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duan_cami t1_j1hrh2j wrote

I demoed sr009 once before in my local store. It was my first experience with estat headphone. When I listen to it, I thought it sounded like a planar headphone somehow. Good separation, soundstage, imaging and details, like a good planar headphone at that similar price range. The tuning of sr009 is surprising neutral when I listen to it, given the frequency response graph from crinacle that looks quite wonky.

So, I'm kinda disappointed tbh, maybe I was expecting too much, like next level details from a flagship estat. Sr009 is still a great headphone, but since it cost more than other option like lcd-5 and susvara (usually on sale), I don't see that flagahip estat like sr009 is in my radar for endgame headphone.

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tenderbeefonpho OP t1_j1i7gu3 wrote

I had a similar experience years ago. I first tried them at a show back when I had much less exposure to good quality audio and thought they sounded meh. Fast forward to a couple months ago, tried them again also at a show and I was floored. I don’t think they sound like any planars I’ve heard driven from the BHSE (MAYBE the Susvara but the timbre is quite different). These required a longer audition time and the right environment for me to be able to appreciate them (superior transient and tone naturalness to the Susvara I heard at the same show, and though I love my LCD2F, I don’t think the LCD-5 are on the same playing field with the Sus and SR009 in technical abilities).

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