Quote: Originally Posted by spritzer You can easily find stepdown transformers on ebay for 100v and they are quite cheap. Most come from Asia though so shipping, VAT etc... Now for the amp, the wires are all there and you need to make the adjustments on that little PCB fixed to the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bullseye You can also buy a step down transformer if you don't want to solder. It seems that step-down transformers from 230V to 100V very rare, I asked around and you cannot buy that kind of step down transformer anywhere in Finland. I was only able...

Quote: Originally Posted by spritzer These are the jumpers that need to be soldered in: 1,3,6 is definitely 100 volts 2,4,6 is definitely 120 volts 3,5 is definitely 220 volts 2,5 is definitely 240 volts If there are any missing wires from the transformer then you need to...

Thanks for the info! Quote: Originally Posted by spritzer Please do not try this though if you don't know what you are doing... I have absolutely no Idea what I'm doing So would this kind of gadget work: JA0300 : 300VA Japanese voltage converter230V to 100V (3 pin or 2...

Quote: Originally Posted by spritzer Just change the voltage internally. This has been documented here countless times since all Stax amps use the same primary setup. Hmm, after over an hour of searching, the only information about changing the voltage internally was that stax...

Hi, I got myself the Japanese version of the Stax srm-007tA and was wondering what kind of voltage converter should I choose and how much power would it need (the amp says 55W but that seems kinda low). Also, does anyone know a good place to buy one? Hopely soon I can get a subjective idea...

Hi, I continue my questions of trying to figure out what audiophile concepts are the real deal and what not so. So the question is simple: if I were to blind test balanced and non-balanced system with, say, HD-650, would I be able to tell them apart?

Quote: Originally Posted by krmathis Stax HPS-2 Atleast here in Finland they are asking 100€ for that stand, which to me is ridiculous price.

Quote: Originally Posted by AtomikPi I will also say that when I heard the HD800's at CanJam - virtually zero burn-in I was not impressed except by their soundstage and comfort. However, hearing them a few months later I was pretty blown away. This may have been my brain, the equipment...

Quote: Originally Posted by iriverdude So reduce the case fan speed. You don't need to go water to get a quiet PC, if it's a stock cooler they're quite loud, and if it's a full RPM it'll be even louder. If it runs cool at lower CPU fan speed, reduce it. Hmm, where can I set that?

Quote: Originally Posted by DanielCox Then replace the CPU cooler, chassis fan and graphics card cooler? The "stuff it in the cabinet with a matress" solution is a lot easier

Quote: Originally Posted by iriverdude Doesn't seem a great idea, looks like the computer will bake in the cabinet. Why not just replace CPU cooler? The CPU cooler is not particularly noisy, so replacing it with something else than a water cooling system would not really help...

I love listening to music on my PC, especially now that there are services like spotify, but I have had a lot of trouble with the annoying hum of the CPU fan. First I thought about getting a water cooling system to replace the fan, but that is a) not very cheap b) the installation did not seem...

Quote: Originally Posted by dura Talking about the brain; why do we display the strong tendency to declare one of the explanations as right and the other as wrong? Well, people usually angrily defend "truths" that they subconsciously doubt themselves.. this is very apparent in...

Quote: Originally Posted by haloxt And the anti-burn-in people will respond that you only imagine it improved after pink noise because you had preconceived ideas of what pink noise might do. No, I'm not talking about the placebo effect here. I'm telling that you are actually...