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Robert Howard
Summit-fi reporting in.
Ian Bailey
*snap*
Henry Kelly
Dominic Edwards
You may want open headphones to get a wider soundstage that's appropriate for video games. AKG K702 would be ideal for that, but you may as well go DT880 like user suggested. It's up to you.
Dominic Moore
Redpill on STAX for newbies: STAX is an old Jap company with outdated tech that was considered high end back in the 1960s and 1970s but sounds like ass by today's standards, so they went nearly bankrupt. They were purchased by a Chinese company for just a million dollars who decided to market STAX to the audiophool "more expensive is better" demographic who buys those crappy $3000 vinyl players, they shill heavily on HeadFi and here on /hpg/, plus they pay Zeos to shill their crap just like Fostex does.
>In December 2011, Chinese loudspeaker manufacturer Edifier announced the acquisition of 100% equity in Stax
Oratory has measured the highest end STAX, the SR-009S.
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It's worse than the HD600. HD600 scored 92 and SR-009S scored 76.
Recently Rtings rated STAX across various dimension, it's worse in terms of sound than mid-priced offerings from Hifiman and Audeze, and only got a 7.7 rating.
In a separate study:
>The very highest end STAX ($4000 SR-009) was rated lower in blind tests than a $200 K701
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Download the PDF of the study at: mega.nz
To add insult to overpriced injury, they have shitty plastic build quality that you would expect on cheap chinkshit headphones:
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Oratory (respected sound engineer) on the build:
Even best Stax headphones sound objectively worse than mid-fi. This is why they don't demo them in store, they rely on the internet to create a sense of mystique around STAX and shill it as the endgame because its expensive, Asian, rare and obscure. In reality its no bass sounding garbage, with shrill highs that appeal only to near-deaf boomer
Kayden Price
Repent
Jordan Miller
miku a shit
Joseph Edwards
Where is Aristere? He was fun.
Jose Cooper
no he wasnt shut up nigger
Ethan Cruz
Any comment if dacs or amps are worth it for a computer setup with headphones? I do not know if I should invest in it.
Ryan Wilson
he just posted the copypasta
Austin Adams
Based
Never trust a stax shill
Michael Rivera
I want to go back
Hunter Bell
Nice meeku op!
No u
John Ramirez
Stax (excluding L300) > HD800 > 650, 6xx, 660, 58x >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shit >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 600
Owen Collins
Why spend more when these are perfect?
Brandon Nelson
ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssibilant
Nathaniel James
>excluding L300
What the fuck stax bros, you told me to buy SRS-3100 and now this...
Jaxon Barnes
if a poorfag shitheiser fan told you to buy the HD200's, would that make the hd650's bad?
only poorfags buy the L300's
Alexander Walker
>t. triggered staxlet incel
Aaron Bailey
>bloated mud bass
>mount everest treble
>marianas trench mids
Samuel Murphy
>HD650
>good
Oh I see, it was a nostaxer all along.
Josiah Lewis
>forming opinions about headphones you never tried
harmantardon...
Liam Kelly
Well I just bought a K7xx even though I need the noise isolation of a closed back headphone.
Fucking impulse buys
Tyler Green
same retarded website measured this with 770s, why would anyone pay attention to them lol
William Collins
typical response from a beyerfagnamic retard lol
Noah Gray
The 770 actually sound like that though
Wyatt Powell
that's not a bad FR graph, the 770's are actually garbage lol
Jeremiah Russell
That's really fucking bad, i bet they sound almost as bad as the hd600
Zachary Morales
Whats the ideal or best "cumulative spectral decay" of a headphone?
Eli Hill
yes of course there's a magic null at 4k that apparently only this one website can see and only you can hear, that makes sense
Colton Jackson
Funny, the same person who made that measurements says it doesn't.
Zachary Nguyen
It sounds worse than the HD600? I didn't even think that was possible...
Cameron Carter
would spend my holidays there
Luke Gonzalez
Better, the word you are looking for "better"
Landon Brooks
What are some good recommendations for ear buds? I need them for gym and college
Jacob Campbell
Tin t2
They're cheap, sound good, and you don't feel bad about destroying them
Thomas Gutierrez
L700 vs 007mk2?
Alexander Roberts
neither
Lucas Wood
Both sound like shit.
Blake Perry
I own a pair of Stax and I think they sound significantly better than other headphones I own in the same price range.
Ryan Green
>stax
Nobody is gullible enough to purchase such garbage, right?
Camden Hall
ONIICHAN BUY UMARU STAXXU
Wyatt Long
Around stax, never relax.
Jaxon Lopez
HD600 scored 92 on the Harman target. It's objectively the best open back headphone that uses no DSP on the market.
