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  1. Glad to hear that and thanks! I can wait as I have temporary case for the amp now.
  2. Is anyone still having an unused/extra case so I can buy one from? Thanks.
  3. Updates for the bass impact imbalance. Played with the L700 earpad before I wanted to send back to retailer. The earpad is removable which is different from the previous lambda model. It is dead simple enough to remove and put it back with the snap mechanism. I can see potential to mod this to enhance the bass by sealing the surrounding ring tighter. On top of the driver there is a loose webbing screen which I do not know what is that really for. Perhaps tighten it up in place can help to improve the bass as well? Who knows... Okay, done with my curiosity and put everything back. Guess what, the bass imbalance is gone and everything works fine! Thus, I can only think of the previous guy who replaced my Left driver didn't put the earpad properly. So that's all about my L700 & modded 007ii. Thanks Birgir and Kevin who brought up this fantastic mod which certainly improve Bass (until the point I'm able to tell bass imbalance), soundstage and also depth(the improvement in depth is greater than soundstage). Special thanks to Insanity as well who helped me to eliminate the amp problem quickly!
  4. Time to update again. Fortunately the L R circuit is simple enough to understand so I swapped a few wires to reverse the both channels. Before I plugged in the L700 I also checked the bias to make sure everything works in reverse order properly understand that a mistake could kill my headphone or maybe myself. So the outcome is, the Left driver still having slightly weaker bass or impact. As I cranked up the volume knob to 3 o'Clock, there is left driver rattling noise again when heavy bass note hits during I put off the headphone...Exactly the same symptom before I swapped the channels. At this point I think I can conclude that my modded 007tii is fine but my L700 is the problematic culprit....Thanks again insanity for the suggested idea!
  5. It's possibly a good idea to figure out the issue. I will see what can I do with the channel swap. Also I will improve the previous circuit cuts with nail polish to ensure no continuity at all. I afraid I cut not deep enough that caused the circuits run wrongly. Thanks insanity.
  6. Still can't figure out what's the potential problem on the amp. I do notice when the voltage swing, both L and R channel will swing similar magnitude. For example, when I set both at 0.5V, the next minute I measure will be 2V. Although both are not very close to 0 but still pretty the same, or balanced. Another potential problem can be from my L700. I sent back to retailer 1 month ago due to Left side of the driver making noise on certain bass note turns out to be dented driver. In fact I noticed the issue the second day I bought it, definitely not caused from my side. So they replaced my Left side driver and the noise is gone. Before I modded the amp, the returned L700 sounds fine, but now I noticed the bass on the Left is slightly less impact, the difference is even greater at higher volume. Modded 007tii did improve bass, depth but my Left driver's bass is still weaker than the right. Can be headphone problem since it is flawed once and not entirely replaced with new phones.
  7. That will be beyond my capability already... I am considering to replace the tubes with matched quad 6S4A. Those I am currently using is matched pairs not sure if this is the problem.
  8. Reworked my soldering and tubes are warmed up more than 20 hours. DC voltage still swing greatly everytime I measure. Not sure if this is normal. And the slight weaker bass (impact) in Left channel is really annoying me..Is there any way to detect channel imbalance on amp other than measuring bias? And I noticed when I turned the volume to 3 o'clock, without putting the L700 on my head, there is kind of mechanical vibration noise when the bass note hits on Left driver. Right driver is totally fine though.
  9. Ok, found my answers for my previous questions and modded my amp yesterday. Now my modded 007tii is running quite fine I guess, no smokes and humming etc etc. However I find the biasing process is not as smooth and easy because the wild voltage swing, I could get 300-500mV at one point then the next minute when I measure it become >1V. For your information my tubes are not matched quads, only 2 pairs of matched pair per each channel which I bought new online. Is that normal that the swing is so great? Or my bad soldering skill.... And because of my considered half done biasing I noticed that the right channel is slightly louder (more bass, more sparkles). Really slight not sure if that is my psychological play.
  10. Just opened up the amp again and draw out the cathode circuit, it is exactly the same as the 007t. Since now I have the proper schematics for Cathodes and Plates to visualize easier, I have a clearer picture where should I rewire. And this also helped me a lot to understand Spritzer's latest rewiring snapshot, now I know why some of the components are removed to ease the rewiring Removed components are :2x 100 omh resistors. And a Pot (TVR4/3). However, I still have some questions though. 1.) For the Cathode part, Spritzer mentioned it is to be connected to TVR2. However I figured out that there is a 1.5k resistor before it. Should I bypass it or remain it before TVR2? 2.) Let say my unit is successfully modded to be able to use 6S4A tubes. Is there any impact on the bias adjustment process? Thanks!
  11. So I opened the amp again and try to draw the Cathode circuit. This is what I got: And it looks quite identical to the dual tube schematics KG posted here except that the resistor values are different..This is my first time interpreting electronics stuff that detailed because of Stax! And regarding the Q17 Q18 part number, the labeling is C1815 B4 4F if I am not seeing wrongly.
  12. Just check opened the up amp again and compare. Noticed that there is difference between 007t schematics and my 007tii amp. Not sure if I interpret them wrongly.. Is this what you mean in your previous post? However I cant find any 200 omh resistor around the tube, not even the label... And i noticed components from Pin 3 & Pin 8 to TVR2 in my 007tii is quite different from the schematics. My amp has transistor, 4~5k resistor, 2x 1.5k resistor but doesnt have the 200 resistor...
  13. Ok. Just had a quick look. One question, I managed to find only 1 resistor & 1 pot to be bypassed which is differ from 2 resistors & 1 pot mentioned by Birgir..? Now that explains why Birgir removed TVR3 & TVR4 in his latest Modified 007tii wiring snapshot....
  14. Wow! A full high res schematics for 007t! I need to read the whole thing again now. That will make things more clear. Thanks Birgir & KG!
  15. I just tried to google around but couldnt get the schematics at all. Found some other Stax amps but not the 007t. However I found T1 which is similar to 006t. 006t used 2 tubes though.. Lets ignore the 6FQ7 tube, think you are suggesting me to skip 2 resistors and 1 Pot for each tube, therefore the 2 resistors and 1 Pot is remained unused in the circuit? Thanks!
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