The Stax thread (New) - Page 62

I agree, in general: some tweaks are a bargain (see below).

Mmm, the way I read the Audigon thread, it seemed there were those that had just used Silclear and were ecstatic, those that were fed up 6 months later, and those that were ecstatic, but waiting nervously to see what happened after six months!

I have no idea if there's power loss due to grime build-up, all I know is that there is a great improvement in sound quality when I polish up my mains plugs, in the HF in particular. If I paid £100 -150 to get the improvement another way, say by buying a new connector cable, I'd be happy with money well spent, so given it's free, I love it.

I'm pretty sure that my membranes (on both headphones) are alright o_o I've checked.

Actually I'm using the SRD-X pro now, didn't bring the Sony with me to Australia. I think the sticking issue happened with the sony too, though.

Didn't John Buchanan accidentally plug his normal bias headphones (a sigma I think) into a pro bias output once, and all he got was a loud screeching sound?

No kidding! This is why I set my max bids on the safe side, and really just don't try that hard on Ebay. I figure if I win an auction for Lambda Pros for 500, I'll find a set in the pawn shop the next day for 50.

Please tell me more: I've got a pair of SRX Mk3s where there's channel imbalance. I'd got the impression from previous remarks on this thread that this was terminal and was a sure sign that they dying...

So what did you do to fix it?

The Lambda Pro has the most well-balanced sound of the Lambda group IMO. I was looking for a extra set of Pro’s but the used prices are to high. I read that the 202 has a different element then the 303 or 404 (which are the same). I decided to give them a try. I purchased the phones only (normally their a set with a SRM) from Audio Cubes II. Their still breaking in, but so far I really like them. Some of the upper midrange brightness comes with pairing the 303 or 404 with the SRM-006t. They sound better on the SRM-1mkII Pro. On a upper midrange brightness scale of 1-10 and 5 being neutral I would give the Lambda Pro a 5, Lambda a 4, 202 a 6 and the 303/404 a 8.

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Just the kind of information I was looking for, thanks!


Regards,

L.

That's good to know. However, I still find that the highs, while not fatiguing, sometimes tend to sound grainy or harsh. They tend to lose detail in some music. Is this a characteristic of the headphone or is there something I can do in my system to tweak it to get a little more high end detail or shimmer?

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I would love to try a silver cable on my Omega II.

If the phones are in good condition, that seems like a pretty good deal.

By the way. I have a spare SRD-7, which I can always sell to you.
The one to the left in this picture: SRD-7 Family

Nice!
What tube amplifiers did you use to drive the energizer?

I have experimented a bit with speaker amplifiers and energizers myself, but so far only tested solid state amplifiers. Would like to test some tube amplifiers as well..

Whoa, my goodness. Very nice there. Did any principles or ideas regarding different setups pop up in your mind? (i.e. what work kind of stuff work and what doesn't. )

A Lambda Pro eh? Anyone save the link to that auction?

Yes it would. It isn't easy to check though unless you remove the membrane and put something that is exactly 1mm thick in it's place. If you can close the driver without any problems it is a Pro unit.

If the mylar is sticking to the stators then there would be big holes. They aren't insulated so they will burn. I've played a normal headphone from a pro socket and they were fine but don't raise the volume to much. They are very loud even at low levels.

The only phone that has the stator sticking issue is the He90 and thats because the Sennheiser engineers played a bit too close to the fire. No Stax phone should ever do this under any circumstance. Did you use klingfilm as a dust cover? That might be causing some issues because it's behavior is wild compared to the stable mylar.

Klingfilm behaviour is always wild!

The SRM-1mkII Pro (for that matter all SRM's) sound a little grainy or harsh when first turned on. I listen a lot on weekends so I leave it on all weekend. If the unit gets too hot go to Radio Shack and get a little boxer fan. The interconnect cable also is important. I would consider some of the warmer balanced cables like Monster, Transparent, MIT. Music Fidelity makes a vacuum tube line buffer called a X-Can V3 that will add a nice bloom to your sound without loosing detail. It also has an extremely high input impedance that will not load down your source equipment. When the grain and harshness are removed the effect is more apparent detail and musicality. Hope this helps.

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