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Fresh Air: Celebrating 100 years of jazz great John Coltrane https://www.npr.org/2026/09/01/nx-s1-5951499/celebrating-100-years-of-jazz-great-john-coltrane https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fresh-air/id214089682?i=1000787230888

The more I learn about microphones, the more I realize the depths of my ignorance - I didnt' know the Deity microphones were highly controversial with YouTubers, because I had never heard of them... https://www.silverlightphotoco.com/audio-reviews/deity-v-mic-d3-pro I think I did come across the RØDE VideoMic at some point years ago: https://medium.com/@ed_22350/i-tested-both-best-shotgun-microphones-for-video-heres-the-one-thing-everyone-gets-wrong-about-fd7fcd698448 This Audio-Technica ATV-SG1 looks decent:

The transition from Swing to Bebop

The Physics House Band, Horizons/Rapture -- math rock Giraffes? Giraffes!, Pink Magick -- math rock ...after that, back to Rick "plinky plinky" Wakeman Music on TIDALRick Wakeman solo piano albumsPlaylist - Rick Wakeman solo piano albums - 182 items

Charles Mingus - The Clown

No, neither the dealer nor Stax inquired about the amp (a @GeorgeP DIY T2). BTW, I'm in Canada, so a different service network. I can't comment on any of your service concerns.

Heavy Drops by Adam Ben Ezra (2025) https://open.qobuz.com/album/dnnz2oia5ba1a Example: Jazz that does not shy away from funk.

I don't know the situation of the US dealer, but my friend in China confirmed that the Chinese dealer offers warranty service only when you use a STAX amp, and they don't provide cross-regional warranty services. Considering STAX is theoretically a Chinese company now, maybe this goes the same for the US market.

@velomane did your dealer or stax inquire about the amp you were using? I am debating whether to go grey market or US dealer, because of what happened to my japan-purchased SR-009 just before COVID. It developed a hum on the right channnel just after two years of use, so I just shelved it. I tried contacting Stax USA last month if they can repair it, and radio silence so far. I am worried that even If I get the X9000 from a US dealer this time, I might not be able to get service from Stax USA if I use my KGSS-HV.

I have a KGSS-HV that I acquired years ago from a local builder. It has Sanyo parts and +/- 400V BHSE power supply. I started using it again last week after years of storage and it seems to be working great with my L700. Question: Does the KGSS-HV need periodic maintenance? I ask because in troubleshooting my SR-009 hum on the right channel, I read about DC offsets and balance. Are these something I should be checking periodically?

Just finished season 1 of Furious (Hulu) - very intense:

The durability issue was only my interpretation of what happened. I may be wrong. Let's wait for more results before drawing that conclusion. Still, these things make me so happy. Such a great set of cans.

Paolo Fresu and Omar Sosa’s Food Ex.

Embarrassment of riches and switching on a whim..

Thx for replying. So you mean the early batches of x9000 may have some durability issues and stax have fixed that. That's good news I think

My first pair suffered the imbalance issue within a year. The replacement pair have been solid for over three years. My dealer was astonished that Stax sent me a new pair. I chose to interpret this as meaning they knew they'd manufactured a faulty batch of headphones.

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Finally finished American Gods. Meh, I hate when series get cancelled on a cliffhanger like that. I think they should do like Buffy Season 8 and write a graphic novel version of season 4, that follows the storylines of the TV show rather than the book.

Home sick so the perfect time to start perhaps my most ridiculous recent CD purchase, the decade old initial DeAgostini Japan Blue Note Best Jazz Collection subscription set (minus the accompanying magazines - my Japanese isn't what it never was). Every other week a new CD was sent with 5-7 tracks introducing an [in this set Blue Note] artist. So we start with the little known American trumpeter Miles Davis. Ex.

I am planning to buy the Stax x9000, but my friends say that the x9000‘s driver is easily to be malfunctioning, and the cost of repairing it outside of warranty is very high as we know. Therefore, I want to do a survey to see what the failure rate of the x9000 really is. Thanks in advance for participating in the survey

Danny Click Rounded out the summer concert series At a well attended, but breezy, Corte Madera