Pretty rare.
Interesting, I was debating between paying to get my 007t CCS and tube modded versus jumping to one of those; sounds like in your opinion its not better than a BHSE?
No. I’m saying the design seems strange. The idea behind the carbon is to have an elegant sic fet design, why add tubes?
Isnt the GG essentially Carbon with El34 output?
On average ppl are clueless and lack technical understanding quite often, but they like to talk about it being proud of having something $$$$, so bear with them... :LOL:Hm, i always wonder, why people think, that the Mjolnir Carbon is bright. For me personally it is quite dark. Also find it funny, that people compare power of amps by looking how far the Volume knob is turned to the right. I don't think, that it makes sense to compare power of amps like that.
But his review is very entertaining
I sort of think the same. I had the L700 + 353X in the box for the past years because I don't have the need for open-back but recently I changed earpads and headpad to sell them and compared with the DCA Stealth and apart from the sub-bass in some tracks I didn't think the Stealth outperformed the Stax, and considering that the Stealth needs to be paired with the HPA4 to reach the same level, that makes Stax a very good value. I still think the Stealth is an excellent headphone (but requires an amp able to deliver enough current) and it's closed-back, which is the important part for me, but when thinking about value...
those look great. I hope they sound as good as they look. I guess I need to start watching those auctions to grab a pair as well. Do you mind sharing how much they cost you?A beautiful near mint pair of 007mk1 71xxx came in today. From Yahoo JP auctions.
Great clamp force like the 70xxx pair I picked up about a month or so back. They sound excellent! The owner used once or twice and then it had been kept away in the box all these years. They cost (incl the Buyee services fees, which is really small) about US$1.7K.
Congratulations! They look brand new!A beautiful near mint pair of 007mk1 71xxx came in today. From Yahoo JP auctions.
@ruhian and I were having a discussion on the 007. I think the 007, technicalities aside, has one of the most engaging tonality around.Congratulations! They look brand new!
Where would you rank the 007 as a whole compared to your endless stable of headphones
Which is why I do enjoy them as much as they do. Even if, admittedly, I do have a library of Stax earspeakers. 
In the mid 2000s I was going to get some Stax as a college graduation present. I don't recall which model but total everything was like $1,500. I decided it was too expensive. Coming up on 20 years on Headfi you can see by my sig I decided to go "all in" on estats since I can always sell them later. 
working progress Yamaha B-6 rebuild driving the L700s
