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tenderbeefonpho OP t1_j1h4rfi wrote

Reply to comment by SmartOpinion69 in Stax’d by tenderbeefonpho

No I sold all of them after these arrived.

Jokes aside, I have the HD800 stock, LCD2F, Koss ESP950 and have heard a few other TOTLs though only at shows. I’m not great with technical terms but I’m going to try comparing them with the HD800. With eq the HD800 can sound great and are relatively up there with Stax in details retrieval but they don’t come close to the magic of the SR009 (ie how they present the details), at least to my ears. There is something special about how the SR009 render strings and kick drums that I don’t hear on the HD800, could be due to better separation. The most apparent difference for me when I first put the Stax on is the sense of air, blacker background, and greater instrument separation (although they have a narrower soundstage compared to HD800).

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