you may be right--I dont have but one amp -- the bhse. I only have the carbons a few days so although if find it superior to the stax, I cant even say that for sure yet jrf

he dodnt say the bass is not well controlled, he said the "magic" didnt happen until the volume was turned up. otherwise he said the bass could sound "light" not uncontrolled, I find the same thing on the stax and it probably happens due to the fact that treble sounds dont increase in apparant...

the problem is that for each inner ear anatomy the subject hears the distortion as "normal"---if they hear a live performance the sound is put through the ear anatomy and processed by their ear anatomy just like every other sound they hear. if you corrected this to an ideal ear anatomy the...

I think that's just the consequence of having a class A amp (on 100% all the time) -- but the class A amps have a really special sound) jeff

Does anyone know where I can get service for my non-functional Blu2 ? mine quit a month or so ago and I am unable to get a place willing to repair it / ANy help would be appreciated USA would be best for me Jeff

my preferred set up is the dave (without the blu-2) straight into the utopias (from the front panel 1/4 phone plug) -- (using utopia standard cables -) -- the dave drives the utopias all the way without strain and the sound is not to be believed jrf

I find that the BLU2 > dave -> blue hawaii -> stax 007 sounds better with the blu2 than without the blu2 I also find that dave > Utopia is better without the blu2 than with it in the chain I think I prefer the utpia/dave to the blu2/dave/bluehawaii/stax combo but my blue hawaii is off for...

i have both the sr007mkII with port mod (much too warm in midbase without the mod) and the 009s. I listen to the 009s about 95% of the time, some times when the amp is warming up or I'm burnt out of listening to the 009, i find the 007 warm and seductive but, a half hour later I'm listening to...

the "punchiness" is due to 30cycle area strength. most equilizers cant increase this area with any decent result. Best results can often be achieved with reducing the higher frequencies and increasing the volume. I find that I never found an equilizer that didn't ruin the music (because of the...

the youtube video that justin put up showing how to do it has been made "private" so i cant view it, can anyone describe how to do it for me--searching the bhse thread just returns references to the youtube video i cant view thanks in advance Jeff

my port has been sealed for years--no problem. I didn't find the 007 to be listenable without the mod (because of the bass problem). I think the sound from the phones depends a lot on the electronics, tubes , etc which are flavoring the sound on the way to the phone and there must be a totally...

I just retubed my blue hawaii and went to rebias it when I discovered that the youtube video we all use to guide us through the process (by justin) has been made "private", can anyone give me some written instructions to follow or any other description of the process?? I am awaiting a new link...

I may have made it impossible to track the perp by editing it out but i never owned the vox and i never found anything i like better than the stax i cant believe it, my post wasnt important enough to warrant changing it maybe I am having paranoid delusions Jeff

I have the 009s, thestax 007mkii (with port mod) and voce powered by the blue hawaii and d/a'd by a blu-dave combo and sourced from a macbook feeding 16bit cds stored as apple lossless my favorite is the 007. usually the 007mkii with port mod is much nicer than the 009s but (overall), vast...

I have the 007 and the 009s and find them very different: my 007 has its port closed to get rid of mid bass bloat and the result is a less sharply defined, warmer sound than the 009s I personally like them both, but very different JRF

So I just did it and it is a big improvement to me. The midbass peak is gone and it is still warm and the clarity, spacial content is enhanced. I dont hear anything negative yet but its been 10 minutes. I found putting the cushions back on the most challenging part. also, it takes less...

do the current stax 007 mk ii headphones have a port that needs to be occluded for flat base or has Stax closed the port in the latest version of the 007 mk ii tnx jrfmd

based on this post, I bought one the base is as you state but I find the treble muffled compared to taking it out of the chain using dave, blu2,, blue hawaii ,stax 009s -- playing itunes lossless redbook files

Do you use a MacBook Pro to feed the usb ? there is a known bug in current iOS when using the MacBook Pro with the Kse 1500 that produces stuttering Jrf

i have a much siimpler system than you (apple lossless on Itunes file on macbook pro via usb to blu2 to dave to blue hawaii to stax 009s) you use roon - would that offer me a better sq than the itunes/apple system midi output (just interested in sq not other features at present) anything else...

I dont use any software, I play the file i want to hear from i tunes using the Imusic player and the built in audio midi player in the apple operating system, I understand this combination is not supposed to change any bits in the file I am playing so Blu2 can do all the bit manipulating on a...

I have been unable to equal the sq of the blu2 cd player with input from a lossless copy of that same cd played through the blue2. I copy to Imusic with the mac and get a lossless copy of the file with 41k / 16 bit resolution, checked for errors. This file is then played to the blue2 using the...

i have a new blue hawaii wonder if anyone has any idea how long it takes to burn in and if the burn in changes the sound quality noticeably. I don't know how many members actually have one of these but I'm hoping someone could give me an idea thanks JRF

since the error rate of a usb system is guaranteed to be is 1 bit in 10 to the 12th bits, it seems to me that (aside from external electrical interference) you can expect to lose (or gain) a bit once every 10 days of constant use. this couldn't possibly be audible and doesnt require fixing. I...