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Which part of the welcome message did I violate? I came for info and opinions.

Or here.

Thanks HA. You always come through with useful intel. I'll really start keeping an eye out for the srm1 and t1. I'll also look deeper into some of the DIY offerings. The megatron amp that kg and spritzer are heading up also looks pretty sweet. Where or who did the mods on your srd7sb? I could probably do the same to mine. It's an idea.

Cute.

Yes, I was basically running the setup I was describing. I had a restored fisher 500c that was powering the stax, but it has since been put to other duties in the house. I was deciding my next amp move with the stax when I came across a fisher 400 in need of a restore. I was generally happy with the sound I was getting with the 500c and the energizer, but I've never had any long term experience with anything other than the srd7sb. I was going to build an exstata, but I changed my mind on that. So this is what really got me thinking about the sb units. I'm wondering if anyone has any thoughts about the ultimate potential of these. Or if they will always come up short in a specific area. Is it a situation that no matter what you feed into it, it will never have the bass impact of an amp? is the sb unit really just a low end piece on the ladder that should be used as a stepping stone? I say all of this like I dislike the sb unit, and that is not the case. I am just interested in its limitations, or advantages I suppose. I have always understood that if you had a great amp feeding the sb, then the quality of said amp is what you got in return. But then again, every time I spoke of using an sb unit, people would always say that I should get a standard srd7.

I get the impression that my question doesnt really have an answer. I was just wondering if the sb unit is something I want to continue to persue. If it will only get to a certain level, regardless of the quality of the amp used, It would be best if I focused my energy elsewhere.

I have no doubt that the cans will sound good. I'm thinking more of what are the limitations of the sb. From what I understand, if you have a great amp feeding it, you will get some great sound. But what is lacking? I doubt it will sound like the T2 amp, or could it? Why wouldn't it sound as good as the amp itself? Would the srd7 sound better then the fisher example with an sb energizer? In my mind it shouldn't.

When using Normal Bias Stax SR-Lambdas, or any normal bias stax can; can the sb energizer, paired with a great amp, deliver sound on par with a stand alone stax amp? Or will it always be lacking? example: Pair a fully restored Fisher 400 tube amp -> srd-7sb -> sr-lambda (normal bias) What level of sound can you expect from this? would the performance be on par with anything modern or classic? and is the srd-7sb the weak link here? is the standard srd-7 preferred? I have been pondering this, as it can be much easier, and less costly to find and restore an old tube amp then to buy or build a new amp. The Fisher for example is a well regarded amp. is trying to get that sound into the stax cans a pipe dream, or does it work well? Is anyone out there running this type of setup, or is this just a waste of energy that will not give you the results you want.

We shall remain crap free. Shame It didn't work out though. I was itching to build. My stax have even wanting more then the energizer.

Great looking project. where did that poor mans amp go? Let us not forget the poor men.

Oh man, ouch.

Ok. So is this bate the poor mans stat amp you've been talking about? Or is the poor mans a separate project? I'm following as best I can.

The B10 isn't the bate is it? I just got confused. Maybe I'll ease off the beer for the next hour.

I laughed at the description of the "potential builder", because thats basically me. cmoy, various repairs, and fisher tube amp restore. even though I have almost no F-ing idea what most of the things are that your referring to, I'm learning a few things by needing to look them up.

I'm very interested in the implementation of improving the a10. Very cool. Although its not the poor mans amp, which sounds über fun!

Any more forward motion on this project? Still happening?