Re: Please recommend "in ear monitors"

"Arny Krueger" <arnyk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:r-CdnTAJosj5YgXanZ2dnUVZ_t-nnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:Vr2dnQZjzN2AeQXanZ2dnUVZ_vqpnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx

And though not cheap, they're not that expensive --
you'd spend rather more for a pair of Shures or
Etymotics + a HeadRoom amp.

LOL!
HeadRoom amps can easily cost more than the STAX. I can
conceive of someone who buys into HeadRoom's schtick
buying both the STAX and the HeadRoom amp.

Why? A HeadRoom amplifier can't drive the STAX earphones.

Why not?

Because they're electrostatic. They require several hundreds volts to
polarize them, plus an audio signal of comparable magnitude. A HeadRoom
can't provide either. That's what the amp that comes with the earphones
does.


.

Relevant Pages