If it were a new unit... maybe it won't have these problems... don't know... They will send the unit back to STAX when you send it back to them. It's the same thing after one year manufacturer warranty. They will send it to STAX for out of warranty repair for a fee depending on the problem.

  well... as I said, as far as I can tell, it is factory sealed, unless you know how to put that migical plastic seal thing over the box and still stuff it into the paper box. You can keep saying that to yourself, but the fact is there is QC problem here. As I said, otherwise they...

  hmmm not sure about that. I just received my pair yesterday and new out of the box, the left driver has severe hissing.... after taking off the earpad and the metal mesh underneath I found quite a bit of debris on the driver assembly. After blowing it off, the hissing was gone. However, it's...

  Impedance has little to do with efficiency. Lower impedance will make headphones easier to be driven with lower voltage source (portable source) because output wattage equal voltage times voltage divide by resistance. Efficiency means the amount of wattage that's converted into sound pressure...

No idea how you came to the conclusion that it's the safest solution. I would take proper current limit at the output any day over a shut off at PS. There is a reason it's the only stat amp that's doing it and no, it's not because others can't do it. Also, yeah, personal attack, you must be a...

  :facepalm:

Well... the person who had short underneath the cap is probably me.  That's what happens when you give a potential path to ground on top of a trace carrying roughly 650V of unregulated DC. Silkscreen coating isn't going to cut it.  After installing some Kepton tape under the cap, everything is...

no need to go for 1968LS if you don't want to. For stability, it's just fine. The voltage drift is just a little larger than 1968. About 40V difference from startup to completely stable, which takes about 20~30min for the off-board version. You shouldn't have any problem zeroing the offset using...

Since gilency is bringing his newly built KGSSHV, I probably won't haul mine over there then. Instead, I will try to finish my balanced Dynahi and bring that over. 2 months, it's going to be a close call.

I'm in. I will bring Gamma 2; Parasound D/AC 1600HD; KGSSHV; and CKKIII if nothing goes wrong. Headphones still need to be decided.

Quote:   Nothing is really being held from the public. If you read the first post, it states clearly that the date is going to be either July 13th or 20th (both are Sat.)   As for the location, it still needs to be nailed down, but it's down to 2 or 3 places not far from the downtown...

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June July?   it's 30 days off

Acutally, I'm in UC too. My finals are in June, and I believe all quarter based UCs have their finals in June. So unless you are in UCB or UCM or UC Law, any date in July should work fine.   $15 fee is fine.

Well... it depends on age...   If you are talking about 10-year-olds, no, it will be a terrible idea with all those cables running on the ground and hanging off the tables. They are like traps, and if someone trips on them, well that would be very bad for the gear and for the person who...