HeadAmp Blue Hawaii SE Electrostatic Headphone Amplifier

Tom Martin has posted a review of the HeadAmp Blue Hawaii SE electrostatic headphone amplifier ($4995-$5999) at AVGuide. His conclusions:

“Given that the Stax SR-009 is the most expensive headphone on the market and the amps for the SR-009 are all in a pretty elevated price range, making for a roughly $10,000 investment, value is a tough topic here. Some will say that at that price we can’t be talking realistically about value. But, as we’ve said before, if value is a result of the “show me better for less” test, the Stax/Blue Hawaii SE combination does quite well. For music with headphones, we haven’t heard anything better. And, this $10k combo can do things that many in-room stereo systems can’t match at 2X or 3X the price.”

You can read the full review here.