are. Or, are you referring to XLR connectors? The Mjolnir is a balanced amp, so XLR connectors were used. In any case, it's neither the cable nor the balanced/SE configuration that makes the biggest difference.