I consider a set of STAX earspeakers, but have no experience with
electrostats. I plan to use my Touch as source. The STAX comes with a
vacuum tube driver unit. Can I connect the Touch directly to the driver
unit, or do I need a separate DAC and/or amplifier?
Anyone with any experience with STAX
Musical Fidelity M1
Arcam R
Eastern Electric Minimax Tube
Wyred for Sound DAC1/DAC2
DB Audio Tranquility DAC
Audiolab Westlake DAC
a bit more expensive is this:
http://www.antelopeaudio.com/en/products_zodiac.html
the more expensive + model can be got for 2,895 euros but I don't know
when the
SPDIF out
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captaink
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The energizer/amplifier that comes with the Stax package is all you
need, apart from some rca cables to connect them to the touch. The
4040's are superb headphones, I used to have them until I bought the
4070's and 007's not long ago Stax launched a limited edition
series, try looking for
The limited edition is not available, at least not here in Norway. The
set I consider is the old model with the SRM-006t energizer, not the
signature II (although I don´t really know the difference).
From what I´ve read the Stax earspeakers tend to be unforgiving when it
comes to the source. Did
Actually, I saw a post by Sean here telling that WiFi may leak some RF
noise into signal...
at least in theory, wired connection has an advantage
Theory is reality for me- Sean replied to my thread about hearing a
clicking noise in my speakers with this explanation. If the RCA cords
from the
