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Oof. Given the magnitude of the imbalance, you may have changed (increased) the stator spacing when reassembling the driver. Just try assembling it again, but this time with some gentle pressure on the stators. A small wound should not induce such a large imbalance, nor will a little foreign matter. Another possibility is that the diaphragm was installed the wrong way... I'm not sure why it matters, but it sometimes does.

Yesterday: Encountered some very vocal frogs. http://www.californiaherps.com/frogs/pages/p.sierra.sounds.html

Today I went to check out a new project that I'll be heading up in the Oakland Hills. The house is owned by a former client that I dearly love. While there I got to talking to her tenant who was in the process of moving out. He offered me several pieces of mahogany, left over from a project. Then he asked if I'd be interested in an old Stanley router. Not sure how old, but it's old, and all metal. While I was looking that over, he brought me the first powered drill, patented in 1917. Super awesome stuff! Pics to follow. My plan is to offer them up to the new woodshop, as decoration, even though I believe they both work. He wouldn't take any money. He just wanted them to be appreciated. They will!

Looks freakin’ delicious, Al.

I could participate with some hyper-local coffee, but it's a relatively unknown roaster

CNN produced six-part The Story of Late Night (HBO). Informative, really entertaining, and a healthy dose of nostalgia. From 1954 forward. #fuckjayleno

Happy Birthday, Mikey!

First pressing US White Album. It’s not better than VG, but I like it.

Excellent, thank you @Kung. The evidence is clear. There are foreign objects, most certainly the cause of the problem. A replacement is on its way. My supplier is very helpful$$$

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"Diaphragm" side of stator. Zoom in and you can see the structure of net (copper??). Stator with plastic ring. Outer diameter 94mm and inner 84mm. Thickness of diaphragm ring is 0,95mm on my digital caliper, so I would say spacer thickness 0,5mm. To me spacer material looks like aluminium.

A collaboration with a certain northeastern master semiretired circle hole cutter, I present a panel ammeter that has a plain, not hip rgb light source. working on a second so we can compare two different dials and will play a bit with the LED backlight placement

Fall has finally arrived. So chili (no pic) and cast iron skillet cornbread.

Another batch of Chicken Tikka Masala

It seems I’m running out of luck. SR-X9000 was the best headphone I’ve listened to only for a couple of days. You better keep your Omega, Andy. Today the Stax have a terrible unbalance. Left side is more than 12dB lower then right side. It was left side I opened, lifted inner stator and flipped as you see on picture a few posts above, removed plastic ring and easily lifted the diaphragm and gently held (didn't touched the membran) it in hand for a short while before I put it back. Could that be the reason or is just an unfortunate coincidence? No worry though. It’s a calculated risk and mostly nothing bad happens. If just had been something cheaper. 😭