[Donald North]

I've been searching for the headphones shown in my avatar. Recently I saw and won these on Ebay. They were made in Japan by AMX Sound Corporation I'm guessing in the early 70s. Model is AX-5000. Today they arrived and I am thrilled! They're in great condition and sound similar to the Stanton Dynaphase Forty also recently purchased and displayed at the Newport Beach meet.

 

[Covenant]

You mean the girl didn't come with them? You got jipped, Donald

 

[iHelp]

Nice find!

Those headphones are... big.

 

[Donald North]

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Originally Posted by Covenant /img/forum/go_quote.gif You mean the girl didn't come with them? You got jipped, Donald

Yeah, I wish...

I just compared: They're the same depth as the Stanton, but the Dynaphase Forty is slightly larger diameter. And a nice blue

 

[achristilaw]

Did you finally manage to get those ears covered?

 

[Nick 214]

They do look great, any plans on opening them? I'd like to see how they're damped.. (if at all)

NK

 

[Donald North]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick 214 /img/forum/go_quote.gif They do look great, any plans on opening them? I'd like to see how they're damped.. (if at all)

Opening them requires removing the vinyl pads which are stretched around the plastic cups. Fortunately there are two 10mm diameter air vents above the hinge attachment points. With a flashlight I could look inside and didn't see any damping. They're empty. The speaker is an old paper cone with alnico magnet. They look very similar construction to the Stantons.

 

[Armaegis]

I love the look of those old "ufo" phones. Are there any modern equivalents?

 

[Steve Eddy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by achristilaw /img/forum/go_quote.gif Did you finally manage to get those ears covered?

You think HE has a challenge?

se

 

[Akathisia]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Armaegis /img/forum/go_quote.gif I love the look of those old "ufo" phones. Are there any modern equivalents?

Have you seen the new iteration of the SR60?

 

[Steve Eddy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Donald North /img/forum/go_quote.gif The speaker is an old paper cone with alnico magnet.

I've often wondered just how far a paper-based headphone driver could be taken.

se