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  1. ....

    This player is extremely resolving and it tells you what it wants! After coming home from the meet, the next morning, I hooked it up to my speaker rig and just did a quick and dirty listen. Stock power cord into the wall, 1 monoblock had a stock cord into my Hydra, the other had a VD cord but into a power strip, etc... I compared it side by side my Esoreric DV-50 optically connected to the Esoteric D70 DAC. That combo actually sounds O.K. But when I plugged the NWO in this state, WOW! Later that evening, I connected the system the way I thought I wanted to. I used VD everywhere, the NWO into the wall, the monoblocks into the Powerplant Premier (which I got back from Min), and isolation platforms all around etc...

    ...the sound? It was 'aiight'. But not like that morning. It seems to be lacking. So out came the platforms. Hmm.. better, but not really better, just sort of perceptually so. Out came the premier. Now we were getting somewhere. Lastly... out came the VD interconnects and in went Ori X-2.

    Ahhh... there it is. So now I have to put it back and see if it really is JUST the X-2 at this point. I think I may have to go and try the silver route. I think this player just really has a preference, and it is minimal. The VD stuff mates well with the HE90's and ES2, but deadens my speaker rig too much. I'll have to experiment more on both fronts.

    I would go out and try some nice, revealing cables. They do not have to be silver as they could be gold, copper, amorphous metal but aim for small conductors and good connectors. No fancy RF! canceling geometry as a straight wire works best.

    I didn't get to compare the ES-1 all that much to my ES-2. We'd need a more controlled environment for that I think. However, as stated earlier by Iron Dreamer, the O2 and HE90 could not be any more different from each other. If people want a case study in how associated equipment, and equipment matching in general, can have a tremendous effect or the headphone, this difference was positively Epiphanic (not sure if that is a real word, but close enough).

    This mirrors my findings completely. Putting a He90 in a SR-007 matched system will only end badly and vice versa. The He60 comes closer to bridge the gap along with the SR-Omega.

  2. *learns lesson* Posting about ebay auctions on a headphone forum is always a bad idea

    On the other hand, now I know _the_ ebay ID I should avoid getting into bidding wars with when bidding for stax items <_<

    I was watching it before I logged onto head-case yesterday. I've been doing this for far too long to miss something like this... ;D

    As it turns out the seller is a Stax fan as is saving up for some Omegas. I was only too happy to help.

  3. I enjoy music out of cheap computer speakers but the chase of high fidelity is about getting closer to the music and not listening to some pre set parameters.

    The high end is certainly obtainable but it's never cheap and those that believe that you can get it cheaply are kidding them selfs. You can come close but the devil is in the details and they cost a fortune to reveal. If you can't handle that buy a RSA amp, some FOTM headphones and leave us alone.

  4. Breitling is in no way, shape or form better then Rolex and Rolex is now the Bose or B&O of the watch world. A Rolex does hold its value though. If you want something good and cheap get a Tag Heuer or if you want the best, get a Patek.

  5. Your deal with Carl fell through in the end, I presume? I've always assumed that the black powder on the headpad was from the dye stax used on it, and soaking the headband assembly seems to get rid of it easily enough.

    I guess Carl and I are both a little forgetful so we never finished the deal. :-\

    A brush and lots of water helps to remove the top layer. I spent a few hours on it with the Gamma's Thrice sold me but the end result looks great. So are in good shape though after all these years like my Lambda Spirit. Even the lettering is mostly intact.

  6. Come to think of it, how much do you reckon building your own adapter would cost?

    And perhaps DIY can produce something on the quality level of the Illusion.

    The bias supply costs about 20$ to make with MKP caps and other nice things but the transformers are the real problem. The Luhdahl alternative is expensive but you could get Just Real Music to make transformers that are relatively cheap. Another option is to buy any SRD-6 or 7 of ebay and use the transformers. Solder new leads directly to the windings (cut through the paper on each side to reveal the solder connections) and bypass all connectors and switches.

  7. Okay, sorry I'm confused. Are you saying the SB can be used with pro-bias earspeakers?

    No, only the SRD-7SB Mk2 can be used with pro earspeakers. You could also convert your SRD-7 by building the Mk2 bias supply.

    Thanks for letting me learn something ....

    No problem. I think I have this need to spew electrostatic facts around as I'm suffering withdrawals from the usual flood of HF PM's. :-\

  8. The SB's are more expensive then the AC unit's. A transformer is always more expensive then a AC cord and that is the only difference in the Mk2's. The old SRD-6's used a multiplier without a transformer so you are very dependent on the speaker input level to maintain the bias. I've never had any issues with the SB's but then again I don't listen to a lot of music with quiet passages.

  9. Not true. Ray would have absolutely no idea how to do the multi voltage

    switcher. And certainly not in that physical size.

    I stand corrected. He would have made it huge with some horribly ugly golden bits screwed onto the chassis. It still has the same reliability as a RSA product...

  10. I did not get to try to much gear at the event itself cause I was running around making sure everyone was good. I did get to do a quick comparison of the HEV70 and Woo ges amp on the HE60's. now i will admit I never heard the HE90's before and i am not a electrotype of dude but if I would to get in that market now the Woo ges would be the amp i would go with! at $1500ish for an electrostatic amp with that sound would make a great first electro amp i think. I wanted to try Immtbiker's he90 clones but i never got the shot to..going by what i read on the forums and what he and others say they would be the first set of electro's i would buy..something like $900 for a set? nice!

    No wonder you preferred the GES as HEV70 is so bad Ray could have made it. Any Stax amp ever made (except maybe the SRM-001) is better then that steaming pile of crap.

    Do you have any pictures of the Chinese stats?

  11. I'm simply waiting for the right set of Gamma Pro's as I'm a bit particular about the condition so I would be prepared to well over 400$ but not for the set on ebay. One problem with the Gammas is that there are no pads to be had from Stax which really blows and the headpad is the biggest piece of crap ever. It turns into this black powder and since it was meant to be cheaper they are a bitch to remove and clean properly.

    I sure hope that the Stax hype is over or may God help those poor souls that stand between me and the few phones I'm missing... >:D

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