I am not a heavy user of headphones but will be moving intro an apartment soon and will need them for late night listening. I started with the Stax L300/SRM252 and most importantly I loved the sound from the electrostatics but the build quality is very low, the ear pads were very thin and the headband snapped quite quickly.
Do I upgrade the Stax to L500mk2 or L700mk2 or even the SR-007mk2 or start again with a headline amp, NAPSC with something like the Focal Celestee .
My budget is around €2,500 and if I was to go with the more expensive Stax, SR-007mk2 I would then try and pick up an appropriate driver second hand over the next 6 months.
Sorry to hear that your headband has failed!
I too have that paring and really love the sound.
It is their least expensive combo but if you love the sound I would be looking to stay with them.
I have the SR-007mk2, 'phones (with SRDM transformer), which are superb, taking signal from the tape output of my NAC52. Unfortunately, some pissed idiot unwound the pads from the headband and I can’t reattach them.
I’m hoping that my dealer can help, otherwise they’ll need to go to the importer.
If the question is whether I recommend them, the answer is very much so!
(| bought mine over 10 years ago, so I imagine that a newer version is out now.)