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I had a set of LR-300 and wasn't impressed.

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ghost of olddude55

In Reply to: RE: New Stax model SR-X1 coming soon posted by kh6idf on February 12, 2024 at 07:21:24

Ended up returning them. Nowhere near as good as the SR-5.
I used SR-207 cans for a while until the left transducer got funky. Loved them. Enormous soundstage, incredible imaging.
But even my ancient SR-5 are terrific.
The SR-X1 looks like the headband and yokes from the old SR-5 but with different "speaker" units. I'm guessing they're Pro bias. Doesn't matter, I can power either Normal or Pro. Might consider a pair.

The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

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RE: I had a set of LR-300 and wasn't impressed. - sisterray 12:16:56 02/14/24 (1)
What did you specifically dislike about the L300? I've considered the L700 as a step-up from SR-507.

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- They didn't have any of what I love about Stax headphones. - ghost of olddude55 11:58:40 02/15/24 (0)
  The soundstage was blah, the bass wasn't all that, the highs weren't anything to write home about, and they didn't have that speed on transients that makes Stax Stax. I thought they'd be at least as good as the SR-207 but they weren't even close.
  The SR-5 cans are much better, at least to my ears.
  
  The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
  
  Edits: 02/15/24

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