Some of my stuff at a meeting last week (SR-009 / SR-1 / BHSE / Yggy USB5 Analog 2). I know I know, I'm SOOO 2013... :nerd: Ali

Someone here to confirm that some old Stax amps are wired withe the obsolete US norm regarding XLR pins (hot on 3 instead of 2) ? That's what I see on SRM-717, for example : Or T1-W : Thanks, Ali

Mesa STR-447 here ( thanks @TheAttorney ). Not as refined as Shuguang Treasures (my stock ones), but way punchier and meatier. And cheap. Ali

Blue Hawaï SE FTW. Got it 3 years ago, done with chasing some head-fi unicorn since that. Ali

Cold and factual truth. Let's have some dirty sex together. Ali

Great ! :) Looking forward to ordering it :D Not fond of natural cotton, but it's just one opinion among others. Ali

Or not. 007 is such a different beast from the usual "hig-mids energy and presence" Lambdas show (especially 507) he could probably dislike them (or not). Ali

Blu Mesa Boogie for the win. Consistency far from potential NOS surprises, cheap, kick and bass all around, nowhere near the thiness of re-issued Mullards or too shy delicacy of Shuguang Treasure. Ali

Let's face it, Arnold did have the chest as a very strong point, but shoulders / delts are logically kinda weak, and he was also known to struggle developping his legs. T2 would rather be Ronnie Coleman in his prime (1998-1999) :D Ali

You obviously never ever listened to a well amped pair of HE-60 / Baby Orpheus, man :D Ali

40% of the capacitance lays within the cable on Stax headphones. The higher the capacitance, the more you lose into the cable...let alone with extension. Check this : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slew_rate Slew Rate may be seen as the ability to stick to signal variations. The higher the volume...

Curious to compare 009s to my love of the moment, HE-60 :D Ali

So much stuff :D Obviously, e-stat are lacking :grin: Ali

None. Even though I obviously prefer them on my BHSE, I do regularly use my SRM-1 with my Staxens (009 are one of them), and as SRM-T1, SRM-1 doesn't have so much power :) Check the resistor / CCS mod from @JimL11 out there for the SRM-T1, good improvement for few bucks. Ali

Head Acoustics used to sell rebranded HE-60 (Sennheiser Baby Orpheus) to industrial companies for measurement purposes some years ago. They're one of them, got them for free, stax re-cabling (with 5 MOhms resistor for bias, 540V on Senn instead of 580V on Staxen's) + brand new earpads and...