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post #796 of 2675
10/23/06 at 11:51pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Carl
Nice, very drool worthy

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post #797 of 2675
10/24/06 at 1:29am
post #798 of 2675
10/24/06 at 1:53am
Interesting new design (IMO the silver STAX amps look "cheap" compared to the bronze-ish and black designs), though I don't like having the two jacks on top of each other. Looks like no switchable inputs on the new 717
post #799 of 2675
10/24/06 at 2:29am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Azure
Looks like no switchable inputs on the new 717
My guess is that they're using an auto-detecting relay design.
post #800 of 2675
10/24/06 at 3:07am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Carl
My guess is that they're using an auto-detecting relay design.
or it'll be the same as before, a switch in the back between XLR or RCA.
post #801 of 2675
10/24/06 at 10:20pm
Thread Starter 
Uh oh... bright blue sparks... that isn't good...
post #802 of 2675
10/24/06 at 10:28pm
post #803 of 2675
10/24/06 at 10:31pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Duggeh
At the very least my 4070s now sport a fashionable hole in the dust cover.
post #804 of 2675
10/24/06 at 10:37pm
What happened exactly dude?
post #805 of 2675
10/24/06 at 10:46pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Duggeh
What happened exactly dude?
Not exactly sure. No sound seemed to be coming out, so I turned the volume up to see what was going on and it made some loud popping sounds. I took them off my ears to see what was happening, and there was a bright blue corona. I thought I might have accidentally killed them, so I opened them up, but there doesn't seem to be too many problems in there. I'll give them some cool-off time and try to work out what happened.

On the flipside, at least it gave me an excuse to open them up.
post #806 of 2675
10/25/06 at 12:41am
Ergh, doesn't sound very pleasant... you figure out what happened yet?

Best,

-Jason
post #807 of 2675
10/25/06 at 12:49am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jjcha
Ergh, doesn't sound very pleasant... you figure out what happened yet?

Best,

-Jason
Not really. I suspect I burned out the protection resistor in the right driver. It's as dead as a doorknob.
post #808 of 2675
10/25/06 at 2:44am
Wow, not good.

Though I imagine there's something kind of neat/unholy about a blue-glowing pair of 4070's... well if you're not busy freaking out that is.

Tough luck man... hopefully they can be repaired.

Best,

-Jason
post #809 of 2675
10/25/06 at 5:28am
Thread Starter 
While fiddling around with them I managed to give myself the first true electric shock I've gotten from electrostatic headphones. It really hurt.

This just ain't my day.
post #810 of 2675
10/25/06 at 8:44am
Worker's comp! Warranty! Get my lawyer on the phone!

What's your setup for this headphone? are you using an external amp through the Illusion transformer box?

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