{"id":174763,"date":"2023-11-08T17:12:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T17:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=174763"},"modified":"2023-11-08T17:14:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T17:14:17","slug":"stax-spirit-s3-headphones-that-combines-snapdragon-sound-with-planar-magnetic-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/headphones\/stax-spirit-s3-headphones-that-combines-snapdragon-sound-with-planar-magnetic-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Stax Spirit S3: Headphones that combine Snapdragon Sound with planar magnetic drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2012, Edifier became wholly owned by STAX Ltd., and the Stax Spirit S3 \u201cembodies the spirit of STAX craftsmanship\u201d in Edifier products.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10739\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10739\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10739 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/52_techweek.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/52_techweek.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/56_techweek.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/57_techweek.jpg 768w\" alt=\"Stax Spirit S3\" width=\"1024\" height=\"377\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stax Spirit S3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This model combines Snapdragon Sound audio technologies with planar magnetic drivers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10741\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10741\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10741 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/53_techweek.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/53_techweek.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/58_techweek.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/59_techweek.jpg 768w\" alt=\"Stax Spirit S3\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stax Spirit S3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Edifier EqualMass\u2122 diaphragm technology combines Audeze Fluxor neodymium magnet structure, 0.5% distortion Uniforce diaphragm and Fazor phase control to faithfully reproduce the original sound.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10742\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10742\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10742 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/54_techweek.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/54_techweek.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/60_techweek.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/61_techweek.jpg 768w\" alt=\"Stax Spirit S3\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stax Spirit S3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Qualcomm\u00ae aptX\u2122 Voice audio technology significantly improves signal-to-noise ratio, delivering quality voice calls at 32 kHz.\u00a0Stax Spirit S3 can be connected to two different Bluetooth devices, switching between music, games or phone calls.\u00a0The headphones will provide 80 hours of playback or 11 hours of playback after a quick 10-minute charge.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10743\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10743\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10743 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/55_techweek.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/55_techweek.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/62_techweek.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/63_techweek.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/64_techweek.jpg 768w\" alt=\"Stax Spirit S3\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stax Spirit S3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Additional equalizer settings, modes, and advanced features can be configured in the Edifier Connect app.\u00a0The Stax Spirit S3 comes with replaceable lambskin ear pads and breathable mesh ear pads.\u00a0In addition to wireless Bluetooth 5.2, the Stax Spirit S3 also comes with an Aux-in cable and a 3.5mm to 6.35mm adapter for wired connections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2012, Edifier became wholly owned by STAX Ltd., and the Stax Spirit S3 \u201cembodies the spirit of STAX craftsmanship\u201d in Edifier products. This model combines Snapdragon Sound audio technologies with planar magnetic drivers. Edifier EqualMass\u2122 diaphragm technology combines Audeze Fluxor neodymium magnet structure, 0.5% distortion Uniforce diaphragm and Fazor phase control to faithfully [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/headphones\/stax-spirit-s3-headphones-that-combines-snapdragon-sound-with-planar-magnetic-drivers\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":174764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[640],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-174763","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headphones","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}