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post #9886 of 18428
2/13/09 at 3:36pm
Wow Headphone Addict, those are beautiful!!
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post #9887 of 18428
2/13/09 at 6:39pm
@jvlgato and indikator re:the lambda/srm1-mk2 rig

the bass sound is presented to you in a way that you probably haven't heard before.
you say the film can not move much air but I believe this is quite contrary. the film can move more air more precicely than dynamic phones.

my feeling on the bass from lambdas is that is more pure than dynamic/speaker bass that you have heard before.
definitely could use some 'brain burn in' if you feel it is lacking.
much of the giant thundering bass you hear from speakers or some dynamic headphones is frequencies piling up or distortions from the drivers/housing. some people quite like how these pileups and distortions sound and that is fine, it's all up to taste.
stax will simply show you a different taste of the frequencies.

also what sort of recordings are you listening to? stax will show you what is on the record quite meticulously....sometimes that is not too pleasant.
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post #9888 of 18428
2/14/09 at 1:09am
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Originally Posted by HeadphoneAddict View Post
Or, this is what you do with your Gamma Pro

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Or, this is what you do with your Gamma Pro


Wow! That is just beautiful! How do you have that done?
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You have to have special connections to the Stax Mafia (that doesn't exist).
I remember seeing pictures of woodied staxes on the archives page of headphile. Apparantly, they stopped offering the stax-woodening. I really like the wood sound on dynamics. Has anyone heard wooded staxes here, ESPECIALLY OMEGA 2? Has anyone tried this? If done right somehow, closed wooded Omegas with a wide soundstage is a dream-phone of mine.
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post #9889 of 18428
2/14/09 at 2:11am
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The O2 is in another league. It's better in every aspect. All the problems you have with the Lambda Pro's are gone. You will need a better amp. Like a SRM-717. The SRM-2 mk2 pro will drive them in a pinch.
that is very good to hear, as I'm going to stax because reading here that O2 is dark

@jvlgato & xantus
about the bass, with more experience last night, I found out that it is not the lambda pro ain't capable of doing satisfactory bass, it indeed sing well in a bass heavy good recording, so my guess is the FR which matter, it bass response is not as dominant as the the other region, or maybe it is just like xantus said that the bass is more faithful
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post #9890 of 18428
2/14/09 at 4:04am
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Well I finally gotten my Lambda Pro + SRM1/Mk2 this afternoon,

and then for the sound, lets start from the good first,
- this can sounds really detail perhaps thanks to its speed, many hidden notes are now become obvious,
- the soundstage which is kinda big (I have no other reference here) but main vocal is to centered in the head,
- high is also good, it brings 'presence' to the music well or perhaps I should call it convincing

now lets continue with its bad
- is it just me or the first impression to hear this can is 'where is the mid'? I guess lambda pro is not known for the mid, combine that with its rather good soundstage, it sound kinda cavernous which really confuse my brain, how can it be like this when it also very open, needs brain burn in here........
- the bass the low area, can't say it doesn't exist but it just exist only without anything good which can make you smile, it is deep but not amazingly deep, and it does not slam or having enough impact, guitar bass also does not shine because covered a lot by its high, which is brings us too
- it is too bright at least for my taste, I'm a sennheiser guy

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I have 2 other Lambdas, the 404 and Nova and don't find a lack midrange, rather a prominence of midrange. If I am not msitaken, the Lambda pro, which was the original High bias Lambda, uses damping which may result in this mid range loss.

I think some people have tried taking the damping off to get better sound.

I am surprised the SRM1Mk2 doesn't give good bass with these phones. Some tweaking can help most stats. I would recommend an upgraded power cord. I had very good results with this amp with a Signal Cable Magic which is a very thick cable and costs $59.00 for a 3 foot length. A better cord will give some oomph to the sound which nearly always means better bass.

My tweak de jour is the PS Audio noise harvester, which is $70.00 per unit. 1 or 2 in a system help n getting rid of graininess and harshness and even seem to allow the bass to shine through better.
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post #9891 of 18428
2/14/09 at 4:14am
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Spritzer did answer your question.(2nd paragraph,3rd sentence) The noise harvester is "in the chain" if plugged in virtually anywhere in the home for the most part.
Certainly that is counter-intuitive but as a happy Harvester myself I assume that is correct. I guess if things were running on DC as Edison originally envisaged there would be a directionality to the "chain."
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post #9892 of 18428
2/14/09 at 4:59am
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[I remember seeing pictures of woodied staxes on the archives page of headphile. Apparantly, they stopped offering the stax-woodening. I really like the wood sound on dynamics. Has anyone heard wooded staxes here, ESPECIALLY OMEGA 2? Has anyone tried this? If done right somehow, closed wooded Omegas with a wide soundstage is a dream-phone of mine.
A woody SR-007 would be a bad idea as the reason why the SR-007 is so good is the rigid aluminum chassis. Making them closed brings on a whole other set problems.
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post #9893 of 18428
2/14/09 at 5:57am
Yeah, I wouldn't touch that with a bargepole...
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post #9894 of 18428
2/14/09 at 6:24am
a woodied stax 4070 might work.
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post #9895 of 18428
2/14/09 at 9:54am
You mean, just change the wood?
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post #9896 of 18428
2/14/09 at 10:20am
well you could go with something a bit nicer than the standard 4070 look or use some fablon
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post #9897 of 18428
2/14/09 at 10:30am
they should have made some air hole thingies on the side of thoose gammas to keep the sound similar, i bet that gamma is more bassy now for it.
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post #9898 of 18428
2/14/09 at 10:47am
The outer housing material of the 4070 seems to be plastic. I don't think it is wood inside. Were there ever any Stax headphones made with wood?

That Smegma Pro looks ready to go up against the wood Jade and metal but similar-shaped SR-Omega.

I have a Headphile-modified Lambda Pro with a wood housing. It's OK, but I don't think that highly of it. I prefer the Airbow SR-SC1 over it.
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post #9899 of 18428
2/14/09 at 11:21am
I think the 4070 shell is wood or perhaps the old version was wood and they switched to resin on the new one. There was something about it back in 2002 when they were released but I never opened up my set to check it out.

If the Smegma is anything like the SR-X Mk3 Pro's which I built then the Jade hasn't got a chance.
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post #9900 of 18428
2/14/09 at 12:11pm
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they should have made some air hole thingies on the side of thoose gammas to keep the sound similar, i bet that gamma is more bassy now for it.
Who is "they"?
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