STAX - SRS-4040 II

SR-404 Signature headset with the cable lowest in capacity (such as the top model OMEGA II), producing increased high sound rendition especially for the high impedances of the electrostats. Part of the set is the SRM-006t MKII, a Class A amplifier with low-noise dual FET‘s on the input and two tubes on the output. Switching is fully balanced with a quadruple precision potentiometer, but without inverters or transformers. This amplifier also has two inputs that can be switched over automatically on the input printer circuit board via relay. One input is equipped with RCA sockets, the other one either with RCA or XLR-sockets to provide a fully balanced signal path for balanced sources.

"My daily work horse: Reference converter via short SOMMER EPILOGUE in Input 1, all units or cables to be tested on 2; there hardly is any way for comparison. So I can, e.g. compare different digital/analog converters, compressors, equalizers, and cables to each other. For modification on certain units I can hear the difference between individual condensers in the signal path, while never loosing sight of the reference. Besides this combi sounds incredibly musical and (yet) has a very high resolution".