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Stax headphones may not be the best known brand; however to the audiophile they are widely regarded as the best that money can buy, and with the company having been producing electrostatic headphones of extraordinary quality for many decades.
Stax was founded in 1938 and originally produced frequency condenser microphones, before developing its range to include record player cartridges and in 1960, with its first venture into the headphone market in 1960 with the release of the STAX SR-1.
Stax earspeakers as they like to call them, are now the only products now produced, along with the associated headphone amplifiers,. Specialising in headphones has allowed the company to perfect their technology, with its Hi-Tec headphones reproducing sound at a truly astonishing. Originally using a 230 volt bias range, 2011 has seen the company upgrade its range to 580 volt bias, termed Pro Bias, with a higher resolution diaphragm assembly with improved ear cushions, including sheepskin for superb comfort, with them sitting around the ear rather than on the ear.
Stax headphones are personalised electrostatic speakers and produce a breadth of sound that is second to none. As with all electrostatic speakers, Stax headphones require an accompanying amplifier to deflect the ultra thin diagphram, which is just a few micrometres thick. The ultra fine construction allows Stax headphones to produce sound well beyond the upper human hearing range, which allows Stax headphones to maintain low mid band distortion beyond the audible range, for a stable and remarkably accurate sound stage.
Stax headphones are fast, responsive and allow for excellent separation of sound, and make for extraordinary reproduction of classical music. Each note and instrument is sharp and well defined, with incredible realism. The sound is big, airy and natural, offering the space of open backed headphones, yet with containment of sound similar to closed headphones with a sound often likened to coming from your head than the headphones themselves . Primarily used for classical music, jazz, vocals and acoustic music they are eerily realistic. The bass is impressive, the attack and timing superb, and the resolution and refinement of sound is unbeatable, and far superior to any dynamic headphones. The stunning sound quality provided by Stax headphones makes them a number one choice for studio and broadcast use.
Stax headphones an amplifier to deliver high voltage low current power, with Stax headphone amplifiers custom designed for perfectly matched amplification. Stax headphone amplifiers, or energisers as they are also known, deliver up to 1000 volts, and whilst a little unnerving at the thought of having so much voltage millimeters from the ears, the system is perfectly safe with the voltage controlled by resistors to limit current.
At Doug Brady Hi Fi we offer the finest collection of Stax headphones and amplifiers to enrich your listening experience, and provide a sound stage beyond compare.
