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post #19591 of 22331
9/23/12 at 1:22pm

The parts in question.

 

106?

106 is red-red-yellow, which would be 224k correct?

 

118?

 

 

002?

 


Edited by Keithpgdrb - 9/23/12 at 7:44pm
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post #19592 of 22331
9/23/12 at 1:44pm

3M3 is 3.3Mega ohm.  If it were 3.3ohm then it would be written 3R3. 

 

The part number is for the sole 1k/1W resistor. 

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post #19593 of 22331
9/23/12 at 2:00pm
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Originally Posted by spritzer View Post

3M3 is 3.3Mega ohm.  If it were 3.3ohm then it would be written 3R3. 

this part cool?

71-RNX0383M30FNLB

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post #19594 of 22331
9/23/12 at 2:15pm
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Where the heck did you find that deal? I didn't see it on eBay, AudiogoN, or Head-Fi B/S/T.

 

The SRM-T1 often sells for more than $500 by itself, let alone with a pair of headphones to go with it!

 Saw it on CL . My bad its an SRM-1 Mk2 . the guy also has the Stax- ED-1 .

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post #19595 of 22331
9/23/12 at 3:56pm

How much is the ED-1? Are you going to get it?

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post #19596 of 22331
9/23/12 at 4:17pm
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So the same 12 people are taking the orders, designing product, doing shipping and receiving, doing repairs, assembling all the products in house and God knows what else? One can only pray that their new owner provides resources to take this operation out of the garage. The products are far too good to be subjected to this limitation. 

Sometimes, small teams are much more effecient than larger corporations. As of now, there has been no complain of Stax lagging too much behind to fullfill the orders. The SR009 is built on demand (by batches though of course), and you don't have to wait 6 months upon placing the order. The sales volume of Stax is still very small I think and I don't see a reason why they should turn into a 200 head corporation with a heavier top and less funding available for R&D for example.

For marketing, as you can see, Stax isn't spending huge amounts of money to make stupid videos illustrating the sound waves moving over the driver and this is almost always false information anyway. They make a brochure, give a couple of interviews and let the word of mouth propagate. I feel it is so refreshingly honest!

Sales network relies on distributors outside and sales agents in Japan. This is where Stax is hurting the most and some speculated that edifier could help with this. Doesn't seem to have moved much so far.

Only thing one might regret in the present state is that afaik there's a single engineer doing all the r&d. Stax develops pretty much only 1 product at a time so line refresh / new products don't turn out every 6 months. But I also appreciate this in some way. I don't want to see revisions of the 009 show up every xmas season that claim to destroy whatever product was sold before. Not that I don't appreciate innovation but simply that if you're refreshing a product every year, it probably means you should have avoided to release something half baked...

My 2cts anyway
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post #19597 of 22331
9/23/12 at 5:31pm
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 Saw it on CL . My bad its an SRM-1 Mk2 . the guy also has the Stax- ED-1 .

Someone get this combination - it's very very good!

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post #19598 of 22331
9/23/12 at 6:39pm
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Someone get this combination - it's very very good!

 

Indeed !!!

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How much is the ED-1? Are you going to get it?

 

$450 , Yes I am normal_smile%20.gif

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post #19599 of 22331
9/23/12 at 7:03pm

I bet Stax operation is similar to Koetsu cartridges.

 

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Sometimes, small teams are much more effecient than larger corporations. As of now, there has been no complain of Stax lagging too much behind to fullfill the orders. The SR009 is built on demand (by batches though of course), and you don't have to wait 6 months upon placing the order. The sales volume of Stax is still very small I think and I don't see a reason why they should turn into a 200 head corporation with a heavier top and less funding available for R&D for example.
For marketing, as you can see, Stax isn't spending huge amounts of money to make stupid videos illustrating the sound waves moving over the driver and this is almost always false information anyway. They make a brochure, give a couple of interviews and let the word of mouth propagate. I feel it is so refreshingly honest!
Sales network relies on distributors outside and sales agents in Japan. This is where Stax is hurting the most and some speculated that edifier could help with this. Doesn't seem to have moved much so far.
Only thing one might regret in the present state is that afaik there's a single engineer doing all the r&d. Stax develops pretty much only 1 product at a time so line refresh / new products don't turn out every 6 months. But I also appreciate this in some way. I don't want to see revisions of the 009 show up every xmas season that claim to destroy whatever product was sold before. Not that I don't appreciate innovation but simply that if you're refreshing a product every year, it probably means you should have avoided to release something half baked...
My 2cts anyway
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post #19600 of 22331
9/23/12 at 7:22pm
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I bet Stax operation is similar to Koetsu cartridges.

 

I bet they are not designing and building their own amplifiers (maybe they do final assembly). Nothing wrong with that it kind of explains a lot of things including the very long cycle between model changes. Until I saw the details of their sale I had no idea they were such a tiny company. Incredible international brand identity for such a small enterprise.

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post #19601 of 22331
9/23/12 at 7:26pm
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I bet they are not designing and building their own amplifiers (maybe they do final assembly). Nothing wrong with that it kind of explains a lot of things including the very long cycle between model changes. Until I saw the details of their sale I had no idea they were such a tiny company. Incredible international brand identity for such a small enterprise.

 

Koetsu only makes moving coil cartridges, some models are lot more expensive than the most expensive stat headphones.

 

http://www.dagogo.com/View-Article.asp?hArticle=530

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post #19602 of 22331
9/23/12 at 7:45pm

Wow. .2mv. That's crazy.

 

Never thought I'd find something as simple as a cart sexy though. Wow.

 

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Koetsu only makes moving coil cartridges, some models are lot more expensive than the most expensive stat headphones.

 

http://www.dagogo.com/View-Article.asp?hArticle=530

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post #19603 of 22331
9/23/12 at 8:09pm

009 related question. Has anyone found the best Pelican case for these yet? The fancy wood box isn't exactly the best for transport.

 

Preferably water tight.

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post #19604 of 22331
9/23/12 at 8:28pm

I believe AnakChan posted a picture of his travel (pelican?) case which fits both the 009 and the TH900. 

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post #19605 of 22331
9/23/12 at 8:42pm

I was actually the firs to comment on it. Derp. 

 

I guess that's my bad memory biting me again. :D

 

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I believe AnakChan posted a picture of his travel (pelican?) case which fits both the 009 and the TH900. 

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