How to pair an amplifier with an electrostatic headphone energizer/transformer?

[Doug_Dame]

@voja

@Doug_Dame

Carefully because without more doco or research, you don’t know how the the full power output from the amp is being attenuated for headphones inside this device.

Would you mind elaborating what exactly you mean by this?

Just to clear things up, this is not quite a DIY energizer… but I still can’t share too much. It’s a company that somehow nobody noticed… nor do I believe anybody is aware of. I will be writing a review, but it will take some months to complete (it will not be done any earlier than January next year). And no, I am not paid for doing this =)
And yes, I am hinting that there is an electrostatic headphone that nobody in the audiophile community has discovered. Not a DIY electrostat, a flagship electrostat.

Ah … I was not aware of any e-stat headphones with XLR connectors. Ignore what I said then. This will drive 580v biased e-stats with either a conventional Stax 5-pin Pro connector, or via XLRs.

DO NOT connect regular headphones (dynamic, planars, etc) to this box. It’s purely for e-stats.

The “it’s not DIY” explains the better-than-normal labeling (for DIY) on the device. That surprised me, but now it makes sense. It’s a prototype, or a beta-test unit, essentially.