Stax SR-009S Signature Electrostatic and SRM-D50 Driver and DAC Preview

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Stax is the undisputed leader in electrostatic headphones, or Earspeakers, as they call them.

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The company wanted us to hear their very best in their extensive line of transducers, and I eagerly agreed. I wondered how good a headphone and driver amp/DAC could sound when it cost north of $5000.00.

In extensive listening tests, I heard all kinds of music through these physically striking headphones. How did they measure up, and perhaps more important, do you get stratospheric performance when you pay a stratospheric price? The answers are coming up in my review so please watch for it.

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Mel Martin

Mel spent most of his life working in television journalism in Ohio, Florida, the BBC in London, and in Seattle, WA. He won a few EMMY awards along the way which most people mistake for bowling trophies. Being around all those expensive monitors frustrated him when he got home to his threadbare TV and stereo, so he began to improve things, brand by brand, upgrade by upgrade. He’s got a lovely OLED TV now, flanked by Magnepan 3.6r speakers, and a Home theater with an Epson Projector and Focal speakers. Also scatted about the house are HiFiMan headphones, and 6 Sonos Connect devices that are spraying his rather large music collection from room to room. Other equipment is from Oppo, Sony, Aurender, PS Audio and Emotiva. Musical tastes range from Classical to Jazz to New Age to classic Rock and Roll. Mel has written a biography of film producer Samuel Bronston (El Cid, King of Kings) and is working now on a second film related book. He resides in Arizona where, when he’s not adjusting his home theater, he dabbles in landscape and astronomical photography.