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Originally Posted by brat
If you read carefully all Stax threads you will know that O2mk1 is the Omega with the right bass.  |
What is written in the threads is not audible. I was a little careless regarding model number, I have the 007 Mk 1. I don't mean that bass is insufficient in volume but it is sometimes a little uncontrolled and not tight enough. That is not easy to evaluate because the reproduction from most headphone / amp combos understate the deep and round content of bass and that is very well reproduced by the 007 Mk 1. But I still think that it lacks some control, tightness and could be more hard-hitting. I believe that the weak point is primarily on the amplification side and feel not sure if Mk 1 is the best alternative just now because amplifiers that are better than 717 are not available for the moment. But I have not heard Mk 2 (007A).
My reluctance of headphone amplifiers with a weight of 80 pounds is philosophical rather than technological, but I am skeptical of the necessity.