Yeah, I thought so. I filed a mod report asking to move it, not sure if I should just repost but I can’t delete the original.

On the other hand, I posted a topic there about this four days ago and never got a single reply so… 🥲

I can try there, but head-fi is certainly more active so I wanted to try here first.

in lieu of that, I’d also appreciate if someone could help walk me the process to get this finished myself. I can work a soldering iron but don’t have nearly the engineering know-how to feel confident on my own based purely on all the high-level discussion I’ve seen online.

I have a shot-in-the-dark question. I have a half-finished CCS circuit for my T1S. I’m not really sure how to successfully calibrate the variable resistor, and I don’t trust myself to actually install it into my T1S. Is there anyone in Japan that would be willing to help me? I’ll accept all...

I think I got them from the same member, mine are probably 3-4 years old.

Sad, but unsurprising. For a niche market, the existence of the 002 and 003 simultaneously had to be dividing up an already lean product... I'm glad I was about to get a 5-pin adapter for my 002 to use with my D10 as it adds some nice versatility, but I would hardly call the D10 portable.

Wait, tell me more, or show me please :) What black magic are you talking of! How much cotton should I add? Does the dampening make that much more difference?

I’m a bit of a noob with the technicals of Stax, but I’m a little confused why you said this. I only have two amps, the T1S and D10, but when I upgraded from the L700 to the 007A, I found that the D10 sounded as good as the T1S for the 007 (which sounded better than the L700). I only need to use...

Thanks, yeah it looks exactly like the ones you’re showing, I couldn’t tell if the cups were originally foam or plastic or how easily they could be replaced. I’ve replaced my SR-3 pads with 105mm pads, so maybe 100mm pads would fit these well.

I remember really liking the LCD-X when I demoed them years ago, but that was before I had the Quads. Would love to hear your comparisons.

I'm eyeing a pair of SR-1's but the earpads look super beaten up. What material are the pads made out of? Could they be replaced? I have a pair of SR-3's but the SR-1's look very different.

After a couple years of owning the Quads, I decided to order a Topping E30/L30 stack. I mostly use the Quads with my work MacBook Pro and really expected a boost in audio quality from the amp alone. I can’t say I hear any difference. This wasn’t a blind test, either, but I did my best to volume...

These days I’ve been re-evaluating my gear and questioning if I really need to keep my beloved Stax 007A. It sounds amazing with that ethereal Stax sound, but the Quad really just sounds so fun, without needing a bulky amp or inconvenient cabling, the diminishing returns are real. I find myself...

Similar but not the same level of sound quality. As far as I can tell, it's the OEM ERA-1 drivers without the Quad tuning, because they have similar treble (though a little lacking body in the highs), and notably worse bass (less of it, muddier). I spent some time with both side by side demoing...

Masataka Onishi. I passed on it (it was an auction) and it ended up going for ~$1800

Just saw your edit in the last post, thanks, that’s really informative all around. Can you elaborate more on the sound differences?

I see. Do you have any other insights from how this looks? Would this be a step up from a CCS-modded T1S? I use a 007A, and I’m intrigued by this but my knowledge is far too limited to gather much by looking at the guts.

I was confused about that. It clearly has transformer output but also tube output. Could the transformer be for speaker output? It’s a toggle between Stax and speaker, rather than simultaneous output.

Just wanted to bump this again, am I incorrect in thinking that it looks a lot like a modified T2? From comparing schematics to what I'm seeing here, there are a lot of similarities, though obviously it's not the same since this can handle speaker output too.

It was designed (and seemingly built?) by a local engineer who's published articles in a major tube quarterly magazine here, but I wouldn't be able to try it out before buying it. Especially since covid, people are mostly just selling things online recently. Edit: One more piece I can add is...

I saw this come up on a local market, and I don't know enough electronics to make much sense of it (though it is very cleanly made). It's pro-bias but also has speaker output options. Seems to have first-stage 12AU7, driver-stage 12BH7, and quad output 2A3 tubes. Is this worth a purchase for my...

No problem! Curious to hear if any KGSSHV/BHSR owners hear differently. Something funny though, now that I've heard it on your copy, I can hear the first distortion at 0:52 on my vinyl rip, though not the second distortion. That leads me to believe that the distortion is coming from the master...

Yes, mine is a vinyl rip, so maybe the distortion is lost from the analogue to digital transfer. Don't worry though, I think I heard the same distortion as you-- at roughly 0:52 and 0:57, correct?

I tried listening to my own copy of the Tron Legacy OST (24bit 96khz) on my T1S+007A, and didn't hear any distortion. It could be your specific copy of the song? It seems unlikely to me that the amp itself is causing the distortion.