The fork broke once but that was a very early sample. I believe it was from when Stax had just moved back into the UK and there were rumours of problems within the company. Every other time it's been the arc. Always on the left (including the fork) and always in exactly the same spot i.e...

Sorry poor choice of words. On their back would have been better. Nothing's under stress at all.

I store them on their side, inside the cabinet with the cable gently rolled up (not wrapped round the phones) so they're clean and dust free, and there's nothing under any stress whatsoever. I didn't buy the Stax storage thing because I didn't really have anywhere to put it.   Incidentally...

Quote: There's obviously some major incompatibility and I'm keen to find out what it is. The more I think about it the more I suspect they're just not robust enough for the amount of listening I do. I've just checked my 22 year old Lambda Pros and the headband looks much flimsier but it...

No they've been handled with kid gloves and stored very carefully. Never abused or misused in any way whatsoever. Why on earth would I do this after forking out a lot of money for a high quality piece of kit like this? The rest of my system is Naim CDX2/XPS2, 282/Hicap, 250II and Linn Isobariks...

Hi. Profuse apologies if this is in any way against the rules, duplication, etc. I'm brand new and hopefully mods can put me right.   I've been a Stax user since 1988. Lamba Pros back then and after a while the cable deteriorated and for the next few years I resoldered it a few times but it...