About Stax SR-L300 Headphones/Ear Speakers
The Stax SR-L300 Headphones, or as the people at Stax prefer, Earspeakers, offer an electrostatic listening experience that is well beyond that of conventional headphones and really do need to be heard to be believed.
The first SR-Lambda series was introduced 36 years ago and it has further developed into a new-generation SR-Lambda with its newly designed enclosure - the new SR-L300 advanced Lambda series Earspeaker.
Top Quality Sound: Hand selected thin-film diaphragm as well as tough stainless fixed electrodes has been employed for the SR-L300. Thus, rich deep bass response, delicate high frequency and soothing mid-range has been achieved in a balanced manner.
Slide Type Headband Assembly: The headband (ARC) assembly of the SR-L300 is equipped with stepless slider mechanism for head pad height adjustment.
New Low Capacitance OFC Wide Cable: OFC cable has been employed for the core wires. The entire cable are then arranged in a flat, WIDE format configuration to lower the capacitance between each wires and finished with the most suitable structure to drive the earspeaker.
New High Quality Synthetic Leather Earpads: New earpad design is carefully hand crafted with high quality synthetic leather for utmost comfort for hours of music enjoyment as well as sound performance.
Why Electrostatic Headphones?
Electrostatic headphones operate on a different principle than conventional "dynamic" or "moving coil" designs. In a conventional headphones there is a coil of wire inside a magnet, generally glued to a stiff cone or dome that's held in place with a springy suspension. This makes in more difficult to re-create detail in playback due to mass. Or to put simply there are more heavy moving parts.
Pioneered by Stax in 1959 – an electrostatic design works by placing a static (non-moving) electric charge on a film that floats between two perforated metal plates. When audio voltages are applied across the plates, static cling and repulsion causes the entire film to move by itself. This film is so thin, it effectively weighs less than the air around it, and has no resonances or energy storage which leads to distortion inherent in moving coil speakers.
These factors are one of many reasons why Stax electrostatic Headphones sound so much better than conventional designs. During play back the listener is experiencing minimal interference from the headphone speaker itself, in turn bringing you that much closer to the original artist's performance.
Main Features & Specifications
- Design: Push-Pull Open Back Oval Electrostatic Earspeakers (Requires STAX PRO series amplifier to operate)
- Recommended Amplifiers: STAX SRM-D10 Portable Amplifier/DAC & STAX SRM-500T Valve Headphone Amplifier
- Frequency Response: 7 - 41,000Hz
- Electrostatic Capacitance: 110pF
- Sensitivity: 101dB/ 100V r.m.s 1 kHz
- Maximum Sound Pressure: 118dB/ 400Hz
- Bias Voltage: 580V DC
- Ear Pads: High Quality Synthetic Leather
- Cable: OFC parallel 6-strand, low-capacity wide cable, 2.5m full length
- Weight: 323g without cable / 448g with cable
- Manufacturer's Warranty: 1 Year
Note: Features & Specifications Subject To Change Without Notice. E&OE.