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post #6226 of 18422
4/15/08 at 2:16am
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Originally Posted by Faust2D View Post
Good one Mr Richard Cheese
Please, no need to be so formal, call me Dick.
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post #6227 of 18422
4/15/08 at 7:18am
You Win The Badge!

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post #6228 of 18422
4/15/08 at 2:25pm
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Originally Posted by Duggeh View Post
You Win The Badge!

YAY!!!
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post #6229 of 18422
4/15/08 at 5:42pm
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Originally Posted by wualta View Post
Eagerly awaiting your listening impressions, Kai.
I sure will post some impressions.
Just need to get my full hearing back (a cold is running through my body) and find some time to compare it against some of my other Stax'en.

Hang in there.

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Originally Posted by smeggy View Post
These are what my drivers are going in

Wow! Beautiful woodwork.
Should be fun seeing the end product of this SR-Gamma Pro/SR-007/xxx DIY 'phone.

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Originally Posted by blessingx View Post
Just joined Team Stax/STAX. After a week with a SRM-1/MkII - Lambda Pro combo I've already ordered it and two other phones. In all the years I've been in this hobby my electrostatic time has been very limited and I don't want to sound like a zealot now with it being so fresh. I will say hearing the Lambdas took me back to my early steps of this hobby - my first Grado and my first good Ety seal (what years ago used to be called "The poor mans STAX"). They felt like gigantic jumps in SQ. Since then gear choices have been usually based on practical considerations or more minor performance gains - better separation here, tighter bass, less grainy vocals, etc. The Lambdas made me giddy all over again. It's been a long time since I scrambled to hear old music again.
Welcome!
I got my first Stax some 20 months ago, and see where I am now. This is "dangerous" and great sounding gear. Enjoy!
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post #6230 of 18422
4/16/08 at 1:16pm
I recently got another pair of Stax lambda headphones, that will find their home with FV. I gave them a thorough listen and look over before putting them in a box while they wait for their new owner. I was surpriced, well not really surpriced, how almost identically they sound to my pair. This consistency is a great thing.

Unlike K340 that all sound different Lambdas seem to sound exactly the same. The pads on these are a bit stiffer than on my pair and I attribute barely audible difference to the fit. When this tells me that the differences that people hear in Lambda sound should be attributed to their preferences and not to the manufacturing inconsistencies. They guys with lots of Lambda phones should correct me if I am wrong in any way here.
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post #6231 of 18422
4/16/08 at 1:45pm
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I recently got another pair of Stax lambda headphones, that will find their home with FV. I gave them a thorough listen and look over before putting them in a box while they wait for their new owner. I was surpriced, well not really surpriced, how almost identically they sound to my pair. This consistency is a great thing
Was the second pair the same type Lambda's?

I use to own two pairs of SR-303 headphones and I made the same observation; They almost sounded the same. (although there was a few years and many hours of listening between the two pairs). Maybe they only loosened up a tiny bit during years of use.
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post #6232 of 18422
4/16/08 at 1:46pm
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Originally Posted by pipoplus View Post
Was the second pair the same type Lambda's?

I use to own two pairs of SR-303 headphones and I made the same observation; They almost sounded the same. (although there was a few years and many hours of listening between the two pairs). Maybe they only loosened up a tiny bit during the years.
Same exact Lambda model. Both are SR-Lambda with normal bias.
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post #6233 of 18422
4/16/08 at 2:47pm
I love my SR-Lambda, it sounds awesome. It's going to get the prettiest wood/mesh/felt I can find for it's makeover. One day it might also get a 202 headband as a present because it's old band is a bit sloppy.
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post #6234 of 18422
4/16/08 at 3:46pm
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Originally Posted by Faust2D View Post
I recently got another pair of Stax lambda headphones, that will find their home with FV. I gave them a thorough listen and look over before putting them in a box while they wait for their new owner. I was surpriced, well not really surpriced, how almost identically they sound to my pair. This consistency is a great thing.

Unlike K340 that all sound different Lambdas seem to sound exactly the same. The pads on these are a bit stiffer than on my pair and I attribute barely audible difference to the fit. When this tells me that the differences that people hear in Lambda sound should be attributed to their preferences and not to the manufacturing inconsistencies. They guys with lots of Lambda phones should correct me if I am wrong in any way here.
The pads are the only variable I've found so with new earpads all the phones from the same model are identical. It doesn't matter if they are one of the first made or one of the last, they always sound the same. There was obviously very tight QC and the designs use parts that can be made in large numbers to a very tight tolerance.
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post #6235 of 18422
4/17/08 at 10:58am
a stax amp confussion
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post #6236 of 18422
4/17/08 at 11:59am
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Originally Posted by Faust2D View Post
I recently got another pair of Stax lambda headphones, that will find their home with FV. I gave them a thorough listen and look over before putting them in a box while they wait for their new owner. I was surpriced, well not really surpriced, how almost identically they sound to my pair. This consistency is a great thing.
Nice!
Great to see that you pass it on to a new owner, instead of storing it away (like I am known to do).


I find the same consistency in the SR-Lambda Pro as well. When I picked up my second pair I compared it against my first pair, and they sounded identical to me. Not bad at all for 20+ year old products.
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post #6237 of 18422
4/17/08 at 6:40pm
There's a mystery electrostat on SF Craigslist!

I know some of you have experience with Suprex 'phones, but I haven't been able to find any info on the PEP-81.
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post #6238 of 18422
4/17/08 at 6:53pm
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Originally Posted by pdennis View Post
There's a mystery electrostat on SF Craigslist!

I know some of you have experience with Suprex 'phones, but I haven't been able to find any info on the PEP-81.
probably another SR-3 version. How they will sound will have a lot to do with the housing, and either way they'll probably do well with some damping. $100 is about the maximum value, though; if you're interested, I'd suggest going to listen to them first to confirm that they're worth it, or maybe trying to talk him down to $80, at which point any working stat would be a deal.
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post #6239 of 18422
4/17/08 at 9:58pm

I've been trying to remember/date the PEP-81 myself, and though I don't remember it, I did see test reports indexed by the Boston Audio Society that were dated late 1979. So it was a late model, probably very near the demise of Superex itself. What it looked like... ..?? My guess is that it looked like the PEP-74 [EDIT: It did. Popular Mechanics did a quickie test of several advanced 'phones, including the Infinity ES-1, the Burwen/Peerless PMB-8 and the AKG K340 in its Nov 1980 issue.]

See if you can get the seller to send us a photo.


Edited by wualta - 9/7/10 at 7:44am
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post #6240 of 18422
4/18/08 at 12:23am
where do people go to buy Stax equipment?
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