Aha! Thank you, GeorgeA. I'm 200 units away from delivery, so nothing to get excited about. I'll come back here in 2021 if they are still in business.

A question for you Kickstarter backers. How do you know where you are in the queue? I paid in September 2016, received an email saying I was one of 330 backers, filled out a survey response (January 2017) and got patchy updates from James afterwards but I never received a number, position...

Thanks for all the ideas & support on my bass extension problem.  This is my first working build and it's clear my impressions are not good enough because improving the fit with coats of resin in some areas gained me another 10Hz.  OK, I'm still not flat to 25Hz but it's plenty good enough the...

Thanks. Yes, I've done that because it's now much easier with the latest Knowles GK (Digi-Key) to make a sub-assembly of drivers with tubes fully cured to go in the shell.  I found the latest GK now has a spacer between the CI and the TWFK to increase the center-to-center of the 'spouts' so that...

Yes, just the standard RC crossover integrated with the Knowles GK-31732.  I shortened the tubes by 3mm & now run the CI undamped and there is a small improvement, it sounds pretty flat to 40Hz and I might have to settle for that.  Still, I wonder how to achieve the bass extension that appears...

Thanks to this fantastic resource I finished my first DIY IEM, just have the faceplate to add now. I went with the good advice for a GK first build. Separate 3mm sound tubes both 17mm long for TWFK and CI with a net 3mm of 1.3 x 2.0 tube to fit the GK spouts, so 20mm in all. After some...

I'm finding "Magic-Glos" to be critical to type of UV light and time/temperature/humidity.  For me, these times are way off.  In 30 deg ambient and my nail light, my shells are 2-3mm in 90s, plus 120s inverted.  I have wasted 4 Oz of resin and a bench full of failures trying & retrying these...

Mine arrived yesterday.  So where do the tubes go?  I assume it doesn't matter because they are a matched quad and neither sockets nor tubes are numbered.  Just bias it per the video and I'm done, right?

That's one helluva ding on the box.  I'm feeling your pain, man.  One of the first guys on this batch and some ape throws it.  I was smartass thinking "if I'd received a box like that, I'd have rejected it" but then, after 2 & a half years I also realized would've done exactly the same as you...

2 shipments of 115V, 8 per = 16 totally speechless recipients?  Quite incredible, given the anxiety/frustration that has been the feature of this thread.  I'm in Batch #3/Shipment #3, September 2012 order date & shipment next week but living in E Asia I am at least 3 weeks of shipping/arguing...

+1.  In fact +2.  I don't know many of these threats you've been receiving, Justin but I'd be prepared to finance 2 more BHSE's in addition to my Sep 2012 order.  I don't need them, you can keep them until you have buyers for them.  I'm serious.  Just so you a******s know badly you are behaving...

I haven't seen too many posts on payments confirmed in this batch so, just for your peace of mind, I got my request for balance 20th March, paid 4th April.  Order date 26th September 2012.  Others may want to add data points to this for the terminally anxious amongst us. A privilege and an...

Nah.  Those are just impact craters from falling Xmas tree needles, pre wrap.     I hear a train a comin'....

Good job, Darin.  I wish you every success with this.  Had fun with the demo page and I must say OOYH is really pretty close to my Realiser on some of the systems.  Very worthwhile for your pricing, except, I'm Mac, so as soon as you have that sorted, I'm in.  The idiotic input choices of the...

  This is really the point, isn't it.  Anyone who has attempted DIY at anything approaching this level finds that sourcing the parts is by far the biggest problem and the major source of frustration. I too, have passed my order anniversary but I console myself that there is very little, if...

You are not alone.  I did exactly the same thing.     Anyone here had the virtual image at the wrong elevation?  My PRIR azimuths turn out perfect but the vitual image is consistently 20 degrees too high.  I have a query into Lorr but just wondered if anyone had anything similar.  There is...

Quote: As I approached Route 61 after the Skyline Drive this afternoon Justin, my left hand was twitching to go to Charlottesville instead of right to Staunton.  If I'd read this post before then, you would had some cheap labour for the afternoon.  Trying to squeeze in some vacation time...

I believe that returns are prioritised because I waited just as long as it took Stax Japan to send a pair to Stax USA repair center (Accutech).   They kept me informed all the way (Stax US service was exemplary which came as shock after reading so many bad experiences).   Sure, Stax...

Quote:   Accutech didn't repair mine, they replaced them with a pair sent directly from Japan.  I now have SZ9-2075, 302 units further along than what I sent them (bought in October last year).  They look & feel new and these appear to be OK.  Fingers crossed.     If you suspect you...

Quote: No.  Not in my opinion.  I tried this briefly once more today.  I cannot tell you how much better the HD800 may have sounded from a headphone amp driven by the Realiser because I'm all Stax these days and have no dedicated headphone amp for the HD800 so the best I can do is to...

Quote: They are packed up & on the way to Accutech now.  Contemplating weeks without the SR-009 is making me appreciate just how good the SR-202's really are.  The damn things that got me into Staxology in the first place.  Get SRS-2020 casually bundled with a Smyth Realiser, next thing you...

Just another +1 for Price Japan.  The wife wanted a holiday in Japan last week on the strength (well, weakness then) of the Yen.  Seeing an opportunity to avoid import duty where I live, I asked Price Japan to deliver a 727A to our hotel in Fukuoka. They did.  At the right time, courier &...

Sad to report my SR-009 have developed this imbalance.  Been getting worse for 2 months, now R is -7dB.  SN 1773.  Will keep you posted.

Quote: If you do decide to offer this option, Justin, I would definitely take it up on my batch #3 order.  I was about to order some based on the positive feedback on HF.

Quote: Thanks, I really appreciate that advice.  It looks as though I'll swallow my pride and Stax antiquated marketing and just get a pair of SR-009.  Bass, yes.  Specifically against the 10c, it's extension and control at the lower extreme that is the biggest sonic difference.  Roger...