Still around, haven't had much time to login in a while :)

I've sadly lost my ER4p of some 15 years, so I'm looking to replace them. Are the ER4SR what I am looking for? I don't want one the requires an amp. If so how is the cable durability? The first review on Amazon says his cable failed with little use. Thanks.

The reason I was wondering is if they were using glass stators I would have imagined they made this very public, as it was in pretty heavily advertised by them in HE90 promotional/review material.

I did some searching and I couldn't find if Sennheiser ever mentioned what the HE-1 stators are made of. Does it look like they're PCB?

Anyone planning to measure it again now that the Analog 2 upgrade has been out for a while and had some DSP changes as well?

Not according to Toole's blind comparison tests, trained and untrained listeners do in fact prefer speakers that measure flat in an anechoic chamber with smooth directivity.

I am still very happy with mine, it's incredibly transparent without sounding "dead"; just amazing for classical.

I have a bit of a niche question, I'm planning to use my Yggy in a multichannel DSP speaker setup. Does the AES digital input on it reclock the signal? Thanks.

Has the old feedback (from back in the VBulletin days) system where you had to reply to someone's feedback thread been deleted? The link I have in my signature doesn't work and I can't seem to find it by doing a Google search. Thanks.

Hi Joe, I couldn't find this in the rules- is there a rule on how often a classified ad can be bumped? With the second generation forum software you were locked out of pressing bump until a set amount of time. Now it looks like it has gone back to the old days of replying with a bump. Thanks!

How long have your 009 been functioning properly since you washed the dust covers?

I've been listening to mine for a couple of weeks. I mentioned up thread I went with 10 uf Obbligato caps and it's a non issue fitting them in there, I really like the sound quality of these caps but I did not use the Solens so I have no basis of comparison. I also do not have the latest CCS.  ...

  Thanks tomb. After having a look at the schematic is the CCS going into R5/7, R6/8?   Oh yes I received the Obbligatos. Looks like it will be a non-issue fitting them into the amp. So time to start building!

tomb I saw the posts at the other forum regarding the new tube CCS, how is it different from the offboard ones that go in IC1 and IC2? Should I hold off in soldering those in? I'm still waiting for the caps to ship from Hong Kong so I'm in no hurry :)   Thanks.

  I will probably do something like what you describe with the Obbligatos. I'm not going to use the Solens (too lazy to take apart the amp and desolder :p ), so I'm not sure if my impressions will mean much; I will offer them once the amp is built.

tomb that is quite the amazing packaging job! Everything so neat and well labeled.         I did a quick test fit with the Solens if anyone was curious, since I haven't seen pictures with them. There is plenty of room for 26 mm diameter caps. Going by the way these fit I assume 10uf...

  Thank you tomb!   Looking forward to building it, something to do with weather starting to get hot in New England :)

I ordered a stock kit with the Solen PB. Are the cap dimensions 26 mm (diameter) x 38 mm and if so does this mean they need to be staggered?

  Yes, I know one person that had a problem with a US pair. He bought them from Elusive Disc in a group buy on another forum. About a year and half later his pair got the channel imbalance.

  Thanks Mike and I love the custom title :~) (how true!)

  Hey Mike, I saw your previous post before this was a week earlier. Was that the time it took between ordering and receiving them from PJ? I have been a bit out of the loop, but a couple of years ago I recall the wait being several months.     Right, I probably shouldn't have quoted just...

  How much is the Japanese out of warranty repair?

  300B isn't a great choice for any headphone amp. Similar to the 845 and 211 the driver requirements are just too much for it to be worth while. A DHT driver tube (ie 10y/801a) is what it really needs, which makes the amp and power supply even bigger and more complex. A lot of the bad...

  I used a BBQ skewer whittled down to a flathead. The springs were so stiff they were bending and stripping the wood from the skewer. I then tried it with a miniature screwdriver used to secure the screws on my phono cartridge which made it easier to bend the springs. But they always went back...

This is what the springs look like. I might take another crack at it later.