For comparison I had LCD-X at home, impressive bass, strength of sound…
I bet most people would chose those at first impression.
But when you learn to listen for clarity… this is simply so much better.

After having such a good impression with small ones, I got myself L300 limited for home use. They are better, but not at work place.

With small stax i have no issue of people around me listening to my sound. And i can hear what is going in in office. They are open enough so I know if somebody calls me.
Also, this is psychological – the big stax are taking my focus away. The small ones are not. It is not just about the quality of sound. Somehow the over ear headphones create space around you, and this is great when you listen and relaxing, but can be distracting if you need to concentrate.

Comfort – well, lets just say you can get use to anything… It is worth it.

Mike is the founder. None of us has the slightest doubt about his integrity. And BTW, he doesn’t need the money or the gear – the site functions the same regardless of who reviews what.

I’m fond of live music, but when I’m listening to recorded music with nearly all headphones, it sounds dull compared to the live music. There are a few brighter headphones like the Beyer T1 or AKG K812 (and possibly the Senn HD800) that sound more lively, but not as natural as live music. Maybe with a handful of premium recordings, one of these $1500 headphones, and a $2000 amp, I could get closer to live sound. But I’d hate to invest in all that just to get a few glimpses of natural sound, and only when chained to the chair where that system is located.

The question of a whether a given transducer is generally accurate (or not-so-accurate) is subjective, and listeners will reasonably differ. I know from experience as a hi-fi salesman that most people are aware of errors in tonal balance, regardless of their gender, the type of music they listen to, or even how old they are. But they are not generally aware of the finer points.
For me, there’s a dividing line between acoustical music (classical, jazz, opera, folk music) and electronically amplified music — especially when recordings of the latter are made by studio manipulation, rather than by placing mics in front of a performing group. Such recordings have no meaningful acoustic parallel, so the question of “accuracy of reproduction” becomes largely meaningless.
Why don’t you attend classical concerts or visit jazz clubs, and see how you feel about genuinely “live” music? This might educate your ear to make better judgments about which speakers/headphones are more accurate.

I’d sure like to have a list of headphones and earphones that render music accurately. I remember 2 or 3 that I had which were fairly accurate, but they weren’t enjoyable for long-term music listening. I guess it means my recordings were mostly crap. If I knew that was coming when I was just 15 years old, I think I would have concentrated more on classical music so my brain wouldn’t be polluted with all of the stuff I’ve listened to since then (metal, rock, EDM, jazz, blues, female vocals etc.) I wouldn’t suggest that all of this colorful music demands colored reproduction, but until the industry experts come up with the requisite list, I’ll have to keep looking and reading the common man’s reviews.

I can confirm with Mike that the ToGo!334 is an amazing earphone. Lots of great 3D space, great mid/bass detail, incredible transitions.

Fitting is not as bad as say the TF10, but yes it ain’t the typical comfortable IEM

LOL @Fabio

Be drunk, reading headfonia, the credit card in the wallet, extremely dangerous condition!

There was another Anthony today with a baby stax as well. His amp was modded and we compared the two.

It sounds like somekind of a phone loud speaker through my ak100.i dunno if its what i meant to sound like that, but I can say for sure this is not the headphone for me

The FitEar 334s,
They are extremely good. So good that now the local distributor has been out of stock for a few months and people are still asking for second hand units.

Of course it’s not the perfect headphone and nothing is. But it’s extremely easy to get a huge wow factor out of the FitEars. We took it to a hifi show when I was still the distributor and many high end guys were impressed by it.

Compared to the 009s and the HD800s, the FitEars are easier to get an impressive sounding system running. Plug it to an Altman Tera and you’re done. The full size headphones however scales higher.

We need more Mike’s review! Are the FitEar 334ToGo really that good? Can they match world class full size headphones? Nice review for the baby Stax but they are out of my radar for now:)

A voltage multiplier should do. Stats don’t require lots of current.