Damage like that could be due to shipping. I`ve had one my old T1S amp tubes shattered and top cover completely knocked in because some post guy took a kick into it. Only got a partial refund from JapanPost though.

I would just get the money back.  I hope the seller is willing to cooperate and did insure for the full amount.

seller will take it back...we'll discuss the details. unfortunately (for him), it was packaged very well and there was no damage to the box so i don't think there was any damage from shipping. 

Good to hear, Grant, hopefully the "details" are all simple enough.

making me antsy about shipping my KGST out, good thing it's only norcal to socal

Use thick pieces of expanded polystyrene like what's in the Stax original packaging. Never had a problem with those.

That and double box.  Always double box... 

That and double box.  Always double box... 

 

Yup.  I always pack really well.  I shipped the Sony SCD-1 to Germany before without a problem and I didn't even have the original box.  The weight of the shipping was 75-80 lbs.

yeah I'm going to take the extra precaution to double-box, and I lined it with foam that I've been collecting from purchasing all these these aluminum chassis. Thanks for the tips, I think this is the first time I've shipped out my own diy work.

 

Now I'm left ampless at the office, need to finish casing the Megatron. Edcor really takes their sweet time with their transformers.

Congrats on your sale.  The new owner will be happy for a long time. Double-box is a must and don't forget to insure against shipping damage.  You should also take couple of pictures demonstrating how well the amp is packed too.

Edited April 24, 201511 yr by purk

70 dollars for peace of mind

 

I also picked up an HE60, do I have to increase the bias resistance to use these with stax amplifiers?

Yes, it is better to run them at their recommended setting of 10M. 

Is the hev70 receptacle a standard part? I'm thinking about grabbing one of those and cutting one of my leftover stax cables for the male plug. Morgan Jones lists some part numbers in his "daughter of beast" schematic but they haven't yielded anything useful.

The socket is a part of the chassis so not a separate thing.  There is this though...

 

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.37.JGGGcS&id=43478963769&ns=1&abbucket=2#detail

Followed that  link ^, and saw this wackiness:

 

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=2013.1.20141002.5.aHW0Yd&scm=1007.10009.3949.i44429805848&id=43702703536&pvid=798d9bcf-a1ba-43eb-bc60-b809f56636b4

 

A water cooled T2 chassis for $130 shipped - the digital rendition looks very promising, I am sure it would work flawlessly...

China + 1000V + Water = hell no

well it might be ok if the water is 10**14 ohms...

 

otherwise bad.

 

do remember that someone dumped water on my T2 at CJ010

and it still lives 5 years later.

Edited April 27, 201511 yr by kevin gilmore

The socket is a part of the chassis so not a separate thing.  There is this though...

 

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.37.JGGGcS&id=43478963769&ns=1&abbucket=2#detail

 

Looks useable, now I just need to figure out how to buy from them. I wonder if that's actually a section of stax cable in the provided shot

Got my hands on a pretty mint Lambda Signature. Now I know what etch means 

 

Ali

seems like in the world of Lambdas, the only recommended ones are the LNS (discontinued), the SR Lambda nb (discontinued), the 404LE (discontinued), or one of the entry level pro cans (20#).  Don't see a lot of love for the higher end lambdas.  I also thought the signature was a bit better thought of, but comments on the etch seem to point elsewhere.

I didn't have any "etched" Stax until now : SR-5, SR-5/NB, SR-X/mk3, Sigma Pro, Gamma Pro,  SR-007 mk1, Lambda NB and SR-009. The two latter the "brighter", but still very smooth with beautiful midrange. FR response of Lambda Signature sounds very different to me, with something glaring in the high mids my other cans don't have. It's no that unpleasant, but it sounds a bit artificial.

I'm waiting for my BHSE to make a definitive statement on my several phones...Spritzer did say one time the glaring side of Lambda Sig does largely benefit from power / authority of some BH amp.

 

Ali

Edited April 27, 201511 yr by Ali-Pacha

Followed that link ^, and saw this wackiness:

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=2013.1.20141002.5.aHW0Yd&scm=1007.10009.3949.i44429805848&id=43702703536&pvid=798d9bcf-a1ba-43eb-bc60-b809f56636b4

A water cooled T2 chassis for $130 shipped - the digital rendition looks very promising, I am sure it would work flawlessly...

The ad is for a "KG T2 chassis kit" that includes the chassis, internal accessories and the water cooling mechanism (including the water pump and it's own power supply). The ad says the water cooling mechanism is "highly reliable". I think the $15000 price is in Chinese Yuan which is roughly $2500 USD based on 6.22 exchange rate. The kit is made to order.

It takes a mighty brave soul to try this thing out.

Edit: It says discount is offered for large quantity order. Should we start a GB?

Edited April 28, 201511 yr by mwl168

hmmm, had assumed it was JPY, not sure why... but still overpriced at $130...

I think I'm done with Chinese T2 GBs.

There was a Chinese T2 GB?