tims

Congrats on getting it up and running - any thoughts on how it compares to other amps you may have tried? Looking forward to how it goes down at the meet on Saturday; I'm sure it will be of interest to many. Tim

Hi Livewire, I've been following the kgsshv thread from the beginning, so just thought I'd say thanks for your efforts in building this. Will this be the first working prototype, as far as you know? Tim

I'm for the compromise route as (unfortunately) my budget doesn't allow for a price no object option. My opinion is that if a 20% increase in build costs brings about a 5% gain in SQ then I'd rather go for the cheaper option but I'm in whatever the decision.

Me too, thanks Kevin. Any idea what the approximate total cost might be (minus the chassis)?

Well errr......none! I've only recently become interested in ESL headphones and I intend to audition the Stax 3050A system next week on the way out to a trip to Japan which will hopefully give me an idea on what all the fuss is about . I'm hoping to check out some used gear over there - hopefully some SR-Lambda's and maybe the SRM-1/MK-2 or the SRD-7MkII if I can find any. They seem a popular beginners choice after reading the phenomenal Stax thread here. I enjoy DIY and, with one eye on the future I was looking at the Stax Transformer design as maybe a significant upgrade over the SRM-1/MK-2 or the SRD-7MkII mentioned above, hence my interest in the design.

I'm interested in building the Stax Transformer project here: the STAX Transformer as it seems relatively easy to build but I've searched everywhere I can think of but can't find any reviews on this beast. Has anyone built this project or know of any reviews detailing performance, SQ etc? Tim