Wonderful, responsive, patient and caring seller! It was a supreme pleasure to communicate and buy a wonderful amp from him. All the best to you Trevor!

Thanks for Justin's response on another forum. I will quote it here:

Hi! I plan to purchase a used Blue Hawaii from a USA head-fier. Will I be able to change the power supply voltage from 115V to 230V?

Sirs, just one simple question: will the Roon + Chord 2go + 2yu allow me to control the volume knob of the target DAC/IntegratedAMP via USB/COAX? Target device — Technics SU-G700 integrated amplifier with DAC (USB and COAX inputs). Right now Roon through AirPlay or Chromecast (Technics SL-G700...

The soldering points are circled.

Files attached. BOM is published in the thread (first post). Particular attention should be focused on the screwed spacer sleeves. Good luck! https://cdn.head-fi.org/a/11477670.zip (TTF.zip) https://cdn.head-fi.org/a/11477671.zip (KTK-CCS-MOD.pcb.zip) TTF are font files. They must be selected...

Rereading the topic and the feedback from headfiers, I am convinced that: - when there was multibit DACs and tubes amps, STAX sought to make the most detailed headphones. - when sigma-delta DACs and fast transistors conquered the market, STAX produced the more relaxed 9000. I was able to...

My experience https://www.head-fi.org/threads/stax-sr-009-which-dac-hugo-2-or-rme.916568/#post-16232474

Brief impressions of my new true balanced NOS DAC Norma HS-DA1 on PCM1704 chips in comparison with Chord Hugo 2. 1. Chord Hugo 2 is an excellent DAC, but in the context of use with STAX too sharp and bright. Less bright than the RME ADI 2, but still. To tame it a bit you should use a copper...

Brief impressions of my new true balanced NOS DAC Norma HS-DA1 on PCM1704 chips in comparison with Chord Hugo 2. 1. Chord Hugo 2 is an excellent DAC, but in the context of use with STAX too sharp and bright. Less bright than the RME ADI 2, but still. To tame it a bit you should use a copper...

009BK+SRM600+Chord Hugo 2. I was surprised to find that replacing the AudioQuest Sydney (silver plated) RCA-RCA interconnect with Kimber Kable Hero copper cable significantly changed the sound signature: high frequencies gained calmness and confidence, bass gained scale and depth. A clear 3D...

I had an RME. Now I have the Hugo 2. Just sharing my experience: I sold my DAC RME ADI-2 and switched to Chord Hugo 2. The reason is simple: RME ADI-2 is very sharp, very detailed, very bright DAC. The difference between the analytical ADI-2 and the calmer Hugo 2 on "California" by James Blunt...

Thank you for your response.

Thank you so much! Now it remains to find a true balanced DAC... I seems to be turning from a music lover to an audiophile. Or is it spring...

By the way, I've been using RCA for 15 years and never XLR. Two questions if anyone knows: 1. Are the XLR inputs on the SRM-600 true-balanced (-0+)? 2. When the amplifier is turned on, input 1 (RCA) is active by default. Can I make input 3 (XLR) active by default when the amplifier is turned on?

Yes, of course, I apologize, I didn't mean to mislead. I have not listened to Jade and cannot draw my own conclusions. That said, I just wanted to let you know that the Jade circuit apparently will not provide the proper power for the 007.

The Hifiman Jade II is a terrible amplifier. Both in terms of the cheap amplification circuitry used and in terms of build quality. There is a detailed description with pictures on another forum.

I can't write exquisitely, so very briefly and only my opinion: WES vs 3ES - 3ES won. WES plays very soft, so soft that you might as well buy an inexpensive magneplanar like the LCD-2 (please, no offense!). The dynamics are on par with the T1. The 3ES is a big step forward - you can hear it...

Yes, it's still the same SRM-600 :) I was afraid that replacing the resistors with a current source would cause the sound to become "metallic", rough. But it did not - it is still the same tube driver with improved dynamics and resolution at low and high frequencies. It was inexpensive + solved...

Yes, I also liked the 600 more than the 007t, so I settled on the 600. And yes, the problem with the resistors is the horror of the SRM-600. They die one by one. I bought my used driver with two failed resistors. So I bought 16 pieces of new original resistors in Japan. Replaced the dead ones...

IMHO, such expensive equipment MUST be listened to before you buy it. Otherwise, to me, the BHSE, KGSSHV, 3ES signatures are tonally different and certainly superior in fact to any current Stax driver. How strong are the differences? Much depends on YOUR HEARING. For example, for me it is...

Friends, has there been any discussion about the possibility of increasing the filters for Hugo 2? If FPGA is used, why not add 3-5 filters: - DAC sound with a tube output; - DAC sound like a PCM1704 chip; - DAC sound like 12-bit chips; and so on? I understand that WAT is a breakthrough...

I'll raise the topic. Which DAC did you stop at?

Friends, in the process of updating my audio library in Hi-Res, another question arose concerning the timbre balance when using one or another DAC. My system: First (sold) DAC: RME ADI-2 FS Second (current) DAC: Chord Hugo 2 Driver: Stax SRM-600 (CCS mod) Interconnect cable: AudioQuest Sydney...

Yes that's it. But I can clearly hear these distortions. And mainly on the left channel. And they make me nervous. I see. It's a recording. Thank you, guys, you have calmed me down :) I'll clean up the ticks in Adobe Audition. However, it remains unclear how Daft Punk allowed this to happen.