spritzer Posted July 27, 2009 Report Posted July 27, 2009 Worse, like pealing away layers of plastic.
blessingx Posted July 27, 2009 Report Posted July 27, 2009 How'd you guys think the λ sigs v. pros scaled with the amps?
Voltron Posted July 28, 2009 Report Posted July 28, 2009 Both the pros and the sigs scaled equally well?
Dreadhead Posted July 28, 2009 Report Posted July 28, 2009 I really liked both of them with the KGSS. Really liked. It was sort of an embarrassment of riches.
Salt Peanuts Posted July 28, 2009 Report Posted July 28, 2009 So how did ESP950 fare among all those Stax cans?
grawk Posted July 28, 2009 Author Report Posted July 28, 2009 I prefer the esp950 to all the others, personally, except for build quality and comfort
Dusty Chalk Posted July 28, 2009 Report Posted July 28, 2009 ESP950's were not bad -- this is actually the first time I think I heard them. A little rolled off on the topmost extreme highend (compared to Stax und Senns), but that's not a deal-killer. The rest was real nice.
atothex Posted July 28, 2009 Report Posted July 28, 2009 At first I thought Colin's shirt said, "Oprah," which would have been awesome. The day that I start my own prog-death band, I'm stealing that damn name. Oprah.
cetoole Posted July 28, 2009 Report Posted July 28, 2009 The day that I start my own prog-death band, I'm stealing that damn name. Oprah. Make sure you guys dont suck, so I can justify a t-shirt.
Icarium Posted July 28, 2009 Report Posted July 28, 2009 The day that I start my own prog-death band, I'm stealing that damn name. Oprah. 99 percent sure asians arent allowed to start prog-death bands. The asian counsel will get your ass.
Dusty Chalk Posted July 28, 2009 Report Posted July 28, 2009 Good luck with that, I'm pretty sure she has it copyrighted, patented, trademarked, and is working on intellectual property rights.
Smeggy Posted July 28, 2009 Report Posted July 28, 2009 I get the impression I'd like the 4070 aside from the bass. I'll definitely pick up a set of 950s at some stage too. Stat's I've never heard: 007 4070 sigma 950 Jade HE60 HE90 HE 1.3 Pretty pathetic really for a stat fan
Duggeh Posted July 28, 2009 Report Posted July 28, 2009 I get the impression I'd like the 4070 aside from the bass. I'll definitely pick up a set of 950s at some stage too. Stat's I've never heard: 007 4070 sigma 950 Jade HE60 HE90 HE 1.3 Pretty pathetic really for a stat fan I've only heard two of those. ... Plus the SR-3N, ESP9,SR-202, SR-001, SR-001 Mk.2 and whatever Lambda it was Milkpowder had.
Dusty Chalk Posted July 28, 2009 Report Posted July 28, 2009 I get the impression I'd like the 4070 aside from the bass. I'll definitely pick up a set of 950s at some stage too. Stat's I've never heard: 007 4070 sigma 950 Jade HE60 HE90 HE 1.3 Pretty pathetic really for a stat fan it'd probably be easier to list the stats you have heard -- which is what (that made you a fan)?
Dusty Chalk Posted July 28, 2009 Report Posted July 28, 2009 I also didn't like that the 4070's were heavy. Not that they were painful to wear or anything, but you'd move your head, and their static momentum ("objects at rest tend to stay at rest") would keep them where they were (which means that they would move relative to your head). No headbanging whatsoever, in fact, you'd have to move in such a manner that the coefficient of static friction kept them on your head -- once you hit kinetic friction, all is lost. And it didn't take much to crossover from one to the other. This only occurs if you listen for more than 10 minutes at a time. So I just wanted to thank whomever for the opportunity to finally having heard a pair. I'll probably still get a pair (I did like them enough), but they're not the bees' knees.
spritzer Posted July 28, 2009 Report Posted July 28, 2009 Should I make a list as well...? The Lambdas do benefit from a high power amp and with the Lambda Signature I'd say it was mandatory to tame the etch.
Dusty Chalk Posted July 28, 2009 Report Posted July 28, 2009 Should I make a list as well...? Oh, hell yes.
spritzer Posted July 28, 2009 Report Posted July 28, 2009 What I've heard would be far too long but I've never heard two Stax models, the SR-2 (which isn't supposed to exist but it was made briefly in 1968) and the equally rare SR-X Mk1 with mesh drivers. I'd also like to hear the Pioneer SE-1000, the Sony ECR-800 and the Purtscheller set even if it is only a prototype.
