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Re: Stax 307 + 323s Amplifier Impressions
« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2014, 11:30:41 PM »
Quote from: marvey on October 13, 2014, 08:38:48 PM
So those who heard it? Not mid-bassy and tizzy like the 407/507?

Lol, what midbass?  It has none.  I think shouty in the Stevie Nicks range, not quite tizzy which I think is higher up.  Close though.

If you listen at 30dB though, everything sounds flat.  And boring....
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Re: Stax 307 + 323s Amplifier Impressions
« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2014, 05:33:17 AM »
All I can add here is, if Lamdba was all Stax had to offer, I would never have become owner, even less sticked to it over the years. I never warmed up to these guys (although I mostly listened to the couple of gens. before X07 so maybe things have changed a bit). For me, Stax starts and ends at the Omega style series, including 009.
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Re: Stax 307 + 323s Amplifier Impressions
« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2014, 06:21:39 AM »
Going of memory, the 009 is leaps and bounds better than the 307. No doubt about that.
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Re: Stax 307 + 323s Amplifier Impressions
« Reply #13 on: October 14, 2014, 06:24:49 AM »
One of my friends in India had an old Lambda (his treasure actually). I heard it first and that's what attracted to the Stax sound. But I did not experiment at all and went straight to the 007 mk1. Then I was lucky to trade my Audez'e LCD 3 for the 009. And as Arnaud and OJ observed, the music stops here.
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Re: Stax 307 + 323s Amplifier Impressions
« Reply #14 on: October 14, 2014, 07:37:16 AM »
Quote from: kothganesh on October 14, 2014, 06:24:49 AM
And as Arnaud and OJ observed, the music stops here.

Lol, not quite.  OJ didn't say that.  I know he prefers the HD800 to the 009 like myself and a few others do.  The fact that you have to stop your music probably tells you how much the 009 is overrated!!   :)p13 :)p13 :D ;)  Haha, you fell right into that one.   p;)
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Re: Stax 307 + 323s Amplifier Impressions
« Reply #15 on: October 14, 2014, 03:29:08 PM »
I totally get why people would like the 009 over HD800 though. Or even the entry-level stats over a "humble" dynamic headphone like the HD600. They offer some unique qualities for playback and it's hard to say which is "superior" or "more accurate" in a absolute sense. But yeah, for me it's no question.
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Re: Stax 307 + 323s Amplifier Impressions
« Reply #16 on: October 14, 2014, 04:18:58 PM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on October 14, 2014, 07:37:16 AM
Quote from: kothganesh on October 14, 2014, 06:24:49 AM
And as Arnaud and OJ observed, the music stops here.

Lol, not quite.  OJ didn't say that.  I know he prefers the HD800 to the 009 like myself and a few others do.  The fact that you have to stop your music probably tells you how much the 009 is overrated!!   :)p13 :)p13 :D ;)  Haha, you fell right into that one.   p;)

Nice one Anax. Tell you what. I have both the HD 800 and the 009. There is no question that the 800's sound stage and detail is a step ahead of the 009. I still feel the 009 has better clarity to the music. The only thing I have not done is to mod the 800. Maybe I should do that. In fact I have ordered the material from Amazon but it takes time to come to India. I am open minded enough to test the modded 800 and come to the right conclusions. Until such time, the 009 does it for me.
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Re: Stax 307 + 323s Amplifier Impressions
« Reply #17 on: October 14, 2014, 05:45:06 PM »
HD800 requires work on both sides of the phone.  That said, it will never make actual music sound like a cloud or vapor floating in space if that's what someone is into as accurate or prefered sound.
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Re: Stax 307 + 323s Amplifier Impressions
« Reply #18 on: October 15, 2014, 04:01:56 AM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on October 14, 2014, 05:45:06 PM
HD800 requires work on both sides of the phone.  That said, it will never make actual music sound like a cloud or vapor floating in space if that's what someone is into as accurate or prefered sound.
Absolutely. I never expect the HD 800 with any and all modding to sound like the 009. I don't want that. Heck, the most enjoyment I get is actually the HE 6 running off speaker taps. I listen only to classic rock. Yes, the HE 6's sound stage seems "collapsed" compared to the HD 800. I did a really stupid thing last weekend by listening to Led Zep and Clapton, alternating each song between the HD 800 and the HE 6. I was "only" using the BH Crack for the 800. Yet the 800 won hands down on many items. But the visceral kick of the HE 6 is unparalleled in my experience with the cans that I have. Hence I decided to do no more comparisons but just enjoy what I have. It is fun exploring the sounds of the various HPs.
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Re: Stax 307 + 323s Amplifier Impressions
« Reply #19 on: October 15, 2014, 06:04:41 AM »
The HD800's are very polarising with a love/hate relationship. I owned them 3 times, sold the last beater off that Marv sold to me, liked them sure, but never loved them.

While it is not necessary to feed the HE-6 speaker amp level current, it's complete inefficiency does rule out a lot of dedicated headamp's incapable of driving it to it's potential (minus loudness button equivalent bullshit for gain switch on some amp's), so it pretty much means experimenting and so far some integrated amp's are better driving it then any head amp out there.
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