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No chance of damaging the headphones by removing pads unless you smash it with a hammer. Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

In case you rip the SR-X pads and need a new replacement, Audiocubes has replacements for cheap.

The rack looks lot empty now.

Plastic rivets. Or pcb rivets (not the copper/brass) type.

I can't get over the looks of the new Orpheus package. Like really? Marble enclosure for the amplifier with a built in DAC, an array of tubes on right side and a black shoe box with lid on left side that is a headphone case.....did some 10 year old design this at SennheiserHQ?

Looks ugly as sin.

They are there look harder.

Usually those that find the Stax or more specifically the 009's bass light favour the Abyss more. Need to hear one of the more recent 009's apparently they have toned down the slight brightness tilt down a bit, have heard it twice on a BHSE and it was bit too bright for me.

It's a hit and miss with the Abyss, I've heard it on 6 different occasions now and still think its an overpriced piece of shit. The only thing I can only give praise for for the Abyss is the easy removable ear-pads and the bass.

Ohh hahaha that was a funny read.

I've noticed that quite a number of pages (about 60 or so) have been purged in the Stax thread after the website upgrade. Like I'll google for some posts that shows up Stax thread head-case page 463 but when I click on it, it directs me to page 4 and there is only 406 pages in the Stax thread.

Who knows, the guys on head-fi who went to the Stax factory 2 years ago asked the current CEO's and they said they have something in the works to be as a T2 successor.

And to do it properly you need an o scope Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

Because it will permanently damage the laser. Rather a partial working laser with a fault lying elsewhere than a completely dead non replaceable laser. Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

I wouldn't touch the pots for optical laser power and tracking as a last resort if you can't fix it via anything else. A draw sticking problem could be a problem with the limiter/latch switch underneath the draw or an over-greased or under-greased gear/belt that is causing slippage when the draw motor kicks in to open the draw. This problem can also cause tracking issues (random skipping on a track of a cd) if the draw is not closed or opened properly, a miss-alignment in the laser head to read from the tracking of the disc.

Maybe price and a market was something that held them back. I have no doubt that Stax was and is capable of designing a grand $50k amp if they wanted to. The problem is how many will sell on the market to make it a viable effort for them to do so. Not to mention all the old HV semi-conductors are mostly EOL but there are new stuff which some companies only sell or make at a minimum (10000+ for example) quantity order. It's all supply and demand.

How much are 009 replacement pads anyway? $200? http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Mjolnir-Audio-KGSSHV-Electrostatic-Amplifier-for-STAX-Headphones-/321823951596?hash=item4aee33caec

Nothing wrong with the ceramics as well.

Ok no problem. Aren't the Unipolar fixed electrets?

Spritzer what's the cap diameter size you use to use to cover the 6th pin on normal bias outputs after the pro-conversion? (Or better yet, a link to one on ebay if that's where you get yours from). Thanks

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/KINGSOUND-M-03-Portable-Electrostatic-Headphone-Amplifier-Ampli-casque-Silver-/151732354104?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_71&hash=item2353f3fc38

Purk do you run your equipment 24/7?

Ask Kevin Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

Correcting my previous post. The 727 can be extensively modded to a low powered kgss not the 717.

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