More importantly, are the Stax everything you hoped for?
In a word, YES! But I’ll come back to that.
I also have a balanced DAC (RME ADI-2 DAC) so the XLR inputs on the 353X were mighty appealing to me. I haven’t had much of a chance to compare the two DACs but I will say in the short period of time I tried. I couldn’t get DSD to work on the STAX DAC. I used the RME into the line input on the D50 and WOW. Just WOW.
Onto the 700s, the earspeakers (still can’t keep a straight face when I say that) and the driver have only been in my possession for about 24 hours so far (3-4 hours of listening), so take this as absolute first impressions. They are incredible! I have never experienced head-fi like this before. One of the first tracks I listened to was Comfortably Numb and I had a physical response; heart rate increase, goosebumps, chills, you name it. Another quality that has blown me away is the imaging. I was listening to an orchestral piece and I could hear clear separation between the instruments and there physical positioning relative to one another. Like I said, I’ve never experienced anything like it with head-fi before.
Once I’ve got a few more hours of listening under my belt I’ll update the thread with more impressions.
Damn, that’s good to hear but not for my wallet.
I want to get used L700’s but i also want to get the cheapest possible energizer for them but will still sound good. Zeos said the 252 energizers were good and you can find them on ebay for a decent price. But ive seen some SRD’s for about 50-100$ Not sure if these will power a L700 or sound good. Whats the cheapest i can go with these?
I mean, I don’t think it’s really a great idea to get the l700s and cheap out on the amp, but you can find some good used stax amps online
I wouldn’t want to plug a $1500 headphone into a $50 amp without some kind of guarantee that there won’t be a problem. If I was spending that little on the amp, I’d definitely go for an older, cheaper headphone model to go along with it
Yeah I kinda agree. I wouldn’t really cheap out on the energizer. I would just save up some more for the l700 + a better amp
I heard these headphones are much better build than the mrk1, Lamda? But i also heard these have different tuning. Is that true?
Kinda, I mean it is a bit different tuning, but they aren’t world’s apart
what amp only costs $50 that you can plug the Mk2’s into?
I’ve got the lowly SRM-252S and I wouldn’t hesitate to plug them into it. might not do them full justice but it’s Stax gear on Stax gear so will work and should do so safely 
also, are the L500 MK2’s better enough to be worthy of buying or still jump them and go for the L700 Mk2? or L300 Ltd, if can be found?
I don’t know about the 50 buck energizer, but the 252s would work, but getting a higher end vintage stax amp might be beneficial. I think the l700 is much better compared to the l500 and l300. But the l300 limited would be a good choice
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headamp.com still lists the L300ltd as available, but at that price I’d personally just continue saving up for the L700 MK2
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that would be a good idea. i just heard a review where the guy didnt like the L300 ltd but loved the L700. so maybe there farther apart than we think. thats why im worried about the L700 mk2’s. i found one on sale but not sure if i want to flip the coin on it.
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well, the L700 should sound better, and I would expect them to being they’re still twice the price of the L300 Ltd…but they outclass the L300 and the L500. I just wish there was a Mk II with a detachable cable.
anyone have experience with older lambda models that they think outclass the L300 and L500?
I sure wish I could find my SR-207’s… 
that’s a good price. when I did a check a few months back, all I found were listings for used that were as much or more than the L700 new. LoL!
Yeah i like the metal holder for the L700mk2 headphone. hate all that plastic. But Zeos hasnt done a review of the L700 Lamda vs the L700 mk2
The mk2 has some metal parts if I recall correctly
Anyone ever try to power a L700 with a Woo WEE Dynamic to Electrostatic Converter and a SP200?
The woo wee only works with speaker amps
Oh thats right. it probably needs speaker wire input. do you think it will work well with a Onkyo A9110 amp? or maybe one of the cheaper smaller speaker amps on Amazon?