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Sound element with new fixed electrodes If the fixed electrode becomes infinitely thinner, the air resistance will be decreased and the permeability of sound waves will be improved. On the other hand, thinner electrodes are poor in rigidity and suffer from vibrations of their own and the sound becomes muddy. The SR-009S evolved further the electrode established in the SR-009 as the integration of present technology. The edges of electrode hole were smoothened through after-etching processing to reduce air resistance, and the permeability of sound has been much more improved. Moreover, gold plating processing with large specific gravity further decreased the electrode vibration. Finally, the sound clarity has been achieved by reducing the resistance of electrode itself.
Chassis Tough solid aluminum chassis employed secures firmly the sound element, contributing to improve the clearness of sound. Furthermore, the case thickness has been reduced to the limit, making the flow of condensation- and-rarefaction air wave from the sound element more smooth.
Resolution Intensity has been increased by giving roundness to the “guard mesh” of sound element, which lowered the influence of reflection and improved the resolution of sound.

Holy fuck!!!     I'm just so thankful they don't serve that on a biscuit! Otherwise, the entire West Coast would sink into the sea!

That is good to hear.  I saw 6 litzist on that catalog lol! i do love that gold-plated look too! when is it official release date and global wise ? Any expectation?

https://audioconcept.se/?s=sr-009&post_type=product&type_aws=true&id=1&filter=1 Here it is priced 4200 Eur / 5200 USD while the SR-009 is at 3700 Eur / 4600 USD

Litz cables for electrostatics are all kinds of stupid so Stax would never do that.  Nice gold plated stators and hopefully they fix the bloody voicing.