May 14, 201214 yr comment_514589 Has anyone experience with the Audio Consulting MIPA Stax Amplifier from Switzerland? Battery powerd spec as follows Product FeaturesThis is a 100% battery amplifier suitable to drive all Stax headphonesMipa power amplifier 30 w per channel , battery poweredSilver Rock level transformers suitable for all Stax headphonesSilver Rock TVC volume control3 inputsPolarisation of membranes performed by batteriesPrice CHF 18`500.00 in Wood/oil, CHF 15`400.00 in BlackCopper versions available http://www.audio-consulting.ch/?Products:Amplifier:MIPA_Stax_Amplifier Report
May 14, 201214 yr comment_514596 Think RWA with silver transformers and the snake oil piled on thick. Report
May 14, 201214 yr comment_514615 I like Audio Consulting stuff in general. They do know how to make transformers. Report
May 14, 201214 yr comment_514644 Mobile and 30 watts per channel ?? Same output as Red Wine Audio when charged. Report
May 15, 201214 yr Author comment_514736 Mobile and 30 watts per channel ?? Yes has but only for 10 minutes It's not clear from the description how the phones are driven. I presume its some sort of combined power amp and transformer based energiser? Like a RWA with an integrated SRD-7! Report
May 15, 201214 yr comment_514771 It's a speaker amp driving stepup transformers. Since they have no detail at all about the amp then it's probably one of those things which can't see the light of day. The awesomeness and magic would disappear once people know what a POS it really is... Report
May 15, 201214 yr Author comment_514815 At $20,000 (18,500 Swiss Franc) it ought to be bloody fantastic! Edited May 16, 201214 yr by complin Report
May 15, 201214 yr comment_514861 Am I alone in being consistently underwhelmed by efforts to run STAX transformers off of speaker amps? I really like transformers when they work right, but yea, no. It seems like the current push for STAX transformers is an effort to re-make what started as the cheapest thing possible as expensively as possible... I think of them like a $50 big mac or a $50 loaf of wonderbread or a $250K VW bettle. NTTAWWAoTT (not that theres anything wrong with any of those things), but its a big-mac not a gourmet burger. Its a loaf of wonderbread - its not like Spritzer baked it. And its a VW bettle, not a bently. Maybe its just me. Report
May 15, 201214 yr comment_514865 Am I alone in being consistently underwhelmed by efforts to run STAX transformers off of speaker amps? I really like transformers when they work right, but yea, no. It seems like the current push for STAX transformers is an effort to re-make what started as the cheapest thing possible as expensively as possible... I think of them like a $50 big mac or a $50 loaf of wonderbread or a $250K VW bettle. NTTAWWAoTT (not that theres anything wrong with any of those things), but its a big-mac not a gourmet burger. Its a loaf of wonderbread - its not like Spritzer baked it. And its a VW bettle, not a bently. Maybe its just me. I like Stax transformers for cheapo rigs like for my normal bias Lambdas, I am 100% with you. Report
May 16, 201214 yr comment_514957 or a $250K VW bettle. That is not nice! I will have to send "Pollito" over to set you straight. Report
May 16, 201214 yr comment_514961 But But... A Bentely is a volkswagon. So is the Lambo. and the Bugatti. Report
May 16, 201214 yr comment_514995 I've done my darnedest to give Stax transformers a fair shot but in the end they are not for me. They do offer bang for the buck though... Report
May 16, 201214 yr comment_515008 If some company would just make transformers as good as the ones in the quads, things would be much better. Report
May 16, 201214 yr comment_515014 That is not nice! I will have to send "Pollito" over to set you straight. Only if I get to drive. I have always wanted a VW bug Report
May 17, 201214 yr comment_515170 I have always wanted a VW bug This. One of these days, though I suspect by the time I'm ready for one, there won't be any left. Report
May 17, 201214 yr comment_515251 The bug will live on forever. A family friend just restored his and there were replacement parts available for pretty much everything. Report
May 17, 201214 yr comment_515263 I fondly remember the semi-automatic beetle my dad gave my brother. When I was 15, he used to drive that to the place we both worked. Clutchless shifting FTW! Report
May 17, 201214 yr Author comment_515286 Still make em in South America I think, $30,000 in the UK if you want a new one Report
May 18, 201214 yr comment_515438 VW buses (baywindow style was made in Brazil till circa 2004 and Beetles in Mexico till circa 2003). If you want to see some nice VW's for sale check out www.oldbug.com or TheSamba.com Personally after restoring the beetle I posted above I would buy one already restored to save a lot of time, aggravation, and money. I would buy a car from the south west USA since it is very unlikely it has any rust issues which is the death of most cars. By the way Ari of course you could drive the awesome Pollito! Did I mention the car has been driven over 400,000 miles! Stock transmission but on the 2nd engine. Report
May 20, 201214 yr comment_515911 VW buses (baywindow style was made in Brazil till circa 2004 and Beetles in Mexico till circa 2003). If you want to see some nice VW's for sale check out www.oldbug.com or TheSamba.com Personally after restoring the beetle I posted above I would buy one already restored to save a lot of time, aggravation, and money. I would buy a car from the south west USA since it is very unlikely it has any rust issues which is the death of most cars. By the way Ari of course you could drive the awesome Pollito! Did I mention the car has been driven over 400,000 miles! Stock transmission but on the 2nd engine. I'm not sure what baywindow style means, but the VW bus is still being made here. We have some jurassic cars around. Only last year GM stopped making the 1995 Blazer, and it's not like it was cheap either, the TOTL version used to cost 65K USD, believe it or not. I like Beetles, but if I were in a position to buy a car like that, I'd go for one of these in a heartbeat: It's a Porsche Spyder replica - a pretty good one -, it's just cheap fun. Edited May 20, 201214 yr by Leonardo Drummond Report
May 21, 201214 yr comment_516118 Leonardo you are correct that it is still in production, albeit with a water cooled engine. I meant production was stopped with an air cooled engine. The bay window model is shown in the link below. Cheer.s http://www.limbobus.org/brazilian_kombi.htm Report
May 21, 201214 yr comment_516219 Leonardo you are correct that it is still in production, albeit with a water cooled engine. I meant production was stopped with an air cooled engine. The bay window model is shown in the link below. Cheer.s http://www.limbobus....ilian_kombi.htm I don't know why, but now I want one. Report
May 21, 201214 yr comment_516224 I don't know why, but now I want one. you want a 21-window bus. Edited May 21, 201214 yr by nikongod Report
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