I've been considering a set of electrostatics for a long time. How do these compare to traditionally driven headphones such as hd600s, k712s?
Are they worth the upgrade?
spidumThese are a few levels above the HD600 in details and transparency, and also are completely different sound signature. I never had a chance to listen to AKG K712, so cannot say. But I do have old stax SR-X, and I am absolutely in love with the electrostatics, as they sound so much more involved, powerful, and, at the same time intimate, than any dynamic headphones i ever tried. I do wish I had gumption to grab the ESP950s...