tjkurita
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In my limited experience, I found electrostatic headphones (Stax OII specifically) to be a little "polite" without the punch of dynamic cans. I had a Stax O2 setup with a 007T amp. It was a really good sounding system, refined and delicate. But that could also be considered a criticism. It has a lot of speed but the not the race car kind of speed. More like a really luxurious Mercedes kind of speed. Qualia cans on a Dynamight has sportscar speed. I could hear a difference between the two. My dynamic setup (custom 6SN7 driving 300B, 5AR4 rectifiers, Tango OPTs, Senn. HD600 w/equinox cable) is, to my ears, better than just about any electrostatic setup because the refinement of electrostatics can be reached with a really good dynamic setup. But the punch and impact of a dynamic setup cannot be matched by e-stats.