The Stax thread (New) - Page 857

Pelican makes some nice cases, but they can get bulky. How much are you looking to spend?

Oh nice you got a pair of Lambda Pros too. I like the both of them a lot in different ways, and you could definitely stop right here with your current rig and be perfectly satisfied. I've gone a lot further than that and have gone through a ton of headphones, just to find out that I would be perfectly happy with something like your rig.

Im looking at some LAMBDA PRO'S for around $255, but the seller says

"Thin mesh in one ear speaker is torn, but this is cosmetic only." -

can this be remedied by replacing the earpad?

sounds like a real deal if this coud easily be fixed

Yes.
New pads have new foam with them. About $40.00/pair,

Yes, just replace the earpads. They come with new mesh.
$40 (minus 5% off) at Audio Cubes II

The price looks fair as well, as long as they are in nice condition apart from the pads.

I got a taste of a real soundstage last wednesday at the McCallum Theater in Palm Desert with Kiri Te Kanawa and Frederica von Stade.
It is a small theater with nice acoustics and an "intimate atmosphere".
I immediate listened to Kiri's CD's when I got back home with my Sigma Pro/eXStata. Of course is not the same, but the sound coming from my Sigma ain't to bad when compared with the real thing!

I did the same when I got back from a night at the Musikverein in Vienna. There's no contest. The Musikverein is what the term "The Absolute Sound" is all about.

Unfortunately it is a 12 hour drive for me, but the Gewandhaus in Dresden is not that bad either - and it is only 7 hours away.

Tom

I bet you are right. Would love to hear it. Actually my dream is to go to Leipzig's Bach's festival...... may be next year....or the next....
I will probably go to the Bach festival at Carmel first, or the Disney Center, which has wonderful acoustics.
Joshua Bell also sounded fantastic at Palm Desert last month...
Love to listen to live performances, but at home.... I have my Stax.

~$250 for a Lambda Pro is near the high end of what I would pay for a Lambda Pro, so I don't think it's a great deal, but it's also not a ripoff, unless they're in lousy condition.

As little as possible. I'm not looking for something that can withstand a bus dropping on it; I just need something for transporting the headphones.

Oh, and anyone know of a good place which doesn't charge a small fortune for new earpads? Mine seem to be slightly ungluing themselves along the bottom, and ebay seems to want at least $80 + shipping for a pair....

Audiocubes has them for $39.95 + Shipping. Are they good? Never purchased from them before.

Thanks.

I got mine from audiocubes because it was the most (semi)reasonable price I could find that I knew would ship on time--Yama's may have a better price, but I've never had good luck getting in touch with them. You might also try kuboten.

Does anyone have a list of Stax dealers in CA and WA state? Thanks.

Maybe you can ask the aussie stats distributor about the replacement pads. But then again the price on audiocubes looks pretty reasonable, and they're a similar price on ebay.

I haven't checked in a month or two, so things could have changed, but when I bought my 404LE's, there were no local dealers. I had to use the interweb.