Liam Perez
then why does it sound so bad
Ian Phillips
Because you're deaf.
Lincoln Gutierrez
>mfw enjoying music with my dt1990
Jackson Green
>dt1990
go away tranny
Thomas Foster
where are the feet?
Liam Taylor
deaf people love the hd600 tho
Jayden Rivera
HD600 is neutral and accurate, stay mad.
Gavin Wood
then why it sound like shit?
Michael Allen
Could be the source, the music or your head
Nathaniel Baker
sorry m8 but im a meat eating combustion engine car driving straight white male
right here
Daniel Stewart
no it's the headphones
Ian Lee
I know that feel very well!
Matthew Wilson
You are just a victim of buyers Stockholm syndrome. Stax sound like shit.
Ethan Bailey
>buyers Stockholm syndrome
this disease is thankfully limited to hd600 owners
Nicholas Davis
*sniffs your feet*
Owen Ross
My new m40x are too tight in my head. I like how they block every sound from my awful neighbors. tho.
Connor Gutierrez
IBWANT TO FUCK ANIME FOOT PUSSY
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Hudson Wood
A N I M E F E E T
Cooper Fisher
Stax
Landon Jones
>Stax
No. Fucking. Bass.
Hudson Diaz
>Budget
$200 flexible
>Location
USA
>Source
PC
>Type
over ear
>Open or closed
I've heard that open is generally slightly better, so open.
>Comfort
Comfort is a high priority
My headphones broke a few months ago and I've been using shitty $20 ear buds ever since. I've decided it's time to look into getting a real replacement and I'd appreciate any recommendations.
Ian Brooks
STAX
Brandon Stewart
>Budget
100
>Location
US
>Source
Phone
>Type of headphone
In ear
>Open or closed
Either
>Comfort level
Maximum comfy
>Sound signature
I listen to rock
Oliver Clark
is it safe to plug headphones into my amp when the volume is up and there is music playing?
Easton Miller
HD599.
Ask /iemg/.
As long as the volume isn't very high then it's safe.
Adam Taylor
Beyerdynamic DT880 250ohms.
Nathaniel Campbell
please buy stax
Colton Barnes
they came!
Just waiting on my atom amp to ship
Isaac Lopez
i would like some electrostats in the future.
Samuel Hill
>budget
100 european shekels
>location
Balkans
>source
Straight into my pc, no amplifier or any other gay shit
>type
Over ear
>open or closed
Either
>comfort
I'd rather them not be uncomfy but shit negro if they're good I can take a bit of pain
>past headphones
I have a Razer Kraken that's had a busted cable for like 2 years and it's served me well.
Please help.
Luis Butler
Superlux HD 668B, and save up for that sweet sweet $tax
Ian Baker
I want to dial the volume up and down but connecting my headphones directly to the pc. What do you guys recommend? poorfag shit, please.
John Gonzalez
Me too
Isaac Long
windows volume
Nolan Green
Nolan Foster
next.
Anthony Hernandez
Unironically As long as you have a 24-bit DAC or/and OP-AMP software volume control.
Blake Parker
Levi Lopez
That would mean having a higher end sound card, but probably still cheaper than an external DAC/AMP.
Isaiah Taylor
Sorry, I saw my mistake, I meant to say "but it's difficult because I'm connecting my headphones to the pc". Not difficult, more like a hassle.
Daniel Hernandez
>no stax on top of the last hairball
missed opportunity
Kayden Torres
looks like pure sex to me.
Benjamin Hall
There's no way the sr009 has that much bass.
Alexander Moore
Of course not, don't believe fake tests.
Austin Young
Stax
Benjamin Hall
It has a 35db bass boost in reality
Charles Green
SR009 sounds anemic in bass, it looks flat in the FR graph but even something like the Focal clear which have close bass levels in FR graphs to it clearly beats it in all bass levels.
Jackson Nelson
35db bass boost isn't anemic...
Jose Moore
t. denon $hill
Ryan Powell
>Budget
$90
>Location
US
>Source
PC
>Type of headphone
On ear but over ear is fine
>Open or closed
Either
>Comfort level
Made for large heads
>Sound signature
blues music like SRV
>past headphones
none have survive my large head
Alexander Jones
58X is end game tier
Isaiah Long
>he doesn't own the best headphones in the observable universe, stax
Joseph Campbell
>Budget
$400
>Location
US
>Source
Laptop/Phone
>Type of headphone
Over ear
>Open or closed
Closed
>Comfort level
Enough for a few hours
>Sound signature
Something for metal and synthwave
>Past headphone
Whatever came with my phone and a pair of Hyperx Clouds
I'm also looking for something with really good build quality
Caleb Garcia
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