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STAX
Japanese electrostatic-headphone specialist that calls itself the founder of the "earspeaker", with roots going back to 1938 and products devoted to electrostatic audio. It makes earspeakers and dedicated driver units and has a listening room at its Fujimi, Saitama headquarters.
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