Dusty Chalk Posted July 28, 2009 Report Posted July 28, 2009 What I've heard would be far too long...That was kind of the point.
Dreadhead Posted July 28, 2009 Report Posted July 28, 2009 Dusty, I agree if I was keeping my electrostats I would likely buy 4070 too but alas I am not.
spritzer Posted July 28, 2009 Report Posted July 28, 2009 (edited) Well here goes but I'm bound to forget quite a few. I wish I still had the list which was in my HF profile before the epic crash... Stax SR-1 SR-3 SR-3N SR-5 SR-5N (gold) SR-5NB SR-X Mk2 SR-X Mk3 SR-X Mk3 Pro SR-Sigma SR-Sigma Pro SR-Sigma 404 SR-Lambda SR-Lambda Pro SR-Lambda Signature SR-Lambda Spirit SR-Lambda Pro Classic SR-Lambda Nova Basic SR-Lambda Nova Classic SR-Lambda Nova Signature SR-202 SR-303 SR-404 SR-SC1 Sr-Gamma SR-Gamma Pro V1 SR-Gamma Pro V2 SR-Alpha Pro SR-Alpha Pro Excellent SR-Omega SR-Omega/007 SR-007 SR-007A SR-007 Mk2 4070 Sr-001 Mk1 SR-001 Mk2 SR-003 SR-30 SR-30 Pro SR-40 SR-50 SR-60 SR-80 SR-80 Pro (gold or something like that) Sennheiser HE60 HE90 Unipolar (both of them) Koss ESP6 ESP7 ESP9 ESP9b ESP10 ESP950 Sony ECR400 ECR500 ECR600 Jecklin PS0 PS1 PS2 (and they all hurt like hell so I never spent much time with them) All of the Stax OEM cans (Marantz, Magnavox, Realistic etc.) Aurex HR-1000 Beyer ET-1000 A-T ATH-9000 Phillips N6325 (and some of the many OEM versions) Infinity Micro-Seiki AKG K340 One of the Minifon models (very similar to the Infinity and M-S) Jade There was also a prolonged modding phase where I came up with all sorts of whaky shit. Some were never 100% functional though... Edited July 28, 2009 by spritzer 1
Dusty Chalk Posted July 28, 2009 Report Posted July 28, 2009 You should write a book, a la Ken Kessler's Quad: The Closest Approach.
Aimless1 Posted July 28, 2009 Report Posted July 28, 2009 Well here goes but I'm bound to forget quite a few. I wish I still had the list which was in my HF profile before the epic crash... Stax SR-1 SR-3 SR-3N SR-5 SR-5N (gold) SR-5NB SR-X Mk2 SR-X Mk3 SR-X Mk3 Pro SR-Sigma SR-Sigma Pro SR-Sigma 404 SR-Lambda SR-Lambda Pro SR-Lambda Signature SR-Lambda Spirit SR-Lambda Pro Classic SR-Lambda Nova Basic SR-Lambda Nova Classic SR-Lambda Nova Signature SR-202 SR-303 SR-404 SR-SC1 Sr-Gamma SR-Gamma Pro V1 SR-Gamma Pro V2 SR-Alpha Pro SR-Alpha Pro Excellent SR-Omega SR-Omega/007 SR-007 SR-007A SR-007 Mk2 4070 Sr-001 Mk1 SR-001 Mk2 SR-003 SR-30 SR-30 Pro SR-40 SR-50 SR-60 SR-80 SR-80 Pro (gold or something like that) Sennheiser HE60 HE90 Unipolar (both of them) Koss ESP6 ESP7 ESP9 ESP9b ESP10 ESP950 Sony ECR400 ECR500 ECR600 Jecklin PS0 PS1 PS2 (and they all hurt like hell so I never spent much time with them) All of the Stax OEM cans (Marantz, Magnavox, Realistic etc.) Aurex HR-1000 Beyer ET-1000 A-T ATH-9000 Phillips N6325 (and some of the many OEM versions) Infinity Micro-Seiki AKG K340 One of the Minifon models (very similar to the Infinity and M-S) Jade There was also a prolonged modding phase where I came up with all sorts of whaky shit. Some were never 100% functional though... I don't think I've heard that many headphones yet.
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