The Headcase Stax thread

[spritzer]

Originally Posted by Duggeh

Collecting is fun, but I don't think I'll ever had 15 headphones at the same time again, not that my 15 were anywhere near your 15 of course. As for the 404/Sigma, you know you should be working on an SR-007 sigma. 2 drivers per side of course.

15 is small scale...

I'd really like to try to build a Sigma on the 4070 chassis with that arc assembly. Whether is would require ports at the back of the driver or just ports in the baffle is tough to say but it could be done. I'm happy though with the Omega soundstage and the varying degrees I get from the SR-007 Mk1, Omega/007 hybrid and the SR-Omega.

Originally Posted by John Buchanan

The Sigma 404s are a nice phone aren't they? Much better than the original. I never heard a Sigma Pro however. None of these are in the same class as the Omega2 Mk1 however.

They are very nice indeed and a good improvement over both the normal and Pro bias Sigmas. The next one I'll build will use SR-303 parts so that I can see if it makes any difference as the cable is a much better match to the Sigma color scheme.

The SR-007 Mk1 is simply in a class of their own so I'm very much weary of the recent declarations in the HE Audio thread on HF.

[deepak]

Originally Posted by spritzer

The SR-007 Mk1 is simply in a class of their own so I'm very much weary of the recent declarations in the HE Audio thread on HF.

Eh who cares, it's the manufacturer making those claims (and breaking a few rules in doing so)

I wonder which mod is giving them preferential treatment, gosh that's a tough one.

[spritzer]

Originally Posted by deepak

Eh who cares, it's the manufacturer making those claims (and breaking a few rules in doing so)

I wonder which mod is giving them preferential treatment, gosh that's a tough one.

I've never heard a HE owner claim that the HE is better then the 007 so I guess he just alienated a lot of potential customer by pulling this crap. Not that they are going to sell a lot with them priced close to the 007 and HE60. I do wonder how much of that is dealer markup...

[catscratch]

Yeah, that "we're the best" bit turned me off. Seems like that sort of thing should belong in a paid-for thread where everybody knows it's advertising, but hey, that's head-fi for you.

I for one am hoping that they actually do a good job and make something that sounds right, if only to motivate Stax to get their act together. Being better than the O2 Mk1 is a long shot but better than the Mk2 isn't that hard.

Originally Posted by spritzer

I've never heard a HE owner claim that the HE is better then the 007 so I guess he just alienated a lot of potential customer by pulling this crap. Not that they are going to sell a lot with them priced close to the 007 and HE60. I do wonder how much of that is dealer markup...

I do remember a meet-impressions thread where the 1.2b, 1.3b, and a whole bunch of other stats were compared back to back. Most people preferred the 1.2b over the O2 (there were both Mk1 and Mk2 versions), though reading between the lines, it looks like the O2 was driven by a 007t or ES1 in most cases and wasn't in a good rig.

I'd like to hear one, but I'm not shelling out money for it. Next meet, maybe, if I ever get my ass out to one.

[n_maher]

Originally Posted by deepak

Eh who cares, it's the manufacturer making those claims (and breaking a few rules in doing so)

I wonder which mod is giving them preferential treatment, gosh that's a tough one.

Did you try reporting any of the posts you think are outside the lines deepak?

[deepak]

Originally Posted by n_maher

Did you try reporting any of the posts you think are outside the lines deepak?

I'm not going to bother after guzziguy said he was contacted (in a not so positive way) about reporting posts.

[n_maher]

Originally Posted by deepak

I'm not going to bother after guzziguy said he was contacted (in a not so positive way) about reporting posts.

I believe that Ken was contacted because the post he was reporting had already been reported multiple times. I've never been reprimanded for reporting posts and I've probably reported a hundred or more. It's the only way they can keep track of things, there's no way they can read every post.

[tyrion]

Originally Posted by deepak

I'm not going to bother after guzziguy said he was contacted (in a not so positive way) about reporting posts.

I'm not saying it didn't happen but I am not aware of anyone being criticized for reporting posts. There are some members that report posts regularly and are a huge help because we can't read everyone. When I see people I know report posts, like Nate, I tend to jump on them faster because they usually are reporting something that needs to be addressed. If you don't report something then don't complain and don't assume you know the reason why a problem isn't being addressed.

I've been mostly out of pocket the past 3 or 4 days but will check out the posts.

And to my ears the previous HE Audio headphones were better than the OII.

