VOCE is Dan Clark's electrostatic headphone. VOCE is designed to deliver electrostatic clarity, a powerful bass experience, and an expansive soundstage. It's compatible with all Stax Pro bias (580V) amplifiers.
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The Dan Clark Audio VOCE is without question one of the world's very best headphones, with a combination of incredible detail and lifelike fullness and impact rarely found in electrostatic headphones. Compared to the Stax SR-009S, the VOCE has a more prominent and powerful bass for a full-bodied sound, as compared to the airy, detail-forward sound of the Stax.
For best performance, we recommend our Blue Hawaii SE amplifier, as the VOCE headphone needs high voltage swing to drive its massive elements and produce its amazingly full sound.
Many electrostatic headphones make a "zip" sound when the headphone is put on or removed. This is the sound of the charged driver touching the stator, and due to the electric fields, sticking briefly to it before releasing. Due to VOCE's very large driver size the driver may be more prone to this than some other electrostatic headphones. As the stator is insulated this will not cause damage to the driver, and should be considered normal operation.
Overall rating: 5.0 / 5 from 4 reviews.
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"Purchased together the VOCE's, the Audeze CRBNs and a Blue Hawaii SE. Not a small outlay, but I am very please with the result on all counts. It is quite a big upgrade from my Stax SR-L300's Are the VOCE's better than the CRBNs ??? I couldn't pick one over the other ... ... they both sound wonderful and are very comfortable ... ... and I am happy to have them both."
"Fits between the 007 and 009 in tonality. Not quite as quick as the 009, but nearly as transparent with better bass extension. So it's up there with the 007 and 009, but what makes it better? The more ergonomic and replaceable cable, the replaceable headband, the replaceable pads with aftermarket parts available, and of course the God-tier customer service from DCA vs non-existent customer service from Stax. I recommend the Mjolnir Octave V2 SE for a forward and detailed sound, the Mjolnir KGSSHV if you want an upgrade with more bass, or the Mjolnir Carbon for a more tube amp-like sound with more bass and a larger soundstage."
"I run the Voce on my KGSSHv Carbon, which brings all Stax headphones to peak performance. The Voce also needs an adequate playing partner to achieve top performance. The efficiency is similarly low as the SR-007. If you find the SR-009 too bright and the SR-007 too warm, the Voce is the ideal headphone for you. It has a warmer basic tuning like the SR-009 with more bass, but the bass doesn't hit as hard as the SR-007's. The low bass is more pronounced and doesn't drop as fast. The bass is unbelievably precise and fast with a good portion of fullness, which is not missing in Rock & Pop. The room is similar in width to the SR-007 but with a lot more depth. Voices and instruments sound very natural. Every single instrument can be located easily. The comfort of the leather pads is excellent."
"I am fortunate to own several high end headphones -- Audeze LCD-X, Focal Clear Pro, Sennheiser HD800S, HiFiMan HE1000 v2, as well as the Stax SR-009 and SR-009S. I use them all because I prefer one or another for different types of music -- and I love just about every form of music -- and I have more than one home. The Stax SR-009S has been my perennial favorite, at the top of the heap ... until now. I recently bought the Dan Clark Audio Voce from HeadAmp and found myself liking it more and more with every play. Naturally, there is strong temptation to compare the two headphones head-to-head, so to speak, so I do that often and with different types of music. My Blue Hawaii Special Edition (BHSE) tube amplifier, made by HeadAmp specifically for electrostatic headphones, has two Pro-bias headphone inputs, making it very easy to compare these two top-of-the-line headphones. I bought the Voce to use in my vacation condo, thinking it would be somewhat inferior to the Stax SR-009S, so it would do fine for occasional use. After all, the SR-009S cost about $1,500 more than the Voce, so there had to be a big difference, right?. In some ways, there were. The SR-009S has more sharply etched treble, somewhat faster transients, and more of an in-your-face sound. That was immediately apparent in my first comparison listening tests. But then, as I listened more and more to the Voce, I began to realize that for certain types of music, such as classical, I preferred them to the SR-009S. They were somehow more engaging and more musical. Every bit of detail in the SR-009S was to be found in the Voce, but in a more refined manner. As Dan Clark said in a review of his Voce headphones, when he goes to a classical concert he is not looking to hear the rosin of the bow on the strings. He is there to hear the music. I like the Voce so much, I'm going to get a second pair. I decided to keep a pair in my primary home with the BHSE amp and the SR-009S. I'll get another pair for my vacation home. VIVA VOCE, indeed. Dan"
