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Hi all, I have a pair of Stax SR-007 e-stats - a 007 Mk 1 (s/n 71169) for which I made a new pair of diaphragms last year (long story, will make another post just about that here on HC soon) and a 007A (s/n SZ2-1636). In the last few days I've been noticing that the pair of metal arcs on the head assembly of my 007 Mk 1 makes a slight ringing sound transmitted to the drivers when I move my head, especially when these arcs are touching the headband. I don't recall them doing that before, but maybe I just wasn't paying attention. This ringing sound disappears if I either touch the arcs with my hand or reposition the unit so that the arcs no longer touch the headband. However, the latter doesn't last long and not allowing the arcs to touch the headband sometimes brings about problems of its own, like e.g. loud ringing whenever the arcs are accidentally tapped. This Head-Fi thread briefly discusses the arc tapping issue and also (mostly) the possibility of the arcs resonating with the driver sound itself (with potential ensuing problems like parasitic crosstalk and overall distortion), but I'm a bit distrustful about the latter hypothesis because it implies an unlikely design flaw by Stax. Anyhow, I'd like to know if there is something I can do to prevent the arc ringing when my head moves besides keeping the arcs from touching the headband (e.g. adjusting the arc screws, etc.). It's important to point that my 007A doesn't have this problem. I don't know why, but what I do know is that my 007A has a tighter fit on my head than my 007 Mk 1, so I don't know if the different behavior is due to e.g. different tightness in the arc screws or just that the arcs are pressed harder against the headband due to the tighter fit and because of that the arc ringing just disappears. Any hints on how to deal with this problem are welcome!

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Appeared in my FB feed after reading your obit. Coincidence? And the SF Chronicle https://mrf.lu/8yMD

Enjoy your day of cats, guitars and trades Doug! 🎉 Cheers!

Have a great day Doug!

My coach at Laguna had these. I love them.

Happy belated birthday Squire!

Open Reel Ensemble

Oh, I forgot! Thank you for the reminder.

Vol. 2 Friday. I know Rob is excited.

But it doesn't have "Fabienk" on it.

Happy Birthday, Duggeh, Wherever you may roam

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Trying Angine de Poitrine’s Vol. 1 noseless.

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I can make it about 2 min before losing interest. Good for them for their marketing (costume) and bringing something new (not really new) for the kids to get excited about. I should invest in microtonal fretboards and guitars. Id imagine sales will start picking up soon.

Happy Birthday Duggeh, wherever you are. - cheers.

Arise, Shine by Anna Lapwood (2026) https://open.qobuz.com/album/n779x4iy660bi Example: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge - really comes alive on this new recording. The title track is an original work by Anna - and of course as an organist she added a bit of that in. Nice Sony Classical recording as always.

In the opposite corner Angine de Poitrine

I mentioned in the rest in peace thread that DJ Dan died unexpectedly at 57. I did some digging. I was wrong when I said I did a 4 our set downstairs at RISE. It was 5 hours (1AM-6AM). The entire thing is on Mixcloud and has been since 2012. Mixcloud has fallen down the path of enshittificaiton in the last decade. The entire tracklisting is on the page, but only I can see it now. I don't have a copy (of the list) locally anymore. After entirely too much futzing: 1 Freeland - Wish I Was Here 2 Carmen Cuesta-Loeb - While My Guitar Gently Weeps 3 Bazille Noir - Big Time 4 Bally Sagoo - Dil Cheez 5 Funki Porcini - Dubble 6 Mr Scruff - Honeydew 7 Massive Attack - Karmacoma (Bumper Ball Dub) 8 Kid loco - She Woolf Daydreaming 9 Urban Species - Blanket 10 Tricky - YOU DONT 11 Waldeck - Floater (Dubblestandart mix) 12 Flight Facilities - Crave You (Adventure Club Dubstep Remix) 13 Freestylers - Cracks (Flux Pavillion remix) 14 John lennon - Imagine (Nicoluminous Remix) 15 Sofa Surfers - SEE THE LIGHT 16 Chin chillaz - Konkret 17 Death In Vegas - Rematerialised 18 Massive Attack - Teardrop (Phutureprimitive Remix) 19 Saafi Brothers - TOGETHER IN SILENCE 20 Kruder & Dorfmeister - Shakatakadoodub 21 Alex Cortiz - Chambre 606 22 The Delta - As A Child I Could Walk On The Ceiling (Dub Edit) 23 Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt Mustt (Duck Pond Dub Mix) 24 Shen - Embrace 25 NENEH CHERRY - Move With Me 26 Tycho - From Home 27 Pitch Black - The Random Smiler (Live) 28 Small World - Shuttle 3-5-8 29 J Boogie's Dubtronic Science - Le Booty Cinematique 30 Alex Cortiz - SMOOTH 31 Gary Jules - Mad World (Phutureprimitive Mix) 32 Andain - You Once Told Me 33 Sneaker Pimps - Six Underground (The Perfecto Dub) 34 Minuit - Except You 35 Minot - Distant Lights 36 Dj Food - 3 Pound Skank 37 Hol Baumann - Benares (live edit) 38 Pretty Lights - Hot Like Sauce Rustified Remix 39 Pretty Lights - Country Roads (Pretty Lights Remix) 40 Pretty Lights - Gold Coast Hustle 41 THIEVERY CORPORATION - The State Of The Union 42 THIEVERY CORPORATION - Lebanese blonde (French Version) 43 Hooverphonic - Club Montepulciano (Bugs Downtown Remix) 44 Nacho Sotomayor - Song for a Lonely Men (Part 1) 45 RJD2 - Ghostwriter 46 Shen - Symbol Range 47 Heyoka - Diesel 48 Statik Sound System - Valentine 49 The Smiths - How Soon Is Now 50 Planet E - Klub Kola (Uptight On The Rocks Mix) 51 Heyoka - Two Sea Blues 52 Ennio Morricone - L' Estasi Dell' Oro (Bandini Remix) 53 Depeche Mode - It's No Good 54 DNA feat Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner (12'') 55 Dj Food - Dark Lady 56 Beef Wellington - Tacet 57 BANCO DE GAIA - Qurna (Mister Christian on the Decks) 58 Leftfield - Inspection (Check One) 59 Heyoka - Shmazdipdoodlydurkayoda 60 Tosca - Mango di Bango 61 Bush - Letting The Cables Sleep (The N.O.W. Remix) 62 Baby Mammoth - Frank's Angels 63 Rabbit In The Moon - Dubassex 64 Jester - Free 65 Bullitnuts - Heavy Air 66 The cure - Burn 67 Neotropic - Here i am 68 Nightmares On Wax - You wish 69 Pretty Lights - Finally Moving 70 The Nomad - Check The Pitch It's a pretty good selection. TBH there are a few tracks in there I'd skip these days. IIRC it took me a solid week to program that set.

Did anybody try these at the NYC meet? https://apos.audio/products/sjy-electrostatic-headphones

I don't normally do birthday greetings for long absent Head-casers, but noticed that @Duggeh turned 40 today. Seems like only yesterday that he was a young Scottish squire experimenting with large obscure headphones. If you happen to see this, then I hope you are well, Duggeh, and would love to hear tales of your middle age! Cheers!