i don't mean to make a thread but i guess i like to share my experience with first pair of electrostatics i ever had a chance to put on my head.


i was loaned these by a very kind person to give the ''electrostatic'' sound a try. also he was very curious how i think it would compare with the SA5000 and 240DF's. i gotten them this monday and so far i actually really like how they sound so far. thing i have to mention these aren't exact SR-202. they actually using pair of stax lambda pro ear pads,handband cushion  and i believe he said also they're using the lambda pro frame as well but the drivers are indeed the sr-202 so i don't know if that'll have anything to do with it or not.

the little amp is actually very interesting cause i never saw pair of electrostatic headphones use this before. usually they use a big box to be used off of speaker outputs of a power amp(receiver or integrated amp as well). right now i just have them off the pre-outs of my h/k 725 preamp. i was kinda concern the high voltage from the pre-outs in combination of +4dbu gain from my interface would overload the inputs and clip it like crazy but it handles very very well. i only use the pre-outs cause they do not respond well to soft-ware eq'ing whatsoever but respond very well to the tone control buttons on my pre.

i haven't compared it to my other headphones or my speakers yet and i been having less time to listen to these cause you need a complete quiet room to hear these perfectly so i only listen to them early in the morning. i'm also use to my other headphones as well so i could pick up those right away and adjust to the sound. this first time using these but right away when i turned them on i noticed good midrange tonality and clarity. they also manage to be very transparent to the source with no need of boosted top-end or air and are actually super smooth...like really smooth. must be because of their complete open design or this is what ''electrostatic'' speed really is. it's hard to explain really cause everyone knows i suck at this type of stuff.

they're not bright by any means. they seem to have pretty relaxed top-end but very present,detailed and don't sound harsh,shrill or all that fun audio terms, but some odd reason they actually have pretty good extension in the process. i read the box(amp) caps out or something  at 20khz so i ran it through sinegen running at 24-bit/96khz and seems extend pretty well up to 19khz but it could be possibility of my ears limitations or harmonic distortion. i have no idea to be honest. they do sound like there might be some upper-midrange to the lower-treble recession but that just might be the song/track. seem to lack bit of top-end to air as well but that just might be me cause i'm so use to my other headphones having good amount of air. i can't say for sure.

i heard complaints about bass with lot of electrostatics and stax but to be honest i find nothing wrong here with these. yea they're not fart canons of any sort like lot of dynamics or planers(only planers i heard are a modded yamaha hp-1 and my fostex of course but they gave me headaches and vibrated my head when i tested lot of bass competition tracks on them). but they give a good amount of punch to the kicks and good amount of impact. i did go through a run through in sine gen as well and they seem to extend down to 50hz and after that take a dive but down to 40hz is pretty audible. below 40hz it just caps out. nothing is heard or felt but that must be the driver limitation since low-bass and sub-bass needs massive amounts of air to push so the diaphragm might not be strong enough(or can be amp as well maybe cause low-bass and sub-bass takes lot more power compared to high frequencies).

so far with the right song they sound really clear and sound good with good amount low-level information. these are just quick impressions cause i listen to so many types of music and very diverse in my taste that it's always so hard to take a consistent decision on my part but i do like how they sound so far. sorry for the wall of text. i don't realize how much i type till i preview it.