The Stax thread (New) - Page 675

fishpatrol: There's a reason there's a min post count limit before you can sell stuff. It's not so you post it for sale outside the trading forums.

Back on topic: Lambda Singatures (I don't recall if they are Nova or not) are on my list of Stax to try. I wouldn't be surprised if I end up with 3 sets of Stax HPs the way things are going.

I'm keen to read your impressions on it vs. your Apogee.

Dupe.

My 717 shuts off with the power led staying on when there is any input anomaly like when the plug on my DAP is wiggled and in addition it does shut off when an object is placed on top of it covering one third or one quarter of the venting holes and both the Jade and O2 are driven for a while eventually raising the temperature above a predetermined level. Powering down waiting a few seconds and powering up again resolves the problem.
So there must be input, output, and temperature protective mechanisms.

Thanks for the warning. A friend of mine who is a researcher in auditory neuroscience told me how he got zapped years ago by the capacitors in a piece of equipment even though it was unplugged. He and his hand froze attached to the equipment and someone else in the lab had to knock him down to break contact.

Sure sounds like I need to open up the717 and clean out the dust.

It's not too difficult to clean... I just used my vacuum cleaner to suck up the dust that tends to form around the capacitors, and near the transformer.

Yeah the LNS is really something special, so much more musical than the 404, I can listen to it all day, and just forget the whole headphone part, just listen to music . Anyway thanks for the advice, it seems a bit 'risky' to me, is there a chance that I screw it up when all sorts of residue stick to the frame, or wll the new pad just cover this ets.

fishpatrol. There is a reason why we have a dedicated FS (For Sale) forum.
...and circumventing the posting rules by advertising here is not the right way to do it.

No need to worry!
The clue don't stick that much, so no chance to destroy the plastic frame. Just lift the pads off slowly, while trying to get as much of the glue with them.
In either case, the new pads will cover it all.

Thank you very much, I put on the new pads and it was indeed very easy!

^ Happy ending!

after all this time, i put my stax on and forget i have them on now, having had any annoying creaks. But my friends say its my wife, cause all i do is talk about how awesome they are.

SIDE NOTE.. You know, you never realize how noisy your house is, until your listening to stax. all stax purchases should come with an isolation booth! lol.

<--frustrated listener.

Please be careful - especially transformer. It does not mean that each time when the power is off it does not retain some high current. Best if you unplug the power cords fully, leave it off for a while before allowing your bare hands inside. I was shorted a total of 3 times at different ocassions. Once I came almost near to either standing infront of god or saturn. The release of the electrolites into my body was like someone wacked my heart with a base ball bat and I was thrown on my back on the floor. Momentarily, I could felt I could not breathe, but I guess god must have felt it was not time for me yet. Lucky me!!! Mind you, the power was off when I got shorted. Please also remember that the 717 has high voltage inside.

The 717 has biasing ports inside that can affect its sound and you want to be careful not to move them accidentally. I would just use a hair dryer set to blow cold air to remove some of the dust, but that is just me.

Sorry duplicated posts. Mod pls delete. Thank You.

Shocking

How long must the power be off before it is safe to touch the innards of an
007t or similar amp?