Some of you may remember my thread about Yamas refusing to repair my Stax 404 headphones because I bought them outside the US. In desparation I contacted EIFL, the company I purchased them from. They are going to repair the headphones. And, as a bonus shipping to Japan was less than $20! I...

I need to locate a Stax technician to repair my 404 headphones. I called Yama's Enterprises today and they refused to repair the headphones because I had them imported from Japan -- not even if I paid all labor/parts costs. I realize that I took a risk importing them from Japan. However...

Well, I've had a problem with my Stax 4040 on and off now for a couple of weeks. I'm stumped. So, I thought I'd bring it the head-fi community for discussion. The Problem: A few minutes (sometimes 3 or 4 and sometimes 10 or 15) after pushing play on my SACD Player a high-pitch whine starts...

Has anyone tried the Organic Cable Power Cords? I haven't seen any talk of them around here. Audio Asylum has a good review and several posts recommending them. The price is reasonable (to me anyway). But I don't know if they will be any better than my $50 DIY Asylum PC.

I was browsing Audio Advisors website and saw this: Music Hall Maverick. The Music Hall CD25 has gotten some pretty good reviews. Has anyone here auditioned their new SACD Player? I've seen some initial bad press at Audio Asylum about problems with playback but that seems to have passed...

Has anyone here had experience with the Silent Running Audio line of isolation platforms? I found only a single reference doing a search and nothing in the way of a review. Since they seem to be custom-made for your particular components I don't think they offer a trial period (though I don't...

Ok, so after a very long work week, and weekend, and 250 hours of burn-in I sat down Sunday to do so some critical listening. Lo-and-behold there was static in the right channel. Having read of a dead channel in a previous thread being corrected by leaving the unit powered but with no signal I...

I saw these on Audiogon: Machina Dynamica Brilliant Pebbles It looks like a mason jar filled with pebbles - for a special introductory price of 2 for $129! My BS meter went through the roof on this one and I am generally pretty accepting of this kind of thing. Don't know what to think...

I picked up the package this morning from the Post Office. Since I had to go to work I didn't have much of an opportunity to listen to them . I was only able to integrate them into my system and put the SACD Player on repeat. My initial impressions are: 1) The headphones are ugly! There is...

Not sure if this is right forum, but I put it here because my question is about tube matching for a Stax 006t amp. Anyway, I've been doing some reading about the Stax 006t amp (since I bought one) and wondered if the 6FQ7 tubes it uses need to be matched - after all, I want to do some tube...

Has anyone heard the Audience AU24 interconnects? I have been keeping a list of cables I'd like to try and these have received some good press from professional reviewers. But I'd like to hear what you have to say about them. Also on my list is Analysis Plus Solo Crystal. Any comments on...

http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.p...8771706&2&3&4& Found these over at Audiogon. I don't think I ever seen an interconnect quite like it. Has anyone heard these? They seem a little ungainly with that 3" spacer on each cable.

Well, after several days of indecision I finally decided on the Stax 4040 Signature System II. It is on order from EIFL and I hope to receive it in the next couple of weeks. Thanks to all those who answered my questions, wrote brilliant reviews of the amps I was considering, and just being...

There was alot of intial discussion about this amp. Since then it seems to have fallen off the radar - except for the ocassional post. I've read a couple of posts indicating that there are some OTL32 owners out there. Please post your impressions. Any build quality issues? Have you tried...

I am almost certain that I first heard about Modern Audio Design (MAD) on this forum; but I've searched and searched and can't find much on them. They have alot of choices in the $75-$275 range. Has anyone auditioned their cables? I am most interested in the Pearl I, Pearl II, and XTC Silver...

I knew NOS tubes could be expensive, I even saw a listing in Ebay for the legendary Telefunken ECC803s 12AX7 that closed at $200. But $305?! Dang, that's as much as my MG Head OTL! Is it really that good?

I did a search and didn't come up with much. I've decided to start building my own stuff. Interconnects seemed a good place to begin. I was going to use Belden 89259 but came across the Cardas Crosslink in bulk. At $3.50/foot the Cardas cable is more than twice as expensive as the Belden. The...

I just received the Cardas replacement cable for my Senn. HD580s. Hooked it up immediately (duh ) but only listened to it for a few minutes so far. I'd like to give it a nice long break-in period before forming any opinions; It'll be tough not to listen to it since my only other source for good...

Has anyone had direct experience with this unit? How does it compare to the BPT products, PS Audio P300, Monster Cable HTS2000, etc. I used the PS Audio P300 power regenerator in my 2-channel system and was amazed at the results. Sadly, the P300 had to go, along with most of that system...

Just in case anyone is interested, Soundstage has posted a review of the HD600s. http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/sennheiser_hd600.htm

I stopped by my local bookstore this evening and inevitably found myself in the music section. I found, and bought, The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs . It looked like a good source for finding different recordings of your favorite composers music. Are there any other classical music guides...

I haven't been able to find a satisfactory to my question. Is the rechargeable battery required for the D-25s to power-up even if I am using the AC Adpator? I bought the Radio Shack 9V 800mA adaptor and the unit doesn't power-up. I would hate to purchase the battery at, what I have been told...