Good to hear it it isn't that serious @Ciggavelli, take care of yourself and hopefully you on the come up soon! I still enjoy a loosy or two (or three lol) on the daily, but yeah I guess I'm getting to the point where I should cut back some more.

85 dB is the OSHA max recommendation, and I've read that long exposure (think like 8 hours a day at that level) can lead to hearing issues, but that wouldn't show up in the high frequencies (which aren't as important for life/music) but as I understand, it would manifest in issues generally in...

So how often do those who got ridiculously priced phones change their favorites? I ask because I notice that it happens quite a bit around here, either it follows a new purchase or sometimes even people go back to previous favorites after a while. I've seen this happen with people who have...

the classic Omega vs Omega 2 review is well known here and linked but here is the earlier Audio Asylum review from 2000 that compares the two (as well as the Lambda Signatures): https://www.audioasylum.com/reviews/Headphones/Stax/SR-Omega-vs.-SR-007-Omega2/general/80474.html would have been...

damn a blast from the past (your reviews on the original Omega in AudioAsylum and here were very useful for me when I was in the Omega game)

The changes from the 007 MK1 to MK2 seem pretty significant: different driver (even just dimension wise the 007 MK1 driver is larger), the closeness of the driver to the ear (MK1 is closer), and introduction of the port on the MK2. The changes on the 009S from the 009 seem smaller, the latter...

Yep, the clarity perception of a phone is based on various things such as auditory masking, reverb/decay, and quite importantly, the upper mids/lower treble region, and the last one is obviously a big point of departure from the 009 to the 007 (and certainly I don't think we need to retreat into...

Sure but I'll point out that there are a lot of alternative opinions in favor of the 009 the 2011 to 2015 timeframe as well. Yeah the thing that pisses me most about STAX is how they still haven't solved channel imbalances at this point, I get the issues but it's been 60 years of research into...

As @alota alluded to earlier though, the 009 was also considered the best headphone in the world by many earlier, and it seemed to enjoy a longer run than many of the other phones that briefly get that fad status. There's no question in my mind that the R10 and Omega and HE90 have their...

I don't know about other countries but the Omega had a price of about $3000 new in the US in the early nineties, that wouldn't buy you a trailer back then, I don't think any new cars either. Much less the used prices that dipped below $2000 in the early 2000s as house prices soared in the...

Only way the prices go down is if we stop buying this crap though. I was just discussing in another topic on how in the nineties, there simply wasn't a market for ridiculously expensive headphones. Things like the HE90, Omega, R10 simply didn't sell that much, there was just no market. Now...

The 009/S is at its lowpoint right now in terms of desirability, plus the general headphone market seems down (a reflection of the general economic situation I guess as compared to like the printing money days just past). Look at stuff from the early 2000s on the Omega or R10 or even HE90, they...

Not at all lol? People have all sorts of personal subjective listening experiences listening to the exact same thing (think about it, you must listen to your same setup at different times and think it sounds different and all that, I certainly do) it's not really a big deal to me, and it's...

Well, let's be fair, so first of all the 007 has only two official revisions according to STAX, the multiple purported revisions beyond that are unofficial based on enthusiasts. Furthermore, I'm also basing my opinion on general impressions of the sound from both those who like and dislike the...

Yeah I had a 400 serial number (493 I think) Ω so it would be the purported second revision with improved reliability and what has been said to be a different darker sound (I don't think the impedance specs changed at all, though all Ωs came with a measurement in the documentation, would be...