Popular Post chrille Posted July 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2022 Hello Austin,Nice review again and honestly, although I have not yet auditioned the SR-X9000 I would have been a bit surprised if you would have preferred the 009 over it. I am not surprised that they have tamed the slight brightness/thinness of the 009 and quite possibly pushed the electrostatic principle to SOTA level where the electrostatic principle really shines ie RESOLUTION Direct comparisons with the RAAL would have been interesting too.But you did not hang on to that one right? But to me it remains together with my old Jecklin Float electrostats possibly the most open and unfettered sounding headphone on the market. And although I also realize that you also need to reach out to many tastes, I personally basically only would have needed that ONE VERY important sentence about Classical Music. There is imo NO more demanding task for any link in a HIFI chain than to try to reproduce the tonal and timbral complexity of a full Symphony orchestra which in works as Mahler´s 8th also contains some of the largest Dynamic Range in all of Music, ranging from a mere whisper to VERY VERY LOUD indeed. But with electrostatic speakers like my MLs the Achilles heel is dynamics or rather loudness. Does it really cope with Mahler climaxes without breaking a sweat? My speakers do not. But sound sublime with Indian Classical. And I would NOT at all recommend electrostatic headphones or speakers to people who mainly listen to Electronica or generally loud Rock and POP music. But for those who know how unamplifed acoustic instruments and the human voice actually sound live and strive for that imo ultimate HIFI reference point also in their HIFI system ,again imo, the electrostatic principle is one of, and possibly even THE most transparent way to reproduce live acoustic music. PS. I take it for granted that your praise of the SR-X9000 also equally well extends to other genres we have in common like Indian /Asian Classical and World Music. Cheers Chrille austinpop and blue2 1 1 Link to comment
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