Keiso
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Hi everyone,
Today, I went to the local high-end audioshop to check out their Stax headphones. I heard that they have a sale there, so I wanted to find out if I can get a good deal on a pair of "earspeakers"
Well, they had a sale, alright. But the price is still HIGH
If I had to buy one set, the only one I could afford right now is the Basic System II, which costs $500 at sale.
I own a pair of Sennheiser HD590, which I love and enjoy. So I compared the Staxs to the Senns and tried to find out if the Stax are $400 better sounding
(note: Sennheisers are cheap in Europe. I bought my 590s for $120, and they are selling the 600s for around $150-160)
So here's how it went: The first impression of the Staxs were VERY good. The quality of the materials were high, and everything seemed solid. The earspeakers themselves were very light, much lighter than I thought. And most importantly, they were EXTREMELY comfortable to wear.
On to the music test.... they were good sounding, alright. But I can't help but say I was a little bit disappointed. I was expecting night and day difference between these and my Senns, but no....
My Senns have better bass, no doubt. Both the Staxs and the Senns are very detailed in the mid and high range, but I think the Staxs are a bit more natural sounding, flatter. The Senns feel more "energitic", sort of. (Probably because the better bass of the Senns)
So in the end, I didn't buy the Staxs. I think the Basic System II is flatter sounding than my Senns, but my Senns are more versatile, as I can hook it up to anything I want, and they are not really worse sounding than the Staxs. I know some people complain that the 590s are bright, but I find the 590s to sound just right for my taste. So I guess if you are the 580s kind of guy, you'll like the Staxs too.
I tried the other top models of Staxs as well, to see how high I have to go to get a great improvement. I had to go way up to the SR-4040 set, the Signature. But it costs like 15 times the price of the Senns.... I also tried the Omega II, the very top model of Stax. But they did not feel so comfortable on my head as the other models, because the design is totally different. But hell yeah, the sound is high-end. You'll probably have to get an Orpheus set from Sennheiser to beat that....
Today, I went to the local high-end audioshop to check out their Stax headphones. I heard that they have a sale there, so I wanted to find out if I can get a good deal on a pair of "earspeakers"
Well, they had a sale, alright. But the price is still HIGH
If I had to buy one set, the only one I could afford right now is the Basic System II, which costs $500 at sale.
I own a pair of Sennheiser HD590, which I love and enjoy. So I compared the Staxs to the Senns and tried to find out if the Stax are $400 better sounding
(note: Sennheisers are cheap in Europe. I bought my 590s for $120, and they are selling the 600s for around $150-160)
So here's how it went: The first impression of the Staxs were VERY good. The quality of the materials were high, and everything seemed solid. The earspeakers themselves were very light, much lighter than I thought. And most importantly, they were EXTREMELY comfortable to wear.
On to the music test.... they were good sounding, alright. But I can't help but say I was a little bit disappointed. I was expecting night and day difference between these and my Senns, but no....
My Senns have better bass, no doubt. Both the Staxs and the Senns are very detailed in the mid and high range, but I think the Staxs are a bit more natural sounding, flatter. The Senns feel more "energitic", sort of. (Probably because the better bass of the Senns)
So in the end, I didn't buy the Staxs. I think the Basic System II is flatter sounding than my Senns, but my Senns are more versatile, as I can hook it up to anything I want, and they are not really worse sounding than the Staxs. I know some people complain that the 590s are bright, but I find the 590s to sound just right for my taste. So I guess if you are the 580s kind of guy, you'll like the Staxs too.
I tried the other top models of Staxs as well, to see how high I have to go to get a great improvement. I had to go way up to the SR-4040 set, the Signature. But it costs like 15 times the price of the Senns.... I also tried the Omega II, the very top model of Stax. But they did not feel so comfortable on my head as the other models, because the design is totally different. But hell yeah, the sound is high-end. You'll probably have to get an Orpheus set from Sennheiser to beat that....