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post #316 of 18421
2/27/07 at 4:42pm
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Originally Posted by krmathis View Post
I found my Lambda Pro/SRM-1mk2 system on eBay Germany. Where they seem to come up at a fairly regular basis.
I found that my "worldwide" search on Ebay seemed to miss a lot, including many European countries. You may need a separate search of different countries.

I agree that there are some good things at fair prices out of Germany. I just got a Stax SRXIII, plus the portable SRDX amp, for about US$200.00 on the German site, although the item itself was in France. For communication, I use Babel Fish translations. I find often that if I send a message in German, or whatever, that I get a reply back in English.

I might end up selling the amp, since I am not sure that I really need it. I already have an SRDP pro portable and it's pretty decent running SR003's and even the 404. It seems underpowered to run a Sigma pro.

Mostly I want to run the SRXIII from an SRA12S amp.

I sure hope this stuff works!
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post #317 of 18421
2/27/07 at 5:30pm
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Originally Posted by NeilPeart View Post
Has anyone built their own DIY SRD-7 clone? Are there any general schematics? The concept doesn't sound too complicated and parts costs couldn't be that extreme...
http://www.audiodesignguide.com/my/stax_transf.html

It's important to use good transformers. High ratio stepup transformers directly in the signal path have a strong effect on the sound. The other stuff isn't too difficult or expensive. I would recommend Tribute/AE Europe/ElectraPrint/Bartolucci, but everyone has their own preferences in transformers.
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post #318 of 18421
2/27/07 at 9:09pm
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Originally Posted by edstrelow View Post
I found that my "worldwide" search on Ebay seemed to miss a lot, including many European countries. You may need a separate search of different countries.
Here's collection to start with.

http://search-desc.ebay.de/search/se...trypage=search
http://search-desc.ebay.at/search/se...p=1%26fsoo%3D1
http://search-desc.ebay.de/search/se...trypage=search
http://search-desc.ebay.ca/search/se...e=search&fgtp=
http://electronics.search-desc.ebay....Z1QQsofocusZbs

You might also look into these:
http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/srch...&submit=Search
http://www.adverts.hififorsale.com/r...&Submit=Search
http://www.zenn.com.sg/news.htm
http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=14

You could strike lucky and find someone here who wants to ship to wherever you are; most Japanese don't want to be bothered:

http://translate.google.com/translat...language_tools
http://translate.google.com/translat...language_tools

HTH.

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post #319 of 18421
2/27/07 at 11:35pm
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Originally Posted by spritzer View Post
It sounds like a broken cable. This can happen when there is a direct line from the bias to one of the stators. It's easy enough to fix if you can get a new cable from Stax.

The SRM1 volume definitely shouldn't drop when you touch the case. These amps are old and many have been tinkered with over the years. Post some pics if you can of the inside of the amp.
the cable looks pretty good but yeah i wouldn't rule that out, i dont know if the cable on these can be detached? i don't see any way of disassembling the earspeaker housing otherwise i would have tried that

i'm more and more thinking it might be some particules inside the earspeaker because the high frequency noises have stopped, but later on i put on the ear speakers and it sounded something like a bag of stones rolling around, so i moved my head around adn it was like the stones were following my head??? could also be cable related but would stuff in there behave like that?

also, while doing a little clean up, i noticed that on the thin transperant material (i'm thinking this is the electrostatic membrane) that on the right ear speakers - same ear speaker i was experiencing problems with - was not so much a puncture but blowing on it ever so lightly looks like there's a little bubble of stretched out membrane that is overstretched and hasnt returned to its original elasticity and it looks kinda saggy/droopy

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Originally Posted by krmathis View Post
Congratulations!
I sure hope you can work around the issues you have, because it is a really great system.
I certainly do!
thanks, it's great when it behaves but these little nagging problems worry me =(
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post #320 of 18421
2/28/07 at 12:55am
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Originally Posted by gordie View Post
That notwithstanding, all of these choices are going to have failings in one area or another if you are going for the live experience, so you just gotta pick your poison. Stating that one of the alternatives is ludicrous because you prefer another is a bit extreme though, but maybe I'm reading more into it than you meant - If you meant ludicrous for you, given your preferences, then in that case, I can't fault your reasoning for the choices you've made.
I guess I did mean ludicrous for me but I thought maybe my reasons might have wider resonance than just lil ol' me.

The original issue was whether the best way of spending three or four grand was to get a set of Omega's with matching amp. Now, given MikeG's use of horns, I assume he likes the tangibility and that sense of liveness that horns do so well but that he didn't appreciate the limitations of horns. If he went for Omega's I think he'd be getting things that the horns didn't provide but that he'd be missing out on the good stuff the horns could do. Anyway, my suggestion (not demand) was to check out powered monitors to see if they had the detail he was after along with all the other stuff (sense of space, timbral accuracy) he needed to reproduce orchestra well. IMO they do the whole thing considerably better than any headphone, no matter how expensive. Others may disagree - which I guess is what this Forum is all about.
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post #321 of 18421
2/28/07 at 12:59am
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Originally Posted by audiod View Post
Does anyone else think that the subject of Loudspeakers vs. Headphones should be another thread?
Go ahead. Start it.

