See what Haypur said on page 12. Thanks a lot. The part about 3 sec is misleading. You actually need to hold on tight to the two buttons until it happens.

Thanks I will try as u say

"first press and hold the "return" button and then press the power button for 3 seconds" ... and nothing happens. I tried it with powered off device as well as with powered on. still nothing happens. some suggestions as to what i am doing wrong?

Thank you very much! I suppose this is a translation of Hidizs' instructions.     So I need to put the new FW file on a separate SD card (and even to one that is completely out of the player when I do it) rather that  to copy it to the own memory of the device.   Sounds a bit weird to me...

Please, excuse me if it has already been explained!   How do I change the firmware?   On Hidizs site there are instructions in Chinese only and the translation of Google Translate is complete mess.   Thanks!

On the way to leaving this esteemed club. My pair is for sale in classifieds.

Hi there can I use some charger or I should always charge it via computer?

Thank you so much for the effort and dedication!

Hi! Happy holidays and thanx for the opportunity!

It seems to me this is the point when you send them back.

Quote: Originally Posted by Sherwood We do know that the change to a light box happened somewhere between #7xxx and 9xxx though, now Indeed Subjectively I would characterize mine as basslight. However, I have never heard another pair, so hypothetcially mine could well be...

Thanks Sherwood. Mine is #8*** and light box. I assume it should be basslight. It is interesting, though, since with other headphones the earlier production seems to be basslight. Say, R10. I will look more thoroughly for the rlevant review or discussion.

I am sorry if this has been already discussed. Is there a significant sonic difference between units of earlier and units of later production? I have read a lot about such differences in other headphones but never came accross such comment concerning K1000.

Thanks for the clarification and for your effort.

Thanks, Pyotr! Very helpful write up. Especially for someone like me, who only knows K1000 and is considering HD800.

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Quote: Originally Posted by The Monkey kraps, Stax either made a modification for the German market or it didn't. This could be addressed pretty much to anybody else who posted in the thread. However, we strode away from the topic. While Nicolas is confirming if Stax made...

Quote: Originally Posted by spritzer I usually only talk about it if others bring it up and to make sure that there is no illusion of the Mk1 and modded Mk2 being identical. I don’t argue to that. Still, you have repeatedly expressed preference for MK1 over MK2. Quote...

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Quote: Originally Posted by wower I'm interested in this topic more so now because I'd love to hear about the differences in the german O2mk2. Me too. But sofar I have only seen a mention for that in this thread or maybe the HEAudio thread, which was then multiplied and appears...

OK. Of course it is technically possible. But if a product is developed in a certain way what basis can there exist for its modification? At the end of the day it is important to have the product sold and not the distributor personally happy. There are a lot of Stax owners here and at least...

I think modification of a standardised product for a single country on the intitative of the local distributor is far from realistic. What is sure though is that the "German" Stax are the most expensive in the world When I was shopping they gave me the craziest price of EUR 4,900 for...

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