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I woke up to this. Pretty cool and mostly harmless since it is situated right between two glaciers which means little to no flooding.

Ok, better then most but R53 will not last much longer and might even be way out of spec by now. It's a 100R so any 2W resistor would work there as 1/2W is clearly not enough. The preamp output is taken from the headphone jack but the ground is shared with the input sockets so you might be dealing with a ground loop. They are more likely in the P2P wired amps but certainly possible in these amps since Mikhail never could solder worth shit. If you a 1/4" to RCA cable then you test if it is the ground that is causing the hum. You also have no input selector so the inputs are all connected together. You need a 3P4T switch for that which is dirt cheap and simple enough to wire up. I would also cut the loudness taps on the volume control if there is any danger they are shorting to ground.

Open it up and post pics. With SP one never knows what to expect so it could be something simple or very complicated but pics would be the best way to go.

Started work on yet another 'stat amp, KG's gas tube beast. 10 tube's per channel should be fun and make for a nice glow. Also started work on a new front panel for my BH, 10mm FTW!

It's always fun to see some old Stax stuff which was clearly made in very limited numbers as it wasn't a part of the normal range. SRA-3S non-integrated version.

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday Al!!

No sonic difference except the normal difference in the output levels of the two types. The RCA input is just the - side of the amp grounded so half the output level of the XLR input all things being equal.

That could be a plan.

The ESP950 is indeed more neutral and that's why I always rank them above any Lambda. The bass is leaner but it also lacks the bass boom all Lambdas have.

A hammer is more my style...

Went to work. Got harassed by one of my friends about joining him on a work trip to Frankfurt next week since he doesn't want to go alone. Told him time and again that I don't have time to go drinking for 4 days in Germany. Got an SMS from him saying that he had booked the flight for me so I just have to. Currently I'm debating how I should kill him...

I had to fix my Van den Hul The First cable after an idiot managed to destroy one of the RCA's. While I was at it the only sane thing to do is make some cables while I was at it. The First is all carbon (no metal inside) and it was an epic pain to make sure not one of the hundreds of tiny carbon threads made contact with the other tiny carbon strands. The other cables are just old Kimber 8TC speaker cables cut up and braided.

Stay safe!!

Could also be a Velleman box.

Those would work well with my viking helmet with horns.

Yeah but I'm sure the MIT magic boxes fix all that...

Holy crap, somebody is trying to fill the insanity void left by SP.

I've been meaning to cut back on the insanity...

50 years of being badass now...

It is but most of it is intentional to make them sound airy. That's also why the chassis isn't flat.

The 4070 has some slight thickness in the midrange but other then that you'd be hard pressed to know it was closed. Truly spectacular design...

By putting the hand behind the speakers you are reflecting the backwave and it is messing with the sound. Even on the ported SR-007Mk2 this is still a factor.

In a way yes but the key to good bass from planars is to employ an infinite baffle (or as close to it as you can with speakers) as backwave cancellation is is the big problem here.