mccamy@lymph.DEC (10/02/85)
From: "...decvax!decwrl!rhea!Squirt!McCamy" Merrimack, New Hampshire An amazing phenomenon has just hit me. I was complaining yesterday about an expensive pair of Stax headphones, well I've fallen in love with them! I can't believe it! I had made some pretty rash judgments about the Stax after listening to them for a couple of minutes. Last night I managed to fix my Superex phones and decided to perform an A/B comparison. Wow! Was I amazed at the difference that I heard, in Stax favor! Just goes to show you. I was used to salisbury steak and when filet mignon came along, it tasted so different that I assumed it was inferior. Of course, listening to music reproduction is very subjective, at least it is after gross aberrations are removed (distortion, etc.). I think I have learned something important here. I will not, for instance, frown upon anything new that comes along simply because it sounds different from what I'm used to.
emuroga@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU (10/05/85)
I am considering purchasing a pair of STAX headphones (probably Lambda Jr SR84) and would like some comments. In what way is the sound different to other headphones? Also are they reliable? E. Muroga