February 11, 201016 yr I sure hope not since graphite is a very bad choice for diaphragm coating (it absorbs moisture and is far from stable) but I just chalked this up to Fang trying to peddle his overpriced crap. One can just imagine how little the Jades cost to produce given the very cheap labor... Yeah that was the joke. I'm guessing something on the order of $50USD to produce, including cost of parts. $50 is a lot in China, it can be what some people earn in an entire month. Anyway, I did more modding on the ET1000. Removed the stock gold colored grilles you see in pic 2 and replaced with some speaker cloth. Smoothed out sound more. It's starting to be nothing like a stock ET1000 and will continue in this direction when I make the adapter and run it like a normal bias Stax.
February 11, 201016 yr Aye, I'll let you know when I've "finished" modding it, and making the SR-X Pro. Still trying to decide if I should man up and mod the stock cable for pro bias or wuss out and just use a pro bias ribbon cable.
February 11, 201016 yr If keeping the original looks are not important, I would just get the Gamma Pro cable from eBay as it is better than the SR-X cable.
February 12, 201016 yr Heh, I already bought a normal bias and pro bias ribbon cable from him. It's like he's a second Birgir or something, he just exudes Stax parts from his pores. What's annoying is he lists the cables one by one so I already wasted on shipping once.
February 12, 201016 yr He told me that he will run out of stock soon but he will likely to list a few more. I wanted to save up on shipping as well when I bought the SR-5NB headband but I had to pay it soon after, too.
February 12, 201016 yr Rudi of Rudistor's new 'stat. Haven't heard much at all about it since a couple months ago, though. This gives you a better sense of size: Just based on their sheer size plus circular shape I want to hear them
February 12, 201016 yr He told me that he will run out of stock soon but he will likely to list a few more. I wanted to save up on shipping as well when I bought the SR-5NB headband but I had to pay it soon after, too. Yeah that dude does NOT like it when you pay any after than the day after an invoice is sent. I told him to chill the second time around after explaining to him my power was out due to blizzard #1. Just based on their sheer size plus circular shape I want to hear them I kind of want to hear them, too. But if you want to listen to some headphones with drivers that are actually big, I've still got my Jecklin 'stats.
February 12, 201016 yr Just based on their sheer size plus circular shape I want to hear them Does it seem very large? It doesn't seem exceptionally big to me, at least not much bigger than HE90, Jade, O2 or SR-Omega. The housings do seem thick/deep.
February 12, 201016 yr Has anyone tried Stax earphones out of a Koss E/90 amp? (mainly thinking O2mk1)
February 12, 201016 yr Birgir did, but the result was terrible afaik so there is not much point in it.
February 12, 201016 yr Yeah, it wasn't much to write home about. Still if you have no amp then it is better then nothing.
February 12, 201016 yr Heh thanks for the fast reply guys. Yeah its just that im ampless atm. May be worht a try, will it damage the O2? (i know birgir said the O2 can take higher bias, but Im not sure if it will eat away at its life?)
February 12, 201016 yr 20 extra volts will not damage the SR-007 or any Stax headphone. 700+ and they will start complaining...
February 13, 201016 yr Does it seem very large? It doesn't seem exceptionally big to me, at least not much bigger than HE90, Jade, O2 or SR-Omega. The housings do seem thick/deep. You're probably right, it might be that picture has some distortion going on since the cups do fit in the Beyerdynamic assembly.
February 13, 201016 yr 404LE is the better headphone to my ears. Although I am not sure what amp you are using with the 950s and they can sound pretty good not on the Koss POS
February 14, 201016 yr There is one at Yahoo Japan which might go for a good price (and I think there will be in the future, too) but I think you can find within the USA as well.
February 14, 201016 yr I think I might just spring for the O2 now that it's tax refund time and be done with it. I'm going to post a WTB over at HF, but I appreciate anyone pointing me in the right direction (I've taken a look at what's currently on yahoo japan).
February 14, 201016 yr The cheapest is currently at here: Fujiya Avic You can buy it or ask more information via KuboTEN.
February 14, 201016 yr Thanks a bunch for the help padam. I went ahead and submitted a shop order with Kuboten. -edit- Anyone have a junker pair of stats they wouldn't mind letting go? I need a pair for testing on new amps.
February 15, 201016 yr Sometimes you can pick up an SR-003 from Japan for dirt cheap so it seems like a good option (it will probably fit in your other package without problems, too).
February 15, 201016 yr FYI - I was able to pick up the 2nd 404LE locally. I think DC was interested in them first, let me know. If not, then Fierce Freak. otherwise, anyone else? or I'll keep as backup pair.
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