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Catrace

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  1. Hi All, sorry to be new in this forum and I do not want to enhance the noise floor and reduce the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), here! But with my "noise" I want to oppose a bit other “newcomers” here who are seeing only negative arguments against the X9k and I try to counterpart their "con noise" a bit by some more optimistic "pro noise" ;-). And although being new here at the forum, I’m not new in headphones in general, so being quite experienced I think, hopefully not contributing pink noise, only, here. I fully respect Spritzer's review and also his opinion and conclusion. Because it is a thorough review giving valuable insights into the pros and cons of the X9k from his point-of-view. I also want to thank Spritzer for serving the community with thorough insights and an excellent review. That's great and many headphone fans have waited for his expert's review. Thanks a lot! I want to contribute a positive signal on Stax SR-X9k. And I must admit that I adore the new X9k. I thoroughly compared it to my SR009 (yes, I have to admit that I like the tonality and signature of the SR009 from 2011. But I also adore the dark timbre of the SR007Mk1, so both are great for me. Quite different but great). And when I compared it to my SR009, I must say that the X9k is a full level above. An incredible achievement, imho. It is more detailed than SR009 with respect to frequency, timing (transients) and spatial resolution. But even if it sounds contradictory, while being so ultra-precise it is extremely pleasant, fresh and ethereal, airy. Thus it never jangles my nerves. And it is NOT “bright in that sense” (what many people dislike with some Stax headphones). Yes, it is not dark like a SR007Mk1 but the "brightness" of the X9k is not bright in a negative sense, it is more “transparent” and airy than “bright” (not bright, not at all sibilant but very pleasantly transparent, I would call it). And from my personal feeling (imho!) the space is great, too, well-spanned and very precise (accurately resolved). I cannot agree with the critical arguments on spatial properties by Spritzer. So, personally I did not detect them, so would not confirm. But of course, that's only me, maybe I just did not hear this issue. I believe that finally (2011 came the SR-009. And the SR-009 was no real step up. A bit differently tuned but not really stepping up), the X9k really raises the bar in the headphone scene, not only related to Stax but also to the competing headphones, i.e., planars like Susvara, TC or whatever. So, time will tell, how the X9k will be anticipated in future. Maybe it becomes a new legend. Or maybe not. I personally see great chances for that :-).
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