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Just keep telling your self that...

I know it is unlikely but stupidity knows no bounds. I'd like to try a set of these but I doubt I'd buy one because I know how hard it is to make a good, reliable ESL.

Yup. The other one is easy to find but some idiot might try to run his balanced headphones from the 5 pin jack

I would. Just put a Stax socket on the HE60 plug so the amp can still be used... if you are desperate

It will gain strength as this current situation will not last. Still the weak dollar actually helps the US now with the current troubles. It's fun to watch this from the outside but I shudder to think what will happen here in Iceland when the shit hits the fan. The nation has about 117 billion dollars in debt (not bad for 300.000 people ) which has accumulated in our largest economic boom ever but it is all tied to the ISK which is the smallest currency in the world. The interest rates up here might even make a grown man cry as 20% is the norm on short term loans...

Huge!! The SRM-Xh is a big improvement let alone a nice Class A amp.

Get out while there are still suckers who want to buy them...

They can be a bit bright in the wrong system but the HEV70 isn't worth the Sennheiser badge and as we all know except for the HE range the Senn stuff isn't worth much... It's very easy to recable them and all you need is a 3$ connector, some heatshrink, something to act as a strain relief and one hours work.

I only hoped that the manufacturer would have the sense to replace the cable with something with lower capacitance and drop the 5 pin Neutric connector in favor of the Stax one.

I own quite a few... Tubes will get better and better as most of the experience that was lost is gained again but it takes a pretty serious investment to reach what Mullard was doing back in the day. You could try a really good tube pre amp and use the KGSS as a power amp. My KGSS was built to be a power amp with no volume control but I didn't have any really good pre's to try it with.

There is only the SE from now on. It's easier to build and the delay line in the PSU helps to make the tubes last longer even though my normal set of XF2's shows no wear after 3 years. They sure as hell aren't cheap but well worth it. I know you're not going to be happy but I've never payed more then 200$ for a quad... I'm sure the BH will look better...

The Mk2 is for export so that everywhere else then Japan. Some places like Singapore might be cheap-ish. The Yen is weak as well relative to the European currencies. That still doesn't explain the 2600? pricetag on the Mk2

The case work costs quite a bit and all the manual work that goes into a GES. PCB's were invented for a reason... A good manufacturer often sets the retail price at 3-5 times the parts cost to cover all expenses and labor so that would be a good guesstimate. It could be lower though as there is no stock and they are built to order and the tubes are fairly cheap unless you start going down the NOS ECC83 rabbit hole...

Is that it in the background next to the Meridian? Just look past the crappy RSA stuff and Vince Vaughn...

So there is a SS amp as well. The tube amp they were shown with in prototype form was a Stax design from the 60's, pretty much the same design as the ES-1 is based on. $1350 is a good price but there is some steep competition in that price range.

That's not bad. The amp could be pretty good for as it is a Stax design... since 1968...

I'm going to buy either a Mk2 or an A but there is no rush especially if they are having some teething problems. You do know that he's making a few more BH's, right... I'm such an enabler... I prefer the Sylvania 6CA7's to the GE's but neither is even in the same league as the Mullards. It's a startling difference...

How much do the clones cost with an amp? Not that I need another stat or anything...

I think you just need a Blue Hawaii and a SR-007 Mk2/A in your life. Pop in some GE "Fat Boys" 6CA7's for some mad bass

It has less power then the KGSS, the parts quality is not as good because of the more complex design and it doesn't have a balanced input stage for those that still care about that. OTOH it should be more rounded, with more bloom and I'm sure it would make a great amp for the HE90's with about 1.5k$ in upgrades. I'm dying to buy one and mod it myself but there is always something else that is getting in the way.

Things have gotten a whole lot better in the last two or so years as the O2 system now only costs 3.8k$ instead of 6k$. Damn Stax and their distributor policies...

Sure.... you say that now...

Those are indeed the Mk2's. They will be called SR-007A's in Japan and be silver and I'm holding out until I get a price quote on the A's as I don't really like to pay the US distributor extra just for the black housing. There are a number of changes but they are mostly down to the pads and they are borrowing from the 4070 design there. There seems to be a small port hidden inside the pads (maybe more then one) that eliminates the fart for the most part, increases the bass impact and changes how the bass behaves. The Mk1's bass was out of control if you didn't have the exact right fit while the Mk2's don't have much bass at all under the same circumstances. That is pretty same as the 4070 so when you get the right fit the ports are closed and the bass is just right.

At least here under the Euro nanny all PC's need to be CE marked or your insurance won't cover any electric fires. Luckily I have a friend at the agency that tests this stuff and they tested it for me so I have a certificate that my DIY PC's are safe. It can be great to live in a small country where either you know somebody or they are related to you... The first step is to install better wire in the wall with a dedicated line and better wall connectors. Otherwise the cables are just acting as filters and a lot of them are designed to do just that, VD, Shunyata, Kimber Palladium etc.

We are always watching...