The answer is one of the subjects of this review: the SRM-700S. Whereas the SRM-T8000 is a valve-based unit, the SRM-700S is all solid-state, indeed it’s the first product Stax has ever manufactured ...

Today, fewer than 20 people continue to create products like the SR-L700, the latest high-end Lambda earspeaker, and the SRM-T8000, the long-awaited amplifier designed to fully exploit the SR-009.

Move to the top end of the line, and you can spend $12,000 and you’ll still need to bring your own DAC as the SRM-T8000 energizer is strictly an amplifier. For most listeners, that puts ... STAX was ...

Talking of valves, the Stax driver we were loaned, the SRM-T8000 (£4395, $6090, AU$8000), employs two small-signal 6922 valves in the input stage ... Tested with: SRM-T8000 Vacuum Tube Input Driver ...