shkong78
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| Please find the excuses for me not to buy Stax 009S headphone I am getting 2 month used one.Thus it must had been burn in.Usually amp take 200 hours of burn in.Stax 009S take less than 100 hour’s burn in since it had been already burnt in in factory. | |
| Musicians in your living room vs. you in the recording hall? Tough question.I wish to be transported to concert hall.But it is not bad if I feel musician in my listening room.It will be more costly to invite them to my listening room. | |
| Please find the excuses for me not to buy Stax 009S headphone @ mulveling I had read your excellent posts in Head Fi.It helped me to trigger Stax009S and Carbon amp.After I receive them, I will leave impression here. | |
| Reasonable high end interconnects: without breaking the bank Wow you are still using California audio lab Icon Mark II CD player.I had used that one from 1989 to 1998. Teo Audio GC II has very natural sound with nice decay at 600$ https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis92173-teo-audio-gcii-1m-new-model-upgrad... | |
| Please find the excuses for me not to buy Stax 009S headphone Let me clarify why I had pulled the trigger for Stax 009S.I had marveled at the clarity of electrostatic speaker since 1989.After listening to Martin Logan CLS, I had almost pulled the trigger, but the balance skewed to bright treble stopped me.St... | |
| Time to have a break from Hardware swapping Ha HaActually I am happy with the sound out of my system after 50K$ renovation.In addition, I can expect to get beautiful sound out of Stax headphone next week.That is good enough.I do not want to be greedy.I may have 3 years of break instead of 2... | |
| Please find the excuses for me not to buy Stax 009S headphone @ don_c55 Thanks a lot for your kind word.I have a lot of expectation about if after going through thread. https://www.head-fi.org/threads/stax-sr-009s-new-flagship-electrostatic-earspeakers-released-with-impressions.877870/page-25 But I have ... | |
| Please find the excuses for me not to buy Stax 009S headphone I feel the need for headphone during summertime.With headphone, I could play music with windows open during daytime.Here in Pacific NW, If I open the window, I do not need air conditioning even during daytime.But I do not floor whole village with ... | |
| Music lover or audiophile? If I keep changing hardware, it is hard to enjoy music.I had not changed any major audio components between 2013 to July 2018 except adding inexpensive Cocktail Audio X12 music server.But during last one year period, I had done major renovation ... | |
| Please find the excuses for me not to buy Stax 009S headphone I pulled the trigger. It will be my end game headphone.But I expect to receive it only after July 8th. Carbon Amp Spec.Notes about the build in no particular order: 450V supply, 20mA output current, TKD 4CP-601 volume pot, no servo, F&T 680u... | |
| Please find the excuses for me not to buy Stax 009S headphone Wow ESS 422H appears to be good value. https://headfonics.com/2018/08/ess-422h-headphones-review/ The problem is that I wish to get the end game product and be done with looking around it.I sincerely want to have a break from hardware swapping ... | |
| Please find the excuses for me not to buy Stax 009S headphone Bass Texture - Other than being a little less hefty than I'd like (just a little), the extension was very, very good, and the texture was simply breathtaking. Felt like I heard the spit on the lips of the tuba player. Spectacularly clear.Bass Sl... | |
| Shootout of four earphones and a headphone There appears to be many inexpensive options to drive headphone well.But Dave and Mscaler that I had got for my 2 channel system 4 weeks ago, also seems to be excellent for driving earphones and headphone. | |
| Shootout of four earphones and a headphone HIFIMAN RE800 Silver is not neutral but sounds like electrostatic one.Thus if you are interested in such fast and transparent sound, you may give it a try. | |
| Shootout of four earphones and a headphone After 100 hours of burn in, its treble edges are gone.But even with this burn in, its balance is not neutral despire clean and detailed treble.Thus I am in a position to evaluate Hifiman RE800s. |