[BoogieWoogie]

I started playing with Stax last Spring - my experience:

009S on 353X vs. Mjolinir Carbon
NIGHT and DAY

353LE (L700 drivers) vs. 009S
NIGHT and DAY

009S / Mjolinir Carbon vs. my Utopia
NIGHT and DAY

L700 it's nota L300LE

 

[buzzlulu]

Never said it was

From Stax website:
"It features "MLER" ellipse sound element equivalent to Lamda top series models"

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Never said it was

From Stax website:
"It features "MLER" ellipse sound element equivalent to Lamda top series models"

That translates to what

 

[buzzlulu]

That's their translation - not mine.
Make of it what you want

 

[Dan Lee]

Very nice thank you for that. I look forward to getting my Carbon then. I have the Focal Utopias as well. I find they are great headphones as well and the dynamics and tonality they present are fantastic. I still love my LCD-4s as well, but there is just something about these stax headphones I just cant quite help but be overwhelmed by. Ive heard people say they think they sound weird or off in some way and all i can think is they musta just ran through some shooting practice without hearing protection cause the only way these sound off is in the way they just sound god damn perfect and I havent even heard them through a TOTL amp yet.

 

[jbrownson]

Very nice thank you for that. I look forward to getting my Carbon then. I have the Focal Utopias as well. I find they are great headphones as well and the dynamics and tonality they present are fantastic. I still love my LCD-4s as well, but there is just something about these stax headphones I just cant quite help but be overwhelmed by. Ive heard people say they think they sound weird or off in some way and all i can think is they musta just ran through some shooting practice without hearing protection cause the only way these sound off is in the way they just sound god damn perfect and I havent even heard them through a TOTL amp yet.

You’re going to love the Carbon

 

[Dan Lee]

Awesome man thank you guys. I cant bloody wait.

 

[di_andrei]

https://staxaudio.com/parts

https://staxaudio.com/headpad/stax-sr-007mk2-headpad

Looks like they only have the mk2 - I'm probably ok with the lack of color coordination, but are they otherwise compatible with the mk1?

 

[walakalulu]

I’ve heard the 009S through the top Stax (not bad at all), then a KGST (shows that Stax isn’t so great after all) and finally a KGGG (woweee!) The fact is the cans scale up to new levels as amp quality improves. Better cables between source and amp also help.

 

[astrostar59]

I’ve heard the 009S through the top Stax (not bad at all), then a KGST (shows that Stax isn’t so great after all) and finally a KGGG (woweee!) The fact is the cans scale up to new levels as amp quality improves. Better cables between source and amp also help.

Indeed, but so do the Abyss, LCD4 and Susvara. Top level HPs need top level amp and sources IMO.

 

[PointyFox]

IMO they don't. I had a LCD-4 which was pretty disappointing so I kept getting better DACs/amps for it, but it always sounded the same. Went from a Schiit stack ($200) up to a top tier Violectric stack ($4000). I also heard the SR009S on the SRM-D50 vs BHSE and KGSS and it sounded the same on all three to me. I've been slowly getting rid of my expensive DACs/amps in favor of cheaper ones with better specs.

 

[astrostar59]

IMO they don't. I had a LCD-4 which was pretty disappointing so I kept getting better DACs/amps for it, but it always sounded the same. Went from a Schiit stack ($200) up to a top tier Violectric stack ($4000). I also heard the SR009S on the SRM-D50 vs BHSE and KGSS and it sounded the same on all three to me. I've been slowly getting rid of my expensive DACs/amps in favor of cheaper ones with better specs.

Think you are swimming against the tide...

 

[HoloSpice]

Lol his source inventory is the problem

 

[bluesaint]

if everything sounds the same, then maybe the issue is with how he hear things? or the music source itself?

 

[HoloSpice]

if everything sounds the same, then maybe the issue is with how he hear things? or the music source itself?

Lol! Garbage in garbage out. The Sr-009S isn't going to sing with that kind of setup.