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Well... I dug out the screwdrivers... Sorry for the crappy pictures, I just had the iphone to hand. First off, the true quality Stax plug: So that disk there normally sits flush with the plug as the pins are too long. They had that problem with the Jade so nothing has changed in a decade... Pure class. It is also incredibly crude. Funny how King Sound could make a ribbon cable and a proper plug at 1/8th the price... Speaking off the cable, you can barely make out the loose wires in there when I press it together. Here's the earpads...well one of them. They are pretty comfy but they do stink quite badly. No expense spared here... I did order some new pads to try out. Here is the baffle and the cable entry. The latter seems to not be molded around the cable so I might be able to remove this cable and put in a proper ribbon. Very long screws... They go all the way to the back of the housing which is plastic and has nice metal inserts. Now the baffle is off and it has this nice rubber gasket to maintain baffle seal. Now we can see the cable and the metal frame which provides the bulk of the assembly. Here is the back of the protective mesh. These are not the stators so why Hifiman uses this in the promo's as the stators is beyond me... Another gasket here which is good. Here we have the driver. There is a protective mesh but it is odd. It's not a solid sheet but some sort of a porous membrane. Copper mesh stators and the pitch is very fine. Finally the back of the drivers and the second protective mesh. You can also see the plastic frame which holds it all together. The drivers are glued together so I didn't want to mess with them more at this time. One funny thing, the cables inside the cups are really long. Like 10cm even though they would need only about 2cm or so... Over all, I'm impressed by the build quality. It's not Stax quality but they are getting better. I eagerly wait for the Mk2 version next month...

From the scrolling pictures on https://stax-international.com/

Lamb Shoulder, Lemon Potatoes and veggies Rabbit Kalamakia - Rabbit Loin surrounded by lamb sausage and wrapped in bacon. Moussaka Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Meanwhile, in Australia...

Liking the HomePod so far. Its a great kitchen island speaker.

Meanwhile ... The important music news http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43924609

Salted caramel cheesecake shake. YUM!

I auditioned the blue DSHA-2 before and that's a great sounding amp. If not for owning the Ravenswood and L3, I would buy that in a hurry.

That shark was probably killed and partly eaten by another shark. The dingo is just being an opportunist. Welcome to Australia! (Which was by daughter's words while she was beating the shit out of a massive Australian-sized cockroach with a book I was reading)

Great, it fits your theme then! I own a pair and wouldn't call them comfortable, but largely because that's just how supraaural headphones are in general. Otherwise, they are quite lightweight. What I don't like the most is the coiled cable that was so popular back then.

The Realistic Pro 30 could be considered the poster child for vintage orthodynamics, at least from wualta's orthodynamic roundup thread. Can't remember when it was produced off the top of my head, maybe late 70s?

Make your pick. Then Whitigir build the other.

The imbalance issue is still real and one set I know of is now on the fourth set of drivers. Every time it was sent back to Japan and it failed again. There were also issues with the new drivers being installed incorrectly so something is clearly going on. I do get about one email every month asking for advice with imbalance issues and the same thing stands, hit them gently on the offending side while not energized and they should spring back to life. As for the amps doing damage, you can bet your ass that amps out there will do just that. Woo amps with no output protection and laughably small ballast resistors, Cavalli amps with bias supplies which can fry the diaphragm. All those amps with a cap right on the diaphragm which is a very bad idea. Best was the Rudistor crap where he just placed huge caps in the bias supply to get rid of some hum and it had enough potential to burn it all too hell. Great plan...

The above should eventually lead to this, which is delightful ... listen past 0:40 actually good ...

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Then you fail to properly differentiate between authority, force, power, violence and legitimacy.

Like mine. We use it all the time in the family room. The main problem is smartass teens who think it’s funny to wander into the room whenever something is playing, say “Hey Siri play ‘God’s Plan’” and leave smirking.

What if you say Foucault three times and click your heels?

Hobbit slept with a ____?* parents. * something tall and thin