I actually never sent them off. I traded a few emails with Spritzer, who made my energizer, and he gave me the suggestion to disconnect them, touch all the contacts of the connector and to "smack" the affected side and the sound came back to normal. He did, however, recommend the ESLab ES1a...

Not to hijack the thread or anything, but I have a pair of ES1a headphones coming in for an audition, per @spritzer's recommendation. There's scant info on head-fi about these new phones, but at circa $1650 USD they certainly are intriguing.

The 1080 includes labor, but they caveat it with it might change. Unsure if return shipping is included, but you gotta pay to get it to Woo who will ship to Japan, for instance. Other retailers shipping assistance may vary or be nonexistent like Headamp’s reply to me on the issue.

I was able to get a quote from STAX Japan for the replacement of the drivers in my 009 headphones at $1080.00 USD. Given that I could find no historical data on driver repair costs, I hope this info will be of use in the future. While I’m a little miffed at Woo not being able to give me even a...

Well it's far better'n water and volts! :)

I’m aware of UV degradation in general. My question was about the CPC-1 STAX plastic cover and it not mentioning if it was UV resistant (for the sake of the headphones). Since the CPC-1 is not a cheap product and if STAX were interested in protecting against UV, this product would filter out...

BTW, the UV thing is new to me. I don't have this issue because where the headphones are used and stored doesn't have a window nearby, however, I do have the CPC-1 (STAX plastic cover + wooden stand). Out of interest, I tried to see if there was any mention about this cover offering any UV...

Well, the first instinct the manufacturer, a reseller, or a fellow hobbyist is to assume that the person experiencing problems has done something negligent to cause the issue, however, I can assure you that this is not the case. I traded some emails with @spritzer about this issue, who made my...

To marry a question I posed on another thread here on head-fi and a comment here, regarding if the 009S is an upgrade over the 009 is, and I know the 009S is so new there may not be data, but has anyone, on the 009S, suffered a permanent channel imbalance that has required repair? For the...

It's a solid state amp.

Whelp, today I put on my SR-009 'phones that I bought from Woo Audio in 2018 to find that my left channel was noticeably lower than the right. I did a full system reset, tried different songs, and even had my wife listen and it's official, the left channel is much less louder than the right...

I'll 2nd this. I'm happier'n a pig in crap with my Mjolnir Carbon CC!

UE 18+ Pros, DHC Symbiote Elite 19, and Chord Hugo 2.

Beautiful. I can't wait for my Symbiote Elite 19s to come back with IPX connectors (for UE headphones)!

Crikey. I just realized that DHC offers IPX SuperBax from @joshuachew in this thread. That does it. I'm sending in my UE18+s to be upgraded and sending my Symbiote Elite 19 back to Peter for retrofit!

*sigh*

Same here. I didn't want to get into upgrade-itis and tube rolling on the BHSE variants. I have the Carbon CC and I absolutely adore it, however, it is the first an only electrostatic amp I've heard, so I have no comparison, except against dynamic rigs, but you can't go wrong with the Carbon, IMO.

Sure. It should at least start with the quality of source media available to the consumer and everything that’s in the path all the way to the DAC. Of course, I guess you could also consider going all the way back to how the recording was mastered, too, but we don’t get much say in that...

I hear what you and @Whitigir are saying, however, I'm not "hearing" it (excessive brightness) on my rig with 009/Carbon CC/DAVE combo. It sounds like the only answer for me, personally, is to somehow audition a pair of 009S on my rig. Anyhow, no FOMO going on over here, anyways.

I couldn't agree more. One of the things I always wonder about, after reading a lot of the comparisons between the 009 and S here is I have no idea what the upstream DAC is. I would like to think that a DAVE driving a T2, driving a variant of the 009 would sound different than a Hugo, vs. a...

I think the general takeaway here is that there is no "endgame" setup that will please everybody. Most of the comparisons I see here don't mention the source component (DAC). For instance, one fellow on here, whom I forget, drives his T2 and 009/s setup with an Audio-Gd M7, which I owned and...

I agree whole-heartedly with that sentiment. The 009 has been the supposed pinnacle ever since I got hard-core into headphones some 5 or so years ago (been in 2 channel big rigs for about 15 now, with a lifelong audio fascination). I was pretty happy with (I'm not considering them an imitator)...

Out of curiosity, where would one get a T2 made for them?

Congrats on your Carbon! I have the same sentiment regarding Birgir's honesty, which is why I brought it up. Honestly, it let me off the hook from trying to hunt down someone to build a T2 for me.