Stax Lambda Nova Signature electrostatic ear-speaker  "When I
find something that works," John Candy leered, "I stick with
it!" I have no idea if the folks at Stax Industries are fans of
Splash or not, but they've certainly taken Candy's philosophy as
their own. Despite manufacturing superb—if
demanding—loudspeakers and electronics for the last 15 years or
so, Stax has been best known for producing one thing:
electrostatic ear-speakers, aka headphones.  Stax headsets
aren't quite like any others. The Lambda series sports large
rectangular drivers that are held away from the ear at an
angle—they're deeper at the front than at the rear. They
function more like tiny electrostatic speakers placed within an
inch of the ear than like a conventional headphone that couples
to the ear canal—which also means that they feature less of that
"in your head" sensation than most headsets, although they
aren't any better at portraying image depth with conventional
stereo recordings.  Stax has continually refined the basic Lam