When I was younger, I remember dem'ing a pair of Stax Lambda pro. At the time, they were awesome. A couple of years ago, I looked seriously at ditching my speakers/amp and going with just a CDP and headphones. Based on previous experience, I went straight out to try some Stax. I lined a comparison up between a pair of 3030s and some Senn 600s on the backend of a decent headphone amp. The result was not quite what I expected. Overall I prefered the Senns, I think because they gave a more similar presentation to my Linn speakers. The Senn combo was better in the bass, but had worse detail and wasn't as airy.
More interestingly, I then compared with my speakers at home, at which point I canned the idea of the headphones as the speakers really were MUCH better to listen to. Assuming you want a pair of headphones, the implications are that the Stax will do some things better than virtually everything else available, but won't be perfect. Picture them as the Quad ESLs of headphones. -- Mr_Sukebe SB+, Behringer 2496DEQ, Bel Canto DAC2, Bel Canto Evo2i, Impulse Ta'us, Coherent cables, Stillpoints ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mr_Sukebe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10609 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36055 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
