Headphone manufacturer Stax sold to the Chinese....for $1.5 million. That's it?

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited December 2011 in Electronics
Even though none of my headphones (the most expensive being the Grado SR60s, at $70.00 when I purchased them 13 years ago) are over $100.00, I have heard of the reputation of Stax's electrostatic headphones. I am somewhat surprised by the low selling price of the company though.

Chinese speaker manufacturer, Edifier, purchased headphone manufacturer, Stax, for roughly $1.5 million

No one in the US wanted to invest in electrostatic headphones?
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,913
    edited December 2011
    the STAX 'earspeakers' are (were...?) absolutely phenomenal.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited December 2011
    They don't sell a high volume of them compared to every other headphone manufacturer, which is a couple hundred.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited December 2011
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    the STAX 'earspeakers' are (were...?) absolutely phenomenal.

    I think I know the "earspeakers" you're speaking of. I'm hoping someone will bring a pair to the next Bay Area Head-Fi meet (in February 2012) so that I can experience them.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited December 2011
    Got to agree with Doro on this. They are boutique compared to most.

    They do sound awesome though. I heard the big square pair a while back and they sounded great. The clarity was just amazing.
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