However, the question asked was whether ditching speakers and living exclusively with Stax Omega 2's was a good idea. Sorry if you don't like my position on the matter, but I thought the Stax thread might be getting a little insular with a predictable chorus of Hosanna to Stax.
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post #322 of 18421
2/28/07 at 1:00am
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Originally Posted by fierce_freak View Post
Where are you guys finding the Lambdas? I haven't been searching for long, so perhaps it's just a waiting game.
Well, I got mine from the Yahoo!Japan auctions together with a SRD-7/MKII and a Stax earspeaker wood stand.
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post #323 of 18421
2/28/07 at 1:00am
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Originally Posted by jigster View Post
Just got another Lambda Pro... somehow there seems to be intermittent static interference in the right channel. its not there all the time but occasionally it arises for only 1-2 seconds and its not there anymore. Anyone know what could be the problem be?
Anyone?
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post #324 of 18421
2/28/07 at 1:02am
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Originally Posted by krmathis View Post
I certainly do!
This thread is for Stax related discussions, while general headphones (vs. speakers) discussions should be held elsewhere.
Umm, so all those references to Omega, Sigma, in the discussion weren't germane to Stax?

Let's face it, you just want a Stax encomium.........
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post #325 of 18421
2/28/07 at 2:50am
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Originally Posted by Lloyd297 View Post
Umm, so all those references to Omega, Sigma, in the discussion weren't germane to Stax?

Let's face it, you just want a Stax encomium.........
What?
I said "This thread is for Stax related discussions", and afaik Omega and Sigma are Stax products. But discussing general headphones (Sennheiser, AKG, etc...) and speakers should stay elsewhere.
Comparing Stax to any of them are fine though.
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post #326 of 18421
2/28/07 at 2:58am
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Originally Posted by Lloyd297 View Post
Umm, so all those references to Omega, Sigma, in the discussion weren't germane to Stax?

Let's face it, you just want a Stax encomium.........
Uh-- what's an "encomium?"

On second thought I don't care.

Maybe you should look up "thread crapping" though.

It's actually real easy to start your own thread. When you click on "equipment - headphones" there's this button that you press to start a new thread. Well actually that's not right either, there's a whole separate section for speakers and the like, but the new thread button is still there.
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post #327 of 18421
2/28/07 at 3:12am
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Originally Posted by edstrelow View Post
Uh-- what's an "encomium?"

On second thought I don't care.
For those that do, it's a bit of writing that serves no purpose other than to praise something.
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post #328 of 18421
2/28/07 at 4:28am

serious question

Hi,

yesterday while listening to music with my 202 I noticed a very strange sound in my right ear. The stax was making a soft and distant hiss, something like a coffee machine or something like when you put hot tea in an thermocan and it cools down you get this hissing sound because of the air pressure. It was only from the right speaker (I turned the 202 around to check). It happened again today. I can only hear it when the music is very soft and it continued when I turned the music off (pause or stop) and even when I turned the headphone off!!!

What is this strange sound and did anyone else hear it too? Is this the staxfart..?
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post #329 of 18421
2/28/07 at 4:40am
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Originally Posted by d-cee View Post
the cable looks pretty good but yeah i wouldn't rule that out, i dont know if the cable on these can be detached? i don't see any way of disassembling the earspeaker housing otherwise i would have tried that

i'm more and more thinking it might be some particules inside the earspeaker because the high frequency noises have stopped, but later on i put on the ear speakers and it sounded something like a bag of stones rolling around, so i moved my head around adn it was like the stones were following my head??? could also be cable related but would stuff in there behave like that?

also, while doing a little clean up, i noticed that on the thin transperant material (i'm thinking this is the electrostatic membrane) that on the right ear speakers - same ear speaker i was experiencing problems with - was not so much a puncture but blowing on it ever so lightly looks like there's a little bubble of stretched out membrane that is overstretched and hasnt returned to its original elasticity and it looks kinda saggy/droopy


thanks, it's great when it behaves but these little nagging problems worry me =(
The membrane will have some parts with wrinkles in it but they were shipped like that. You have to remove the pads to open up the housing and you should do that. A broken cable will behave intermittently but there could also be a fault with the amp.

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Originally Posted by jigster View Post
Anyone?
This could be a hair stuck in the driver. They can move with the voltage and cause a temporary voltage drop on parts of the diaphragm. Open them up an look inside.
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post #330 of 18421
2/28/07 at 4:46am
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Originally Posted by DENON View Post
Hi,

yesterday while listening to music with my 202 I noticed a very strange sound in my right ear. The stax was making a soft and distant hiss, something like a coffee machine or something like when you put hot tea in an thermocan and it cools down you get this hissing sound because of the air pressure. It was only from the right speaker (I turned the 202 around to check). It happened again today. I can only hear it when the music is very soft and it continued when I turned the music off (pause or stop) and even when I turned the headphone off!!!

What is this strange sound and did anyone else hear it too? Is this the staxfart..?
That's some gunk getting into contact with the stators. It happens with a lot of electrostatics. Sometimes you can dislodge it by blowing on it.
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