Mach3
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9 hours ago, Katyusha said:
Again, 007 is NOT the king of electrostatic! 009 is the TRUE flagship of Stax! 🤪
There's a thread over at HF for you to share this knowledge.
As much as I love the SR-009BK, most of the time I reach for the SR-007 Mk1 more. They're more genre friendly.
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I'm not an expert but aren't Stax plug already balanced?
Stupid: Yeah but I got a 3D printer.
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That's not hard to decide. Want the best get the current 007 and do the port mod. If you CBF (can't be f...) like me get the MK I.
But pretty much all the Mk I earpad foam would have suffer some form of disintegration by now. So best to get new earpads.
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On 7/4/2020 at 12:57 AM, ilikebananafudge said:
I have flat (15mm thick all the way around), all-leather Vesper pads with fast-fill foam that I'm really enjoying. I find them much more comfortable than the stock pads and I think they emphasize the bass a bit. As for the amp, I have a re-capped SRM-1 Mk2 that I like, especially when fed with the pre-amp output of my Gilmore Lite Mk2. I also like the ESPs a lot better since I removed the foam on the baffle under the earpads. I think it makes them sound less muffled and more alive, especially in the treble.
I custom my Vesper a while ago, angled 20mm to 15mm all lambskin as it super soft with memory foam, super comfy.
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On 6/10/2020 at 7:21 AM, Lord_Rexter said:
You nailed it 🤣
Here's my modest Estats collection (thus far) - STAX 009BK, L700 Mk1/MKII, L500 Mk II, 404 LE, L300 LE, L207, Jade II, Kaldas Research RR1,
Looking at your list, I'm surprised you don't have the SR-007 any version.
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Either Stax sells em or get the part 3D printed could work too.
On another note, recently acquired a box of old stuff with 2 different SR-30.
One with all plastic head band and one with mixed plastic & metal.
Anyone know the difference?
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This compared to the LCD-4?
I haven't really heard of any driver failure much with Abyss headphone. Any truth to this?
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That's no unicorn. On my scale that find is more like flying unicorn. Thanks for sharing.
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On 2/15/2020 at 6:01 PM, bwck2000 said:
Left to right: 404, L700 and 507 Sigma
The one with 404 driver is more laid back and has more colouring while the 507 one has the best transparancy . But the L700 sigma is the best with a very full bodied mid bass and excellent 3D- imaging and soundstage I have never heard of in any other headphones.
Love all three of them
Holy smoke batman that one expensive DIY line up. How does the L700 Sigma compare to the stock L700 in term of overall sound?
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It think it safe to say consumer's are now becoming very savvy with their purchases. So they would do a lot of research on the internet before making the final decision to buy anything now days. Realizing they can get similar quality for a lot less.
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On 8/16/2019 at 5:16 AM, kevin gilmore said:
just because its a great amplifier does not mean that it likes to drive pure transformers.
decca ribbon tweeters, quad esl56 and 63, klh 9 etc are all considered very hard to drive loads.
transformers for electrostatics are much harder to wind than you might think, not a standard thing
On the topic of hard to drive. I recently acquired a Stax ELS-F81, oh man this thing is damn hard to drive.
73db/1W, only thing that drives it half decent is my 100 watt tube amp powered by 8x KT-150 power tubes.
the impedance curve of these speakers sucks the life out of any SS amp I've tried so far.
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I saw that and I was like. WTF was that fan doing there??
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Thanks heaps got in touch with him.
Very nice and down to earth person to deal with if anyone needs their Quad or Stax ESL service.
Looks like I need to send him the panel to have them both restored to match.
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Very old thread, but anything is better than nothing.
Anyone got Kent's contact details?
I've got a F81 purely by accident, both speaker working but one of them doesn't play as loud.
Pull them apart and did a panel swap, still same issue. Then check by placing a led light behind the panel.
Spotted 4-5 small holes in the mylar membrane on the lower two section of the panel.
Anyway one know anyone in the world that would have a spare working panel?
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On 7/11/2019 at 2:39 AM, SONY ES said:
Hello everyone
From what I understand
Srm-T8000
Does not justify the investmentI have 009 + 006TS
The source is SA 11S1 MODNIAM DAC +TP SUPLAY+ROTEL 975 AS TR
SO NOT TO BAY THE STAX -T8000.
AND WAY IS SO BAD?????
THANK YOU
Buddy you got that much budget to consider a T8000. Why not buy a proven design instead like a Blue Hawaii SE or KGSSHV Carbon?
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You have so much rare stuff spritzer, I'm surprised you haven't setup a museum already. ?
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So they're much better than the KOSS 950? Or just different?
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When will it be available in Australia. hurry up and take my money
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Removable cables... Bloody should have been the standardized 20+ years ago after the release of the SR-Omega.
It like buying a new cars with no ABS brakes.
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On 3/28/2019 at 12:52 AM, spritzer said:
So I guess blue is the new black?
I broke down and got a 009BK... I know I'm weak but we all knew this would happen.
What's funny is that after 6 sets of 009's that have gone through here, these are a bit different. They are still bright and the bass is mehhh but they are not as bright as my other set and the bass is improved. Could be unit to unit variation but that's not the norm with Stax so I'm curios if they have updated the 009's a bit. More listening to come...
Thank you for posting your thoughts on the 009BK because they match my finding on my pair. I was beginning to think I'm losing my hearing.
They sound noticeably different from the standard 009 non S.
How on earth does a paint job alter the sound so much I wonder.
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11 hours ago, DefQon said:
No but they may continue to mass produce unreliable or quickly outdated garbage. When they announced the HE1k with v2 and so forth, they pissed off alot of people on HF.
They still pissing off alot of people. They've flooded every segment of the market. Their crappy builds, start from $100 and goes all the way to $50k
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Thanks for the posting the measurement. looks like I will joining the 007 owner.
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Hi Aumkar Chandan,
Just curious. What did you use as a reference to tune the RR1?
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The main web page got me worried already. There a picture showing it connected to a woo a......
What's funny is that after 6 sets of 009's that have gone through here, these are a bit different. They are still bright and the bass is mehhh but they are not as bright as my other set and the bass is improved. Could be unit to unit variation but that's not the norm with Stax so I'm curios if they have updated the 009's a bit. More listening to come...
The Headcase Stax thread
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I've got Koss 950, so unless the Koss 95X sounds totally different from the 950. Which I doubt, I don't see how 007 Koss 95X tuned alike.