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post #4996 of 17276
1/12/08 at 6:54am
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Originally Posted by pdennis View Post
Page 500! What do I win?
Still on page 250 here...
With less than 5000 posts, of which 400 are mine.
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post #4997 of 17276
1/12/08 at 8:25am
This might be a daft question but does anyone know if the SRD7/MK2 transformer accepts banana plugs at the speaker binding posts?
It looks like it does with those big holes but mine definitely do not fit. They are the kind with those little metal fins that are supposed to contract and expand again to hold the plug in place.

And no, I don't want to hear any comments how bad the switching circuitry is for the overall sound. I already know that but I need it anyway
Besides, I couldn't do anything about it even if I didn't need it, so I might as well take advantage of what is there.
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post #4998 of 17276
1/12/08 at 8:38am
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Originally Posted by Bastet View Post
This might be a daft question but does anyone know if the SRD7/MK2 transformer accepts banana plugs at the speaker binding posts?
It looks like it does with those big holes but mine definitely do not fit. They are the kind with those little metal fins that are supposed to contract and expand again to hold the plug in place.
No, it don't accept banana plugs.
Just took a look at mine and there are not enough space or any connector parts inside the holes for a banana plug. Looks like it will only accept dismantled cables.
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post #4999 of 17276
1/12/08 at 8:41am
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Originally Posted by Bastet View Post
This might be a daft question but does anyone know if the SRD7/MK2 transformer accepts banana plugs at the speaker binding posts?
It looks like it does with those big holes but mine definitely do not fit. They are the kind with those little metal fins that are supposed to contract and expand again to hold the plug in place.

And no, I don't want to hear any comments how bad the switching circuitry is for the overall sound. I already know that but I need it anyway
Besides, I couldn't do anything about it even if I didn't need it, so I might as well take advantage of what is there.
Banana plugs do work but they are a crime against humanity... The contact is only at the tip as with most 5-way binging posts but if you have to use bananas then they will work.
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post #5000 of 17276
1/12/08 at 9:37am
Make it an even 5K/500?

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post #5001 of 17276
1/12/08 at 9:52am
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Originally Posted by Downrange View Post
Make it an even 5K?
Nahh 5001... the first post doesn't count...
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post #5002 of 17276
1/12/08 at 9:54am
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Originally Posted by Downrange View Post
Make it an even 5K?
No! Lets move on further...
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post #5003 of 17276
1/12/08 at 11:27am
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Originally Posted by krmathis View Post
Still on page 250 here...
With less than 5000 posts, of which 400 are mine.
...and I'm on page 333! I presume this is something to do with our differing screen resolutions? Talking of the site, as opposed to matters Staxen, does anybody else find that it takes ages for a page to load these days (post-outage)?
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post #5004 of 17276
1/12/08 at 1:43pm
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Originally Posted by spritzer View Post
Those brown things are transistors with small heatsinks fitted so they should be ok. only the electrolytic caps would show any signs of leaking while the orange drop film caps would look ok even if they are ruined on the inside. The amp would probably need to be recapped and that isn't that much fun to do.
I'm toying with the idea of recapping both amps. Sounds like it would be an adventure; I'm reading up on it. Not that I've done any soldering since I was a kid, or even much then.
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post #5005 of 17276
1/12/08 at 1:56pm
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...and I'm on page 333! I presume this is something to do with our differing screen resolutions? Talking of the site, as opposed to matters Staxen, does anybody else find that it takes ages for a page to load these days (post-outage)?
You can have either 10 or 15 posts per page hence the difference.

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Originally Posted by pdennis View Post
I'm toying with the idea of recapping both amps. Sounds like it would be an adventure; I'm reading up on it. Not that I've done any soldering since I was a kid, or even much then.
Just be sure to discharge all caps before you come near them. You can do it by crossing the terminals with a screwdriver and hear a nice pop but it's better to use a resistor with handles that insulate you from the charge.
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post #5006 of 17276
1/12/08 at 2:10pm
...and this topic is about???
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post #5007 of 17276
1/12/08 at 2:48pm
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Originally Posted by Uncle Hank View Post
...and this topic is about???
Stax headspeakers and its related components...
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post #5008 of 17276
1/12/08 at 3:25pm
And how many posts/pages it has been talked about
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post #5009 of 17276
1/12/08 at 5:57pm
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Originally Posted by naamanf View Post
And how many posts/pages it has been talked about
Right
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post #5010 of 17276
1/12/08 at 6:11pm
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Originally Posted by naamanf View Post
And how many posts/pages it has been talked about
Yes, this thread are going really off-topic once in a while.
Its also more or less became the general electrostatic headphones (Stax, plus the HE90, HE60, ESP-950, ...) thread. Which is fine for me, as long as we don't cross the line into the world of dynamic headphones...
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