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On the Summer Solstice, the people of Larkspur did gather (in what seemed to be a wind tunnel) And Funk Nugget brought The Funk And the people did Boogie-oogie-oogie. And it was good.

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Where It All Begins by The Allman Brothers Band (1994) https://album.link/mdpnmkzjtgzb7 Example: I am not sure I knew this existed, much less that it was really good. A great set of guitar forward tunes.

^^ good reminder that I liked that Album and need to add it to my queue again... thx

You’re not wrong. One of the things I liked about estats was that cable rolling wasn’t a thing.

Today is the 50th anniversary of Jaws. It's kind of a big deal around here.

Nice way to boost the sales of the L500mk2 and L700mk2 cables.🤣

It is interesting that the SR-007S is sharing the same OFC cable as the entry-level SR-X1, rather than the HiFC cable from Hitachi used in L300 / L500 let alone the silver plated ones.

I agree, this is not a classy look, mixing and matching colors like this.

A brown cable would be nice and the swivel being black plastic annoys me. It should be the same brown as the leather to complete the look. The hodgepodge of black and brown on the 007S makes me think of a rebuilt mk1 instead of properly emulating the original look.

If I were able to design new 007, I would use the ODM look shown in the pic, add cable sockets and make the headrest wider, then keep low sensitivity driver with new etched copper stators and OG earpads to maintain the 007 appearance and wearing style while inheriting the vintage driver of stax，that can also keep different from 9 series. The now 007s just gives me a sense of Frankenstein。。。😶

Yeah this isn't great but I just bought one... naturally. I'm really worried about the strength of that swivel mount and the driver changes but I'd love to be proven wrong. A bit cheaper than expected and now they just need to make a brown version of the replacement cable so we can fix the old Mk1's. Also new USB dac and phono stage for the T8000 but who cares really.

Damn, that is really disappointing, the diameter of the stator hole of the new headphone is reduced by 20%, which means the hole is reduced from 1mm on 007 to 0.8mm, the sound-transmitting surface of the stator looks to be larger, 007 was about 54-55mm, the new one looks to be over 60mm, the sensitivity must have been improved, the fabric on the inside of the earpads is breathable, which is probably used to maintain the warm tone of 007.

Jack White never misses.

Priced lower than I'd expected, less than half of an X9000, so I'd expect an 009s successor to fit it that gap some day.

It’s SR-007S. 😁 https://stax.co.jp/product/sr-007s/

Stax is very stingy with its accessories. Their product positioning strategy is that if the physical specifications of the drivers are similar, the more metal parts, the more adjustable headband functions, and the more leather used, the higher position of the model. At least the headband of the new headphone looks more advanced than that of the 009s. Perhaps it’s a replacement for the 009s, named X8000 or X7000 as a new TOTL product that integrates old 00X series. 009s was launched 7 years after the release of the 009, 009s is now 7 years old and it is time for an upgrade.

This Here Is Bobby Timmons by Bobby Timmons (1960) https://album.link/7zrr3czbnmxkr Example: Can't we just relax and listen to more Bobby? Sad to think that he only made it to 38yo.

I really hated the whole bums rush to go to war after the tower attacks. Too many good men died or were injured. My younger son did a tour of duty in Iraq. My older son had a complete meltdown over it. He didn't want him to die in that "shithole". We all breathed a sigh of relief when he came home. I firmly believe in holding government accountable. If war can be avoided, it should be. Old guys in suits aren't the ones out there fighting. When it was me wearing the uniform, it was different than when your kids are the ones on the line. I guess I now know how my dad felt when I enlisted. Let's hope cooler heads prevail.

RIP Alfred vinyl

https://www.vice.com/en/article/leica-launches-its-first-35mm-film/ 10$ a roll... I'm sure someone here won't buy 510 rolls, use 2-3, hold on to a few for display, and then wait til they're not being sold and sell them for 50-100$/roll in a few years.

What do you think causes the double resonance in the mids though? I may be the odd man out here cause I don't see too many others complain about it but to me it is very audible in the 2.5 and later models, but less so in the mk1.

It's funny how Stax have never managed to get the earpad mounting right, 009 system is just stupid, the L series even worse plus the pads turn to goo in 5 years. The old adhesive did last when the more modern stuff didn't and leaks all over the place The 007 pads are a pain to install (especially the new replacement units which are badly made and 5x the old price) but I like the spring idea to optimize imaging for different head sizes/shapes