There's a T2 successor?  I didn't even know about that.  Doesn't sound like a good idea honestly.     Maybe now that expensive headphones are a bigger market they feel comfortable with it.

I understand.  I agree that the bass is fine on stax transducers.  I just don't think its any faster or slower in the bass.  Its just farily well positioned.  If the bass is distorted while high notes are going on at the same time, I assume the high notes will be more distorted than if they were...

I generally think stax are slightly below the best bass.   If you look at the 009 http://cdn.head-fi.org/8/8d/8d765f27_STAX_SR-009SNSZ92251_Frequency_Response_HRTF.png The sub bass is a little bit too low, the 6k-10k is a bit concerning, and the 1-2k is a bit low.  Generally showing that...

There's really no such thing as fast bass response.  Sure, you can say distorted bass response, and stax do that well, but bass is inherently slow.   If you ever look at a CSD for a headphone, they never show the bass because its pointless.  A 50hz tone will stay for at least 1/50 of a second...

Yeah, I'm not saying that the thickness is a huge deal, or the primary reason why an electrostat will sound good or bad, I'm just wondering what exactly is in the 009.  It seems that noone really knows what the new material is and if its better and how thick the diaphragm is.  They seemed to be...

So have we ever figured out the thickness of the SR-009 driver?

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.  I don't think the 404LE is particularly hard to drive at all, so I doubt it would make up all the difference, but it might some.

Ok, so impressions on the SR-Λ.  These are not stock, they come with SR-Λ professional earpads.  In cosmetically great condition on the drivers with wear to the headband.   My previous stax experience was from the SR-404LE out of a SRM-3 from a Modi 2 so comparisons will be with that.  Driven...

No, the SRM-3 went kaput, and I know its no different than reading other people's vague and contradictory descriptions of the NB, but how do the SC1 and NB compare in terms of sound and quality?

Pads have been replaced with the SR-Lambda Professional pads.  I assume this will add bass-response because those pads are supposed to fit better.   The amp went kaput.  I still have it but the main board is dead and carbonized.  I don't know if it still has for-parts value.  I sold the 404LE...

So I am moving to a Stax SR-Lambda (Normal Bias) powered by a SRM-1/MK2.   I have a few questions.   1.  I know how to balance the voltage in a Pro-Bias socket, but how do you do that in a normal bias socket?   2. Because this is older, I assume that there is eventually going to be some...

Can a SRD-7 use a Speaker wire to RCA adapter to run it off of a headphone amp?  Or does it need a speaker amp?

Ok so I opened up the SRM-3 and the fuse was broken.  I just replaced it with a similar one but then the entire main board caught fire.   I turned it off immediately and found this     The bottom four resistors were burned.  Now, resistors are generic, and I can replace them easily, but I...

So my stax SRM-3 just stopped turning on.  The screws on it are stripped down so I can't open it up and take a look.    Basically I just want to know what goes wrong with stax amps usually and how costly are repairs?