<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">AFAIK they are only popular in Japan.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><a href="http://www.stax.co.jp" class="">http://www.stax.co.jp</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It is a complete different technology. Instead of using and electro magnetic system, like small speakers, it uses a high voltage (~500V) electrostatic system, hence the need of a dedicated amplifier.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You can get an used unit at eBay. <a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/Consumer-Electronics-/293/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=stax" class="">http://www.ebay.com/sch/Consumer-Electronics-/293/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=stax</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The one I tried was from the 80’s and sounded fantastic.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Gian</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Em 16/12/2014, à(s) 19:06, Ralf Mardorf <<a href="mailto:ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com" class="">ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com</a>> escreveu:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">On Tue, 16 Dec 2014 18:43:12 +0100, Gianfranco Ceccolini wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Ever tried a Stax ?<br class=""><br class="">I once had the opportunity to try a SR-307 (Lambada series) and they<br class="">were amazing.<br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class="">Thank you,<br class=""><br class="">no, I've never seen such a thing in an audio or video studio, so I'm<br class="">sceptic.<br class=""><br class="">Regards,<br class="">Ralf<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>