The Stax thread - Page 11  

IT WAS YOU!!!!! ARGH!!!!!!

If you ever decide that you don't need two and need to sell one, I'll be interested

So I'm guessing Zhaolu would be a big no-no then with a STAX rig?

Sorry I have never heard a Zhaolu. And it seems to be popular only on this forum.

jaybar has a very good price on the SR-404. I'm not sure how much the SRM-313 sells for used seperately, but I'm pretty sure it's under $400. The downside to buying the SR-404 is you would be ampless.

I love my SR-404 I haven't thought of upgrading to any other headphone other than a higher end STAX, and even then I would prefer to audition them first.

But as you can see from this thread, if you like the electrostatic sound it will get pretty addictive real fast, you shouldn't have problems reselling gear unless you're asking an absurd amount.

Not at all. I use a Zhaolu D2 with black gates and the cs 4398 as a source for my Stax rig and it sounds great!

Hang in there. Every so often a SRM-1 mk2 with a Lambda pro comes up on eBay and should be in your price range.


Happy Listening!

Can someone tell me something about this listing:

http://cgi.ebay.com/STAX-SR-Lambda-P...QQcmdZViewItem

It's the Lambda Pro's, which is good, and it comes with an amplifier, whish is great. But how good is the amp (Both alone and in comparison to SRM-313, SRM-1/MK-2). Is there anything else I should know about this auction?

To clarify, if I buy the 404's I'd have $300 left to spend to get an amp. I believe a used SRM-313 would be more than that, unfortunately (I'd think it'd be something like ~$340).

Okay, I've decided that I'm just going to get Jaybar's 404's (Or maybe rontokyo's).

How bad do you think the STAX will sound with just a Sony SCD-CE595 as a source?

EDIT: Just bought rontokyo's SR-404s

You know you're addicted when you use Stax while you're camping..

are you guys crapping me that the lambda pro/srm-1 mkii combo sells for 600 now???

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=330006731314

jeez louise. i need to buy a house, so feel free to toss 600 bucks my way

About what I paid...from a friend.

But seriously, Danny told me they were practically NIB!

I know I rushed it and paid a lot more than I should have, but I paid $360 shipped for the brand new SR-404s (Which I think is OK, considering it was only $10 more than Jaybar's and is brand new). I should be getting a bit more money on Friday, so I should be able to buy a SRM-313 in a couple days ~$340 (Or how much ever the guy charges). I'm just glad to get this whole thing sorted out. I have the SR-404s coming in from Japan and should have the money for the SRM-313 on Friday. I'm still going to be using a crappy source (CE595) so I'm not expecting to be wow'd or expecting really high quality sound (I'm expecting the STAX to be really revealing and show how crappy my source/music is, but as long as I've got headphones to listen to my music I don't really mind), but I think I should be able to live with it for 4-5 months until I invest into a good DAC.

Of course, I could spend that money on a different amp than the SRM-313. Basically any "good" amp that comes up and is less than $400

Any Staxophiles tried the Omega II out of a pro bias transformer with a decent power amp? I'm considering this combo to compare to Lambda Pros.

Oh, what's all this transformer business about? On Audiocubes a free transformer is included with any STAX amp. And I remember reading seeing a STAX amp that had a voltage switch for 100 and 110 volts (I THINK). It looks like the SRM-313 is 100 volts. Does that mean that I need some kind of transformer or something to make it 110 volts or else it won't work here (I'm not sure if the guy who is selling the SRM-313 has the transformer)?