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The SR-Omega prices are reaching into the "are you nuts!!!" spectrum so the Mk1 should be on the rise too. Personally I'll just be happy with a SZ2...

I think they do what Stax does and simply replace with what ever is in current production.

Yup and it's a mosfet that actually doesn't suck for this role.

I decided to try something new for the next round of HV's: I like the "black line" look and it will fit with the next batch of amps using some exciting transistors.

These are very hard to work on so I wouldn't attempt a DIY repair and have Stax do it. The cable might still work but it's a very old Mk1 so the cable is doomed regardless... Also check for dust in the drivers as that's one of the reasons the housing was changed. All the early Mk1 drivers I have here were removed due to dust issues.

I think Wachara did that at one point.

Early sets are always a problem,personally I wouldn't touch an early SR-Omega with a 10' pole. That set will probably need a new cable and definitely new arc and headpad. Budget 500$ or so for that...

Been listening to the KGST and it does sound pretty good indeed. It's a bit shocking how close it comes to the BH, throwing that same deep soundstage with a rock solid foundation. Now the BH is still better but this is damn close...

Ari nailed it but I'd like to add that many designers, while trying to do their own thing, often make grave errors. Important factors are simply glanced over or others deemed "not important". Ari says we are crazy to run our amps on such high voltage rails (and he's right) but that's a better approach than RSA with the A-10, "who listens that loud?". Then we have the flipside where a design is supposed to be this and that regardless of how it will sound. No better example of that than then the EC Electra. The bottom line though is any designer must have a good idea what the end result should be regardless of what is being designed.

Great news!!

It's SG so useless tripe...

Sales must be truly terrible if they try to shill here. I'd say Zeitung but it's not 100% accurate...

I'd check the bottom just to be sure. Then you can start replacing parts.

First thing first, you had shorts so were all of them properly isolated and cleaned? All resistors measured out of the circuit (one end lifted up)? With a short you can even damage the PCB.

How much were you paid for shilling that piece of crap?

You should check out "The Guard" too if you haven't seen it for some more Gleeson goodness.

I haven't had enough time with this version yet but the design offers a nice middle ground between the BH and the KGSSHV. That's also why we picked it as a starting point to do a 009 amp...

My hero, single volume control and loopouts!!!

Yay for selling half finished garbage. Just wait for the overpriced piece of shit they have in store for the electrostatics. I couldn't stop laughing when I heard about it and they might even beat Woo and RSA for worst ever electrostatic amp.

Looks good, one thing to check though, is the pot dead. That has happened once to me.

Do diode tests on the transistors, that's the only way to check while in the circuit. Other than that, just change them out.

Well this is up and running... I decided to scrap my old hacked KGST boards and reuse the chassis. This one runs at +/-350V and sounds brilliant. Very stable too and no heat issues with the 2.5" sinks.

That's what I'll do. No sense is using that POS pot. I'd also bridge all the resistors involved with the pot.

I've never seen a pot that doesn't have the wiper in the middle. The PCB has to be wrong.

I used the old IBM boards back in the day and got a Thermaltake board last year. It's quite nice but doesn't like random bits of wire landing in it for some reason.