If your source puts out enough voltage to drive your headphones, you don't need an amp, all you need is a Passive Attenuator. It can be just a log pot in a box with sockets, or it can be a stepped attenuator built on a 24 step switch. The problem is usually calculating the resistors you need to...

Quote: Originally Posted by AudioCats Since everybody is talking about tube amps..... What kind of signal level is needed to drive the ECC99/5687? (signal voltage and current) I am thinking about using two ECC99 per channle, (one push one pull), and wire each tube to SRPP config...

Quote: Originally Posted by spritzer Btw. Have you ever modified any of your amps for Stax phones? The 300b should be very nice Balanced push-pull 300B workalike from the KR range, just because I had quad sitting on my desk when the thought entered my mind. I tried the O2, 404...

Quote: Originally Posted by spritzer How does a push pull 845 sound with 845 driver tubes all coupled with transformers... The 845 is God's own tube. It has that smoky, oh so right sound of the AM jazz stations you could still hear in the American back country when I was a...

Quote: Originally Posted by Djarum Hi, Sorry to interrupt your reveling in the glory of high end stax... Don't worry about it. Some of us, perhaps the majority, just read this thread for the earwig pornography. Andre Jute A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of...

Quote: Originally Posted by Johnny Blue Do I understand this correctly: there are people on this thread who DON'T have a record player?! Gadzooks! ("Light blue touch paper and stand well back... ") I have 6000 or so CDs and I play almost all of them occasionally. I used...

Quote: Originally Posted by Johnny Blue Oh, great! Just when I'd decided that my (admittedly very limited) understanding of wall wart power supplies (= that regulated is better than unregulated) was wrong, because of that which Andre wrote earlier, then along comes Downrange and...

Quote: Originally Posted by Johnny Blue I posted much earlier on in this thread to see if anyone knew how to hold 10 AAs (= LR-6s) together so I could use my re-chargeable 1.2v NiMH batteries (which would also make the system [trans]portable!), but got no replies. I couldn't find...

Quote: Originally Posted by Johnny Blue Fascinating post, Andre, thanks. I think the 3rd option you mention interests me most. The Naim HiCaps (as their name suggests) consist of a whopping great toroidal transformer and a couple of enormous capacitors, which would suggest to me that...

Quote: Originally Posted by Crackle I have a 2050 system on order (to replace my SR60's) and was wondering if a better power supply does make a difference - does anyone have any recommendations as to a replacement for the oe one? Cheers. Check around your house. I bet you find...

Quote: Originally Posted by Rise To The Top Say if I got SR202's... could I grab 404s later on and use the same amp? You could. But it would be smarter to keep the 202 earspeakers and upgrade the amp to a used Stax tube amp. I have 202 and the 252A, which I bought with the...

Quote: Originally Posted by spritzer With 15+15w you should be able to drive the Quad ESL for a very nice dual electrostatic setup. Besides my own amps, the amp that in the last decade I loved best for driving Quad ESL (57) and the ESL-63 was Triode Supply Japan's Miyabe, SEPP...

Quote: Originally Posted by MaloS Interesting. Although, 900 Vpp does not mean it needs to be 900 V peaks, it can swing -450 to 450. Is that still outside of limitations of 6sn7? What follows is general information and my own opinion. I don't know anything about the prototype of...

I wouldn't try for a formal review. Write down the thing you like best about the headphones you are reviewing, then the next, and so on. Do the same with the things you don't like. Now organize them together in some kind of a logical structure; almost any structure will do, even chaos (for...

Quote: Originally Posted by pembers hello chaps I found your comments very interesting Andre, Im to thinking of getting either an 2050 or 3050 system, and wondered the difference. I hear that between the 303 v 404 there is nothing in it, can the same be said for the 202 v 303? And...

Quote: Originally Posted by phergus_25 Any clue as to what it might be worth, I am going to put it on the home owners insurance. Sorry, I can't help you there. I'm not a watch collector. I just happen to like complications watches that do not weigh too much to wear every day. So...

Quote: Originally Posted by phergus_25 A gift from my grandfather Any onw know much about it? I think that its pretty old. -greg Very nice indeed of your granddad. And a very nice watch too, probably valuable in its own right to the right collector to fill out the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Downrange I've been wondering if there's much difference between my 202s and 404s, and also a/b'ing them with the O2s, with interesting results. ! Very interesting indeed! But I won't spoil your surprise by giving away the punchline... Andre Jute...

Quote: Originally Posted by mirumu I paid US$76 for a SRD-7 MK2 back in November, really the price rises seem to have occurred sometime this year from what I've seen. Late last year, into this year, seems to me. I was following those prices, wondering if I should buy an old Stax...

Quote: Originally Posted by bhd812 ...but the weight of the T-touch is just to die for...hehe Ti watches are the real business; I love my Citizen Navihawks. What is the weight of the ti T-touch? Have you measured the head without the band? Andre Jute...

Quote: Originally Posted by audiod I agree that huge power is not needed, but we need voltage drive. The Stax phones are a voltage (very small current) driven device. The maximum output voltage of my SRA-12s is 350 volts and 370 volts for my SRM-1 mk2 pro. .....snip....... Clipping...

Quote: Originally Posted by mirumu Well said Andre, I'm in full agreement. On an unrelated note, I'm currently wondering about the experiences of those driving Stax headphones (or others) via the transformer boxes. I'm aware some here are using nice solid state amplifiers with plenty...

Quote: Originally Posted by edstrelow Uh-- what's an "encomium?" On second thought I don't care. Maybe you should look up "thread crapping" though. For the record, an encomium is a testimonial, best if unsolicited, but I'm sure you knew that already. I agree with you...

Quote: Originally Posted by edstrelow I found that my "worldwide" search on Ebay seemed to miss a lot, including many European countries. You may need a separate search of different countries. Here's collection to start with...

Quote: Originally Posted by audiod Does anyone else think that the subject of Loudspeakers vs. Headphones should be another thread? Yes. That isn't primarily about Stax earphones. Andre Jute Habit is the nursery of errors. -- Victor Hugo