Beefy

OK, one last question for now...... If I do decide to do the disassembly, I will obviously need glue. Google tells me that polyurethane glue is either Excel Glue or Gorilla Glue. Though I vaguely recall you mentioning Gorilla Glue might not be ideal?

Well it won't be the whole driver to reassemble, just the mesh screen and baffle...... I'll think about it. This has also inspired me to finally contact Yamas with respect to replacement parts. I was quoted $40 for 202 pads, $7.60 for mineral wool, $5 for foam, $70 for cable, $36 for a 202 headpad, $100 for the whole headband assembly. Compared to Audiocubes II prices, it seems pretty reasonable.

Yeah, its easy enough to see how it all goes together once the back is removed...... but the gluing together bothers me less than the pulling apart

Bugger It feels like the black mesh screen has been bent inwards, so I was hoping to straighten that up, at a minimum...... Oh, the fragile black foam I was talking about is the thin layer lining the back of cup, outside the yellow-ish mineral wool. It just completely disintegrates with any physical contact.

I've finally had the chance to open up my Lambdas...... despite the black foam being extremely fragile, I can't see any other problems at the back. Certainly no evidence of the drivers coming apart or a hole in the dust cover. But I'm not sure how to access the front of the driver. It seems pretty well wedged into the surrounds, and before I start randomly forcing it, I was wondering whether you or anyone else have any advice?

Perfect, thanks mate. I can order my panels with 100% confidence!

Excellent, that really helps If anybody can confirm that none of the other Stax plugs are bigger than the 404LE plug, then I will order my panels.

Thanks mate But just so that I understand you 100%, is this what you mean? So theoretically, if I had a 19mm hole in my front panel, the black part of the 404LE plug could insert into the panel by up to 3mm before hitting that keyway......

Hey y'all. I'm planning the front panel for my Exstata, and curious about the dimensions of the plugs on various Stax cables. I can probably borrow some calipers to get an accurate measurement on the Lambda plug, but somebody at the other place suggested that cables on the higher end Stax are a bit different; they specified the 404LE, but I guess that it might apply to the 007 as well. I've Googled a few different search term combos but come up blank. So does anybody have a reference handy, or willing to take some measurements for me? Thanks!

HEH, well played

HEH, those pins look familiar...... I think I like the larger diameter of Marc's jacks a lot better, but the all-in-one construction on Kevin's version is great.

*head explodes*

I'll have a bit of a play around, listen some more on the SRD7-SB as well as the Exstata, and see what happens......

Yeah, it seems to decrease as the bias drops.

So what might cause a Stax Lambda driver to make a occasional 'scratchy' sound, even after being disconnected from an amp? I'm pretty sure it isn't cable microphonics or anything like that, because it is only happening on one side......

Four 5/8", 3ft long threaded rods, and a box of each 5/8" washers and nuts. Flexi shelves for the win!

I can't answer the question on the cable types, but...... Blue Jeans Cable will do you a 25ft 1505F RCA-RCA for $42.75. That's a bit more than the bulk cable you linked to, but it is professionally terminated. Or you could go for the lower capacitance (but stiffer) LC-1 for $43.50. I'm sure if you asked for 1/4 TS instead of RCA on one end they could accommodate you.

Another vote for dbpoweramp. I liked it so much, I bought it. A rare thing for me......

Cached Google page has the new price

Yet at the same time, the KSC75 have surely got to be the best bang for the buck headphones available...... But they would still have to sell a cubic assload of those to make up these sort of losses

Any time they actually manage to get ahead these days, they also get bollocked by lawsuits. * With respect to touchscreen tech specifically, they have been showing off those whole table touchscreens for a LONG time. I doubt any smaller consumer product will be done half-arsed.

Perhaps that is part of their strategy...... only true audiophiles will understand it?

*shrug* I gift myself money between Australian and Canadian PayPal-linked bank accounts all the time. Cheaper than any bank money transfer.

But it seems pretty tenous to say that if DVD hadn't happened, these 'lost' films would currently be available......

A big pile of stuff from BJC...... balanced audio, coax, optical and HDMI cables. I just wish they did custom-length, no-nonsense USB cables as well.