February 4, 201313 yr Lil' Knight did the board runs and I saw him selling some extras recently. Try PMing him
February 5, 201313 yr How much volume are you getting with normal bias? Surprisingly, about the same as my other Staxen. I tried pro bias, they didn't seem to mind it too much but I didn't dare to leave it on any longer than a minute.
February 5, 201313 yr Can you post some internal pics of the sony box? I'm interested to see what they were up to.
February 13, 201313 yr For those that might not frequent the DIY forum the Mafia gained a (new/old/reluctant) member last night.
February 13, 201313 yr I did not get around to posting in the DIY thread, but that is a sweet build. I love the logo for the nonexistent fabrication business
February 14, 201313 yr For those who don't frequent the other forum, 3 of us got to interview Stax and tour the factory.
February 15, 201313 yr My question would have been: Thoughts on Spritzer and Kevin Gilmore. Go. Answer from Stax: Their proliferation of much better value-to-performance electrostatic amplifiers tripled our earspeaker sales and increased our pre-purchase valuation by 30%. Must remember to send them each a case of best quality sake.
February 15, 201313 yr Was it this part? "We don't base the design on some interpretation of the market needs or potential."
February 15, 201313 yr Was it this part? "We don't base the design on some interpretation of the market needs or potential."Nope.
February 16, 201313 yr Wow, they're really making a successor to the T2. Anyone have impressions on the new Stax portable system?
February 16, 201313 yr They said they were going to make a superior amp but didn't say in what way it would be superior. If they were going to match the BHSE/T2 level of performance and make a profit the amp would cost close to 800kYen or even more. The SRM-T2 was 2.5 times the price of the SR-Omega so if they follow that then a new 009 amp would be around one million Yen....
February 16, 201313 yr Wow, they're really making a successor to the T2. Anyone have impressions on the new Stax portable system? I have actually used the SRS-002 quite a bit lately while traveling. I am really liking the system. The custom IEMs are gathering dust at the moment as I am enjoying the weird little Stax system better directly out of the iPhone.
February 16, 201313 yr Yes, but at the current pace, we'll be at 200JPY/EUR or 150/USD by the time it comes out so, while I won't be able to afford it, it should be just piece of cake (or two) for you Birgir .
February 17, 201313 yr I have actually used the SRS-002 quite a bit lately while traveling. I am really liking the system. The custom IEMs are gathering dust at the moment as I am enjoying the weird little Stax system better directly out of the iPhone. Fantastic news, thanks. I guess I'm going to buy my own set sometime in the next couple months, once I get settled in NYC.
February 17, 201313 yr Yes, but at the current pace, we'll be at 200JPY/EUR or 150/USD by the time it comes out so, while I won't be able to afford it, it should be just piece of cake (or two) for you Birgir . Having then Yen at those levels would make me a very happy bunny.... As for the amp, the 007t and 727 can be built this cheaply because they share resources (chassis, transformer, bunch of the parts are the same) but a new amp will require a new everything. The two last big Stax amps were the T2 and the SRA-14S. The 14S cost just shy of 200K Yen but that was in 1985 and with none of the extras included. Let's just put it this way, I'm not optimistic that this will be a cheap amplifier...
February 20, 201313 yr i now have about 25k in worthless Stax inventory, and my own stuff just got 20% more expensive in Japan. only positive is i might have more BHSEs to build
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