Hello, I just joined, primarily for the audiophile products. Looking at purchasing the NHT C3 speakers for our new living room. Space is about 15 feet wide by 33 long and they will fire long ways. Space is just for general listening, music room with all equipment is downstairs, so hoping they will fill it with sound nicely. Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024
These are not electrostatic cans, no matter how much as they want to make people think they are. They're similar, but very much so not the same. If they don't require an amp with enough voltage to fry an elephant, imho they ain't real electrostatics. ^^
That and why pay 350+ for these, when you can pay 500-1000 and get Electrostatic cans and amp with a 'limited lifetime' warranty from KOSS (similar from STAX, not sure about warranty) and glowing reviews (for over 25 years).
All of that said, these cans are visually pleasing. Thus the kind of want.
I do know the KOSS are dead sexy; both in clarity and build quality. Every time I run into them at a HiFi shop I have to do a serious save vs. willpower. If you know what I mean. ^^
The Koss phones are much larger than the M&J. That may or may not be a plus. The amp that has to be lugged around with the Koss means they can't easily be hooked to everything. Just different products.
Had a chance to compare the Koss to the M&J MJ2 briefly. The guy was using the Koss with a modified Stax amp. They sounded great. A little bigger/airier (possibly because of the open back). Mids and highs of the two were similar sounding. Not exactly the same. The MJ2 are a little more focused sounding. The MJ2 bass had more dynamic punch. The bass is tight and just slightly warm. Both headphones sound great.