Wonderful person to work with, clearly communicative, fast shipping, item exactly as described. Would not hesitate to buy from or sell to them again :)

Selling my nicest 2.2PF because I have a few and I'd rather not put miles on the nicest of them. Only thing this is missing is the original measurement card. Has the box, the case, the protective bags, the leather conditioner kit and cloths, and the balanced and SE cables, and the 3.5mm adapter...

Bump and price drop again.

A Stax SRM-T1W in decent condition, in fully working order with brand new NOS tubes. This is a Japanese voltage version, and I believe it can be changed internally, but I just use it with an external stepdown with no issues. See pictures for cosmetic condition. Definitely open to trades and...

Maybe this will make them fit a human head a little better :P I kid Hey if I win at least postage will be cheap, I'm only a half hour away from where they build them.

Not at the meet, but I have in the past. Empyrean isn't terribly demanding and the Atom is sonically a really kick-ass little amp. Sounds good together, much better than you'd expect.

I've run them off of the amp I mentioned above which is a class A and 210wpc @ 8 ohms with 0.007% THD. I'm also using; Victor ML-10, Technics SE-A3, Benchmark AHB2. On all of these it's very very bright, and has distortion in the low frequencies that's louder than the fundamental. It's up to...

I just got these in tonight, and I have to admit, I'm kind of scratching my head. K1000 still handily outperforms them to my ears, much more enjoyable. But what a treat to have these both on my desk! Running them both off of my modified Mitsubishi DA-A10DC.

I've had a wonderful experience with this little amp. With only some mild modifications, I got it to handle 6336A and 6528 tubes and produce massively more power than advertised. I use it as my day-to-day amp for my K1000's, and I think it performs wonderfully. Stock, it did just fine with...

Man, what an utterly fantastic meet this was. I'm already looking forward to next year! Thanks to Zach and Bevin for making this happen, it's so wonderful to be part of something run by such awesome people :) Here's my personal favorite thing at the meet, the pairing of two prototype's from...

Just cut the ceremony short for a "really early honeymoon" with a quick pit-stop in Chicago for six hours :P

Well just as a little extra boost to hype, my updated gear list will for headphones will include (so long as shipping from Italy and Iceland are on time, they should be!); A fully restored AKG K1000 Bass Neutral just finished by our own Heinz Renner himself A Sony MDR-F1 Yamaha YH-5M in...

Glad to see you’ll be coming again too! I’ve got a silly thing I rigged up in a DT-990 chassis with KH-71 drivers I was hoping to be able to show you.

Both, usually. The resistors help to load the ribbon for damping with the amplifier.

I haven’t, but I have run a Ragnarok 1 with Veracity ST’s and all I can say is damn, I was impressed. Schiit gear and Raal ribbons have some sort of magical synergy... Despite being a much noisier and lower bias setup for headphones, the Ragnarok 2 really does a lot better with speakers so I...

I heard an early prototype of the Raal SR1A as it’s being called now, being driven by Benchmark AHB2’s, and it blew me away. Having heard pretty much everything, this falls second place only to the Plasmasonic for all setups I’ve heard. Quite incredible. Maybe we can beg Alex or Dan over at Raal...

Hoo boy, another one? Have to see if I can make it, and how much I can possibly bring in one trip. Zach and Bevin, you guys are completely awesome, it’s so good to see the friendliest vendor in the industry hosting another meet!

Reading about this, I'm extremely interested. The main issue's I had with the Model One's design was that it was a single ended driver design. Judging by their limited available design documentation and marketing blurbs, this is both a dual stator/electrode design and even perhaps a balanced...

http://www.staxusa.com/parts/ear-pads/stax-sr-x-earpad.html I wouldn't recommend selling them at the moment, the price is pretty low on them, usually around or below $500 for them with the converter box.

A lot of the earlier Stax have issues with channel imbalance. Check for dust buildup, these headphones are very sensitive to dust, being electroSTATIC, but remember to be careful cleaning them, these membranes are only a matter of single-digit microns thick. Also, replace the ear pads, a slight...

I'm a huge fan of my DT-990 Premium 600 Ohm cans, and my new pair of DT-1990's should be here tomorrow, so I'm super interested to compare the two.

Is that blurb about 2.5mm headphone connectivity a typo? I thought 2.5mm was for Cellphones in the mid-2000's, or is that a European thing?

Analog recordings, played on analog media, is better, yes, as no number of bits of data can compare to a living wave. But, at this point even, I think digital quality is well beyond what human perception can pick up. Analog usually, due to the gear itself, generally has a "Warmer" tone to it...

I have a pair of the Premium 250 Ohm versions (Same driver design, just a little less clamping force and a little heavier, with the Aluminum and Steel in the construction), that I use with my Sony TC-Kx Tape Decks, and they sound absolutely amazing direct through the output for those. For the...