2010/4/18 David Mann <dm...@bluemoon.net.nz>: > > I've always been curious about Stax but I don't like the idea of having > what's essentially an AF radio transmitter on each side of my head.
I like their sound a lot, it is crisp, clean, precisely modulated but not to the point of being unforgiving. They are a nice contrast to my Consequence Audio Olivia / Images loudspeakers (D'Appolito design, SEAS chassis) which are built completely with classical and jazz in mind and sound warmer and more vibrant. To be honest, I've thus far ignored the technology of the headphones. I traded an old Kenwood KT-880 tuner for them when the content qualitative decline of my preferred radio stations really took hold and my BeyerDynamic headphones began to disintegrate (the softener in the earshells turned them into crackly, sticky goo plus the left ear cable had cracked. I listen to more radio again now but it is different styles of music these days. Around here you get two half decent jazz stations, one informed classical, one multicultural/alternative and all the rest is either news or heavy rotation elevator / charts pop / oldie but gooey / whatnot. In fact the leading local pop station Radio Hamburg calls a listener panel with every prospective new track (nothing that's never been Top 10 either), they never replace more than 30 and never play more than 180 tracks in any given month. And their jingle is "More diverstiy" - can you believe that? Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
