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Good show!!! What was the issue?

My email address was in the last PM I sent you so we can just use that.

Fuck yeah!!! As a matter of fact I just had some rotten shark earlier with a shot of Brenniv

Thanks, I dropped Scott a PM.

Some headphones which I've sold have worked just fine here but had channel imbalance when they arrived. Conditions they see in shipping sure plays a part here. Just run them in some more and the bias supply should overcome the parasitic charge. I've used them at Pro bias on quite a few sets with no issues. Stax also used the same cable (same internal wires too) on the SR-X Pro so it should be just fine. The way I did it was to cut the strain relief free from the plug and pull it higher up on the cable. Cut a small opening in the cable sheath and find the middle bias wire and combine it with the 5 pin bias wire. Slide the strain relief back into place, secure with glue and drill out the center pin. Very fiddly job though...

I could use a "cheap" balanced dac for testing amps so if Nate doesn't want it then I'm interested.

Crappy picture but there appear to be more then two wires on the primary side so rewiring to 230V may be possible.

The Stax connectors are molded so there will always be some margin of error.

Stax Japan have been ehhh... difficult as of late but the distributors will supply you with a cable.

Yup but you'll have to use the small cover to block the port unless you want mad bass!!!

Probably

I just measured my O2 (replaced the cable last year) and it is 18.53mm

If people don't understand gain then they really don't need an honest answer anyway.

If it isn't a planar then the 8ohm impedance is truly retarded. Welcome to the 60's!!

Happy Birthday!!

I'd say those were mint and the pads look to be in perfect condition too. The cable is indeed the only known place where they do fail and it is something which Stax took care of with the Mk2. Using them with an extension cable will increase it's life by giving it ample slack. I always hang mine for the headband on a Stax stand and after 7 years (fuck that's a long time ) the elastic band is just like new.

Ditto! Take pics of the earpads so that we can see what condition they are in. We want this set to be running at 100%.

Happy Birthday!!!

It's more the amps that they haven't been so good at repairing but even Stax Japan makes some blunders like my SR-Omega/007 hybrid. Easy to fix though...

Progress...

It was nr. 213 so it was probably written as a possible series finale if the show hadn't been picked up.

Same here, except it's Fedex.

They won't fit in a Lambda chassis but I'm sure Smeggy could make something for you if you asked nicely. Without retracing the rather odd E-10 circuit it is hard to know why the caps are there. Probably some compensation but with Koss, you can never be sure.

The change is indeed very minor but there is an audible difference for some strange reason. For instance I've run the SR-007@800V with little to no change.

I never quite warmed up to the Sigma Pro to be honest. Simply the wrong drivers for this role. The SR-Sigma and 404 on the other hand...