hi all,

i am a new owner of a lambda SR. i found it cheap on craigslist, was not expecting to see one, went and snatched it up for cheap. it looks fairly dirty on the inside and i have been looking at some guides where people describe cleaning lambdas but the process is a bit intimidating...

it looks like there is a lot of dirt inside. i wasn't aware dirt was so hard to clean off of them before i bought them, and there are 2 visible specks of dirt on the left driver on the inside. that driver usually buzzes a bit, sometimes not too bad but sometimes a bit louder. when you look down into the driver housings you can see lots of dirt that looks nasty and gross.

i am using a new SRM 323S i bought from Stax USA website. i do not have any other stax headphones to use with the amp but since i can see the headphones need a good cleaning. where do i go from here?

i am not scared of working on electronics, this is just such a precision device i am scared i'll damage something.

p.s. how do you remove a lambda headband? the headband on this is very gross and i wish to wash it off a bit.

 

(edit: didn't notice there was a stax thread like a big idiot, tried to delete this thread and re-post my message there but please remove this thread if necessary)

Edited August 22, 201510 yr by 4tray

The Lambda capsules are all glued together so no good way of getting in there to clean them. 

The headband dis-assembly depends on which version of the headband that is.  There are three different designs out there. 

The headband look like these. http://cdn.head-fi.org/6/6f/1000x500px-LL-6f089a91_original6.jpg

 

Then there are screws which hold the capsules with the L and R markings together.  Be very careful when opening them though, lots of little parts that need to go together in the right order.