Dusty Chalk

The Lambda's are the boxes that angle the speakers towards the ears more like speakers, right? Yeah, you're right, that shouldn't instigate the "Stax squeak", there's no way there's that good a seal there, right? So what causes the Stax squeak again? I realize it's the seal, but what is the seal doing, because it sounds amplified...perhaps there's a different cause, but the same result that is happening?

He did say that, but then Mikhail convinced him that they were done and ready to ship -- that was the whole point of stating that they were done and ready, and convincing him not to sell them. If this is not clear in Mikhail's mind, then that's part of the problem right there. And yes, I realize we're all being third parties in what is essentially between Elephas and Mikhail, but we're trying to give Elephas good advice, so I agree it would help to know at least Elephas' side straight from him.

Nah, I wouldn't be worried about that -- that Apogee Duet that I was after sat "for sale" long after I tried to contact the seller (it does now say sold).

The ball is not in Elephas' court, it's in Mikhail's. One of the resolutions to the issues has been and continues to be to ship the effin' amps, already. So I'm seeing a little bit of an infinite loop in Mikhail's mind -- he doesn't want to ship the amps until issues are resolved, but the issues would be resolved if he'd just ship the amps. These vaguely referenced chassis changes or whatever should be just gotten over and done with, if they're not important enough to discuss clearly, then he needs to just finish them. Sounds like he has a problem with finishing a project.

Cookie.

Isn't that a classic case of the electrostatic "fart"? I thought this was the result of having too good a seal?

So don't leave it blank.

Yeah, if it were me and I wanted one, I'd feel comfortable buying it and just avoiding the scenario.

What is it?

Who are you calling a...oh, wait, never mind. I thought you said something else.

Baba wawas memoirs? That's almost alliteration.

"slow roasted" sounds appropriate for groggy Jacob.

Spaced -- because Simon Pegg and Nick Frost rule. (Also, he [simon Pegg] is playing Scotty in the new Star Trek reboot.)

Dan?

Cool.

It was a reference to Zakk Wylde's band, Black Label Society.

Which movie?

(shrugs) I don't know -- because asking stupid questions sometimes surprises me with good answers. That makes perfect sense, I love what I've heard of Nelson Pass designed amps. Thanks for the info. Will read that tubecad.com stuff offline.

Jesus. Unless you really really like crocodile meat. It's probably the "tastes like chicken" equivalent of beef jerky.

I always like a good story with a happy ending.

My friend had a theory -- women fell in three categories: taken, far away, and crazy. Of course, he married the first one that didn't fall in any of those categories.

Hott. :drool:...er, I mean...

So what you're saying is, if anyone else ever makes a white cathode follower design headphone amp, I should probably try and hear it, since I like the sound so much? How about speaker amps, are there any speaker amps that follow this design? How about preamps? Actually, don't answer that here, I'll put it in a separate thread...here... What about the huge caps -- that's for instantaneous energy storage, is that inherent in the design, or is that something Mikhail did separate? Because I'm sure that's part of the sound.

From another thread: How about speaker amps, are there any speaker amps that follow this design? How about preamps? Is there a corresponding solid state design? Perhaps with MOSFETs?

So far, my only criticism is with the button labels, as well. And yes, I very much like your art.