Regarding synergy, IMHO it can liken to cooking. Flavour plus flavour, given certain combination will equal to tasty (which of course is subjective quality). I always thought that amplifiers are not necessarily neutral or completely transparant. Different circuit will give different color to...

I think what p a t r i c k want to say is that cheap doesn't equal bad, cheap source like such as ipod may already be very good, therefore the difference to more expensive one is much less compared to changes in other component

no love for epoxy then? I really want to try it as it is called iron glue here lol I've never seen adhesive sheets other than for paper but I will search though, so the driver is stator - membrane - stator? I always though it was the other way around

thanks for the replies, ordering stax supply is not an option right now, so I went to nearby store yesterday but couldn't find polyurethane glue and I saw that super glue is very cheap, can I use that? the replacement drivers are not new but still have the metal grill anyway, so I will be...

hello, my lambda driver is faulty and I'm going to replace it, any idea what kind of glue suitable for the purpose? I'm thinking of epoxy, is it good enough? also can I use speaker cloth as a replacement for the inside foam? and what glue is suitable to bond the earpad to the metal driver...

from what I read F5 voltage gain is pretty low at 15dB, so I guess it won't be too loud for headphone, or is the extra current going to be bad with headphone? anyway I'm actually building it for my speaker, I'm considering an output switch if there are good feedbacks from people using this...

does anyone have experience using firstwatt F5 to drive headphone? its distortion is at the lowest on first few watt, so I guess it will be great for headphone, or may be I'm wrong?

why not compared it yourself? it is modular right? you can build it 4 channel first, then compared it to 3 channel one (hanhan's?), any change later to add aditional board will be easy to make

hi xaval, may I ask for the lambda + srd7sb comparison against HD600? I downgraded from lambda pro to HD600 just to found out that my speaker outperform it very far so I'm thinking of going stax again if I have the munny, this time normal bias one hopefully

Quote: Originally Posted by Harlin Electrostats have weakness in low-register... The punch of lamb-skin drum won't shake your ear, unlike HD600... It is evidently in track Sarah (Rim Banna - The Mirror Of My Soul)... With electrostats, the bass quantity is just insufficient to...

oh my, my newbie soldering looks really crappy at close up...... no there is no internal connection at those post, they are meant to be connected on outside using a plug but as you know your amp do not have that convenient plug btw it is normal for the amp to run hot, in fact this one...

small army planning for world domination!

I also had the same experience like you madmax7, I used to own HD650 and I remember it to be ok sounding but recently when I first hear HD600 it struck me like the way HD650 never did, omg the sound is so sweet with a very punchy bass, it was really enjoyable leaving me no desire to wanting more...

I do not think so, if R10 performance is not that stellar than no one will justify its price of rarity now I wonder why Sony do not re-release them at say $1000, make it 'usual' hi-fi headphone at fair price tag, I think they will sell well and profitable

bid war anyone? Translated version of http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e91295869

Quote: Originally Posted by jjcha Hmm. My prediction is that in 10 years or so, people will realize that the new thread, while quite good in many ways, fails to capture some of the magic represented by the old, discontinued and no longer serviced and "locked" thread. There will be...

Hi spritzer, I got srm-1/mk2 which don't have voltage selector and it reads 100V only, can you explain your post in here once more The Stax thread (New) - Page 390 - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio the pics already down

Quote: Originally Posted by obobskivich that debunks any potential of people being "genetically predispositioned audiophiles" (and I wouldn't buy into a theory that states some people are born better capable of hearing their systems ), because it isn't like color-blindness, or any other...

Greetings fellow staxen, I have a question here, can I use 100v amp with 110 voltage? I've yet to find a step down trafo to 100v, 110V one is more common here

I'm currently looking for a pair of bookshelf, I like HD600 and I'm looking for such sound, I will audition quad in short time but I keep my option opened, any recommendation from you guys? my budget is <$1000 including the amplifier

alright I will see what can I find OT. actually it is not a dorm because it is not owned by school, what do you guys called it? not apartment for sure because it is at the size of a dorm

one of cool thing of lambda is that it doesn't loose its magic when lifted up from ear, I bet sigma (in the same principle) does sound really good, which makes me wonder why stax discontinued them

I really would want to, but I live in a dorm, I feel a bit awkward to be fussy when others have no problem with it

thanks for the reply, so I spend my weekend reading many article from SiBurning reply at other threads (thanks dude), and it turns out I was wrong, earthing is not high resistance but in fact a low one..... still my problem is a little misterious as you guys stated above, my country is 220V...

hi sorry for the common question, I am not good in electricity soo articles in the internet confuse me, so my problem is ground connection is my room wall socket is not really good, it reads 60V and 30V across hot/neutral (i don't know which is which), I suspect that it causes faint hum on...