[mammal]

Most important to me is the comparison between the srx9000 and CRBN.

Absolutely!

 

[number1sixerfan]

Most important to me is the comparison between the srx9000 and CRBN.

I think the CRBN has to first prove that it can compete with the 009 and 007. I'm not sold that it will best either, but then again all of this is speculation.

 

[ThanatosVI]

I think the CRBN has to first prove that it can compete with the 009 and 007. I'm not sold that it will best either, but then again all of this is speculation.

Yeah the CRBN announcement came way too early, they certainly weren't ready for a Release.

Still no User reviews available.

 

[amsync]

Yeah the CRBN announcement came way too early, they certainly weren't ready for a Release.

Still no User reviews available.

I wonder if they were anticipating the Stax flagship release and thought, well let's get people to send us their cash for orders before the Stax announcement. I might be wrong but I seem to have deja vu. Didn't something similar happen to the Voce also when the 9S came out at the same time? I kind of want Audeze to be wildly successful with their CRBN because this kind of competition in the estat is what we need for this technology, but I won't be committing my funds until I hear these both. It looks like canjam NYC 22 is going to be on fire!

 

[padam]

I think the CRBN has to first prove that it can compete with the 009 and 007. I'm not sold that it will best either, but then again all of this is speculation.

Bob Katz has packed away his modified the SR-007 Mk2 because he preferred how the CRBN sounded (I assume he still has a KGSSHV Carbon).
So at the very least it is probably able to compete with these headphones. But of course, it costs well over double compared to an SR-007 Mk2, the SR-X9000 is way more again, and declaring one as the best is always going to be quite personal.

 

[ThanatosVI]

I wonder if they were anticipating the Stax flagship release and thought, well let's get people to send us their cash for orders before the Stax announcement. I might be wrong but I seem to have deja vu. Didn't something similar happen to the Voce also when the 9S came out at the same time? I kind of want Audeze to be wildly successful with their CRBN because this kind of competition in the estat is what we need for this technology, but I won't be committing my funds until I hear these both. It looks like canjam NYC 22 is going to be on fire!

Yeah unfortunate for them Meze announced the Elite otherwise they would have ny cash for the CRBN.
Certainly didn't expect a new Stax this year

 

[number1sixerfan]

Yeah the CRBN announcement came way too early, they certainly weren't ready for a Release.

Still no User reviews available.

I wonder if they were anticipating the Stax flagship release and thought, well let's get people to send us their cash for orders before the Stax announcement. I might be wrong but I seem to have deja vu. Didn't something similar happen to the Voce also when the 9S came out at the same time? I kind of want Audeze to be wildly successful with their CRBN because this kind of competition in the estat is what we need for this technology, but I won't be committing my funds until I hear these both. It looks like canjam NYC 22 is going to be on fire!

Both good points. Even just a few solid reviews would be helpful.. and I do have to say, if I knew about the Stax launch a few weeks ago, I probably wouldn't have orderd the CRBN. But at least these are exciting times for electrostatics, so I'm not really regretful. Still hoping the CRBN is really, really good.

 

[amsync]

Both good points. Even just a few solid reviews would be helpful.. and I do have to say, if I knew about the Stax launch a few weeks ago, I probably wouldn't have orderd the CRBN. But at least these are exciting times for electrostatics, so I'm not really regretful. Still hoping the CRBN is really, really good.

I think that's the right way to look at it. I almost committed to the CRBN also and I may still. I also think there are so many devoted Audeze fans (me included) that really want their first estat that the secondary market will also be very good for it. There's always going to be people that want these at some discount only. With the options nowadays for estat amplification being somewhat more accessible it may bring more folks to this tech too. The Stax flagship is in a bit of a different price class too especially in the USA/Europe it seems.

 

[ThanatosVI]

Both good points. Even just a few solid reviews would be helpful.. and I do have to say, if I knew about the Stax launch a few weeks ago, I probably wouldn't have orderd the CRBN. But at least these are exciting times for electrostatics, so I'm not really regretful. Still hoping the CRBN is really, really good.

If you don't like it and can't return it, it probably won't be hard to sell on the 2nd hand market.

There is at least one potential Buyer

 

[Axel]

I would expect the CRBN to be closer to the Audeze house-sound and the Stax to the Stax house-sound.
Fron my experience with those 2 brands, it’s a completely different direction in sound.

 

[Sandro Sena]

$5,800.00

a good surprise, considering the asking price in yen

https://www.headamp.com/products/stax-sr-x9000

 

[amsync]

$5,800.00

a good surprise, considering the asking price in yen

https://www.headamp.com/products/stax-sr-x9000

uh oh! How does that math work? I wonder if it is a typo... Shall we not tell Justin? LOL

 

[padam]

I've already linked the cheapest domestic price
https://www.fujiya-avic.co.jp/shop/g/g200000060690/

It equals to 5800$, so the US price seems real.

 

[buzzlulu]

Just spoke with him on the phone- my order is in

 

[Sandro Sena]

Just spoke with him on the phone- my order is in

Congratulations... for me, it will be a loooooong wait. In my country, we pay something between 60% and 100% (via courier) of taxes on the value of the product + shipping. Insane!