This is great, but i hope that the price will come down in a couple of years :(

Quote: svyr is right...   Maybe it's easier with a picture.   http://gilmore2.chem.northwestern.edu/images5/gilmore4_2.png   in this picture you will see a 4.7MOhm resistor near the BIAS output.The point to measure i right after that resistor. You have to follow that logic...

Try to open the bottom of the case and see if you can see the trace from there or look for a resistor that has a value in MOhms (it will be quite laborious to find it but i assume that it's the only one with a high value like that on the board and will be placed on the main board not the...

Quote:   Just open the amp find the bias pin http://wiki.faust3d.com/wiki/index.php?title=Image:Stax_Headphone_Cable_Connectors.jpg follow the wire to the first resistor. Then measure the voltage from the point immediately after the resistor and the ground (i suppose the case is...

Omega II ,Omega I,Stax Monitor,404 limited........the old Stax headphones aren't that good except SR-X markIII,Lambda Normal bias.

lampizator.eu is a good place to start for a DAC.good luck

You could always get something from this guy http://lampizator.eu/szop/L-Szop/Welcome.html or AudioNote.These are just my 2 cents....

More headphones than amps but its possible that you will see some improvement.

I think that the iPod should be sold with at least a 150-200$ headphones,in-ear because they sell you a great expensive player with 2$ headphones and many people don't realize it.

CUFFIA ELETTROSTATICA STAX SR SIGMA AMPLIFICATORE 007 su eBay.it Cuffie, Hi Fi e Home Theatre, Audio, TV, Elettronica the best looking pair I have seen.....but the guy is crazy with the price....

Quote: Originally Posted by gilency You first option (SRM-007 better than SRM-717) is different than most. Yeah that's strange than most people think...but thats the beauty of this hobby it's mostly subjective Maybe the source was different.......

you really don't need to leave it on all the time... i don't know what caps you have in the amp but usually they are good for 10000 hours and degrade with time like the other components in the amp. If the tubes fail maybe some components will be stressed. You can burn your house down too.Just...

no you shall not

Well it depends on the noise that it's making. Try to put pressure on the cups while having headphones on the head and see if the noise is the same. Or just remember if you heard the noise while not moving the head or the headphones. If second is the case than something is wrong with the...

Some Lambdas whatever you find on ebay or here and eXSata DIY amp. This setup will sound really good with a decent source. You will spend on the amp the price of a cheap Stax amp but have a much better bang for the buck.

Quote: Originally Posted by Oublie Nothing i've ever heard and i mean ever has the abilities of the O2 but thats just my ears Amen

You have to pass some time on the forum and eventually you will end up with a Stax system when you see how much people appreciate the headphones.Electrostatic headphones simply are strange and alien to someone that isn't in the audio circle because few people have seen them.But it's true that...

very nice stand...i presume it costs a fortune?

lol

Yes it's a frequency issue.Stax played a lot with diffuse field equalization and similar stuff to get out of the head sound and with the 007 they stopped and got a wonderful headphone. I like a big lambda type headstage but after 10 min of listening it really doesn't matter because I...

Well there were even closed Koss ESP950 made but they weren't much. I think nikongod had a pair. Somebody just has to buy them ;-)

Quote: Originally Posted by Kabeer Has anyone seen these Electrostatic headphones? NordicNeuroLab - Making fMRI easy Seem rather interesting . Interesting...but I really don't think they sound good. It's nice to know that somebody else is building electrostatic...

Minisemi cases coming in April!

Quote: Originally Posted by Omega I might suggest that the Hexateq case is really just an assembly of "flat" and simple extrusions. If you were planning to outsource the front anyway (say, to Schaeffer), it might be worth it to just DIY the whole case. It will cost you time, rather than...

Hexateq Case - diyAudio I found a nice link if somebody else is interested.