[guzziguy]

Several of us here got the same email from Jude after he decided that we "conspired" here to attack RSA. We didn't conspire and were attacking jamato8. This was in regards to his thread that basically announced the SR-71A.

I figured if Jude didn't care if he wasn't getting revenue from RSA, then I didn't care. The story might be different if I was an MOT and had to pay for such a thread, but I'm not. Since then, I haven't bothered to report a problem on HF. I don't see any upside to it, either for me or for HF.

[tyrion]

Originally Posted by guzziguy

Several of us here got the same email from Jude after he decided that we "conspired" here to attack RSA. We didn't conspire and were attacking jamato8. This was in regards to his thread that basically announced the SR-71A.

I figured if Jude didn't care if he wasn't getting revenue from RSA, then I didn't care. The story might be different if I was an MOT and had to pay for such a thread, but I'm not. Since then, I haven't bothered to report a problem on HF. I don't see any upside to it, either for me or for HF.

Conspire was probably the wrong word, more like a meeting place where you can discuss your attacks. I wonder when I post about the Pico Dac over there whether there will be anyone complaining that I am doing the same as jamato8.

[justin]

Originally Posted by tyrion

Conspire was probably the wrong word, more like a meeting place where you can discuss your attacks. I wonder when I post about the Pico Dac over there whether there will be anyone complaining that I am doing the same as jamato8.

It would be a full-time job to make a thread with that amount of dedication

[tyrion]

Originally Posted by justin

It would be a full-time job to make a thread with that amount of dedication

This is true but it has to start somewhere.

[guzziguy]

Originally Posted by tyrion

Conspire was probably the wrong word, more like a meeting place where you can discuss your attacks. I wonder when I post about the Pico Dac over there whether there will be anyone complaining that I am doing the same as jamato8.

I think conspire is the right word. Discussing our attacks and coordinating them is conspiring. I posted here that I thought the thread was way over the line and that I reported it. That was it. I think that it had a lot more to do with the fact that it was RSA and the problems about that between Jude and HC.

I don't think anybody will complain. Let's see, you'll actually have the prototype. You'll talk about the prototype and how it sounds, looks, etc. What you won't do is make what amounts to a product announcement with specs, price, availability, etc. John did the latter. Of course, maybe you should. Justin could use the free advertising too.

[grawk]

Originally Posted by tyrion

Conspire was probably the wrong word, more like a meeting place where you can discuss your attacks. I wonder when I post about the Pico Dac over there whether there will be anyone complaining that I am doing the same as jamato8.

It'd only be the same if he had the prototype in hand, and if you post an hour by hour review for the next 18 months.

[Asr]

Originally Posted by catscratch

I do remember a meet-impressions thread where the 1.2b, 1.3b, and a whole bunch of other stats were compared back to back. Most people preferred the 1.2b over the O2 (there were both Mk1 and Mk2 versions), though reading between the lines, it looks like the O2 was driven by a 007t or ES1 in most cases and wasn't in a good rig.

Is the 007t not a good amp for the OII/MKII? I was remotely entertaining the thought of buying one.

[tyrion]

I wasn't trying to say it was the exact situation only that there is so much animosity towards RSA that it's not shocking that Jude might conclude that RSA is the reason. Also, if I did what you suggest I don't believe there would be the same outrage.

[grawk]

the reason there wouldn't be, is because you don't.

If someone habitually gets away with something, it sometimes annoys people.

[tyrion]

Originally Posted by guzziguy

I think conspire is the right word. Discussing our attacks and coordinating them is conspiring. I posted here that I thought the thread was way over the line and that I reported it. That was it. I think that it had a lot more to do with the fact that it was RSA and the problems about that between Jude and HC.

I don't think anybody will complain. Let's see, you'll actually have the prototype. You'll talk about the prototype and how it sounds, looks, etc. What you won't do is make what amounts to a product announcement with specs, price, availability, etc. John did the latter. Of course, maybe you should. Justin could use the free advertising too.

Please Ken, you guys sit here and bash jamato and RSA regularly just like you bash Germania and whoever is next on the collective shit list. You shouldn't be shocked that others may see it differently than you do.

[EdipisReks]

anyone who sees it differently from me is a traitor. this is america, dammit.

[tyrion]

Originally Posted by grawk

the reason there wouldn't be, is because you don't.

If someone habitually gets away with something, it sometimes annoys people.

I forgot, know one here would ever behave in such away as to give others reason to suspect that they might be out to get a particular person or entity.