[derekbmn]

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Originally Posted by nothing101 /img/forum/go_quote.gif what are the differences between the srxmk2 and mk3? has anyone even heard both?

I think I know why your asking but i'll keep my mouth shut.

 

[smeggy]

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Originally Posted by derekbmn /img/forum/go_quote.gif I think I know why your asking but i'll keep my mouth shut.

Oh, like that little sentence isn't going to drive me nuts until I know what you mean. Ack!

 

[nothing101]

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Originally Posted by derekbmn /img/forum/go_quote.gif I think I know why your asking but i'll keep my mouth shut.

im more curious than interested in buying.

 

[dcfis]

Scrounging all for sales now.

j/k

 

[wualta]

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Originally Posted by nothing101 what are the differences between the srxmk2 and mk3? has anyone even heard both?

The SR-X siblings are nearly identical sound-qualitywise until you get to the bottom end. The Mk3 has a larger-diameter diaphragm (roughly a third larger) and thus goes just a bit deeper and plays just a bit louder.

The electrets ECR-500 and SR-34 had more bass than either of them.

So what does this mean? If you can get a good price on a good-condition Mk2, grab it. I very much doubt anyone could tell whether they were listening to a 2 or 3 unless they could compare them back to back.

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[bralk]

How much is bypassed, if I select to bypass the volume pot in my 717?
Just the pot or an amplification stage as well ?

The manual isn´t very clear on this point.

kind regards

Tom

 

[spritzer]

I believe it is only the pot and none of the active stages

 

[Azure]

Eh, I'm not sure what I should do. I bought a pair of SR-404s, but now I need to figure out the whole amp situation. I have $355 right now. These are my options:

1. Buy an SRM-313, again.
2. Save money for ~5 months to buy something along the lines of SRM-717, 006T, McAlister EA-1/4, etc.
3. Buy a transformer box now and sell it 5 months down the road to buy the 006T or EA-1.
4. Other?

1 is kinda boring, to tell you the truth. 2 would require a lot of patience as I'd have to use my H120 -> MDR-101 rig for 5 months. 3 would require patience as well to track down an SRD-7 Pro (The one for sale on these forums seems to be a bit steep for an SRD-7 Pro).

 

[spritzer]

I would say that the Pro transformers are out of the question unless you manage to get one for a reasonable amount off one of the auction sites. I would also look into the older amps, T1 and SRM-3 spring to mind. These come up quite a lot and can be had for about 400$. There is of course always the normal bias stuff that nobody wants and installing a pro bias unit in them.

 

[duderuud]

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Originally Posted by Azure /img/forum/go_quote.gif 3 would require patience as well to track down an SRD-7 Pro (The one for sale on these forums seems to be a bit steep for an SRD-7 Pro).

. What do you mean by being steep for an SRD-7 Pro?

 

[derekbmn]

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Originally Posted by Azure /img/forum/go_quote.gif 3 would require patience as well to track down an SRD-7 Pro (The one for sale on these forums seems to be a bit steep for an SRD-7 Pro).

Personally I dont think it is, but hey it's your money.

 

[bralk]

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Originally Posted by spritzer /img/forum/go_quote.gif I believe it is only the pot and none of the active stages

I suspected that this was the case. But it seems odd that Stax doesn´t specify
this - but they are very keen to emphasize the quality of their own pot.

Kind regards/venlig hilsen

Tom

 

[mirumu]

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Originally Posted by duderuud /img/forum/go_quote.gif . What do you mean by being steep for an SRD-7 Pro?

They do often go substantially cheaper. Not a bad thing when you're the seller though.

 

[spritzer]

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Originally Posted by bralk /img/forum/go_quote.gif I suspected that this was the case. But it seems odd that Stax doesn´t specify this - but they are very keen to emphasize the quality of their own pot. Kind regards/venlig hilsen Tom

While the pot isn't high end by any means it certainly isn't bad. I think that the bypass option was intended for the pro sector and then Stax grew from there with the SRM-717DM. Stax user manuals are a bit of a joke, often filled with wrong information and bad translations.

 

[feckn_eejit]

I am very much looking forward to krmathis' review of the SRD-7 Pro driving the SR-007s....

So, I've been listening to Joe Jackson's 1984 album _Body and Soul_ with the SRD-7 Pro driving the SR-404s. It's been fine... kinda milquetoast. I got about 2 mintues into the 6th track, "Loisaida", and could take it no longer... There's this part where it goes all quiet, and there's just piano, and Graham Maby's Fender precision bass. With the Pro box, I heard a piano and a pretty anonymous-sounding bass guitar, being played quietly... struggled to hear details I know are there... as soon as that part was over, I backed up the CD, switched to the normal-bias SRD-7, and BAM, I can tell easily what kind of bass guitar it is, hear the fret noises... then the horns come in and track builds up to a dynamic crescendo, with some great sounding drum fills. I FEEL the impact! There is NO problem with dymanics here! The X250.5 is actually working a bit, popping out of class A into A/B, pumping WAY more than Stax's reccomended 30WPC (instantaneous!) into the SRD-7. I worry about pushing the SRD-7 so hard... but now it's easy to tell that Maby is digging in hard on the strings of the P-bass during this part, rather than the anonymous-sounding boomy bass tone I get with the Pro-bias unit, which sounds like I've strapped a pair of 18" subwoofers to my ears.

I'm back wildly air-drumming, flailing my limbs around like a madman like I was with the SR-X/MK3, only there's BASS. With the Pro-bias adapter, the music just loses the magic...

The only thing I can really fault the SRD-7 normal bias adapter for is bringing out further the frequency response irregularities in the SR-404. Piano in the upper registers can be pretty painful. It's better reigned in with the pro-bias unit, but at quite a cost.

I should drag out my Sonic Frontiers transport, and use the AT&T ST optical cable. With my speaker setups and SR-X/MK3, this thing is deficient in bass and brutally harsh and detailed up top... might go well with the SRD-7 Pro/SR-404s. I've been on the fence regarding keeping this thing around as I don't really enjoy listening to it with any of my other system configurations... but now I have a feeling it might work here, and might be even better with the eventual SR-007s...

I really want to get ahold of a pair of SR-Lambda Signatures... someone convince nikongod to split up his FS system and sell the earspeakers to me!

edit: I was inspired to put on one of my many bass guitar reference tracks, Luther Vandross' "I've Been Working". Macrus Miller beats the s*** out of his Jazz bass on this track. The SR-X/MK3s was the most vivid I had heard it... before now! It sounds pretty awesome with the Pro box... but with the low bias box, it is freaking MAGICAL!