I find that the Vampire xlr's eat up and spit out the neutriks.

here is a suggestion for a cable you can make for almost nothing if you look around. this design is for a dual triple braid cable. each can will have its own three wire braid this will give you some shielding and give you an attractive light and flexabil cable. get yourself a couple of old...

I recently read a fastinating book by Temple Grandin called "Animals in Translation" and was most impressed. Temple ia a high functioning Autistic woman who has authored a number of books. Her perspective is very refreshing. In case you have not seen her site here is a link. Dr. Temple Grandin...

a buddy of mine just got an SRM001 and would like to run it from a wall wart supply. Can anyone here please provide information so he can order a male plug for the odd ball female power socket on the back of the unit? The local parts supplier does not have one that fits so some details would...

Have you considered getting a small roll of the gage of stranded wire you want and then making a simple four wire braid by hand. Looks nice is flexable and will provide some shielding. If you don't know how to braid some one has a daughter who can teach you in no time. Just a suggestion. The...

when a tube has its vacuum drawn there is always some small amount of unused chemical left in the getter. Over years of use the getter heats up and slowly burns off the remaining chemical. This means that over time the tube is pulling a stronger vacuum. Tubes sound their very best the day they...

Theses machines are almost free and dead simple to use and clean. They make the best most consistant coffee I have ever had. Buy one and use it as the judge for all other machines. Let me know if you can find a better machine but don't hold your breath. Aerobie® AeroPress(TM) Coffee &...

Time to send the units to the factory for service. This is an after the fact comment but if you were to purchase a set of Koss ESP950 phones which I believe are on par with a Stax Lambda (the phones not the drive) you might be very please especially once you got the drive issues dealt with (a...

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Are you kidding!!!!! Oh sorry, I thought you said head shop. Never mind.

the fake leather that Mercedes use is better than the real deal. Check out a service shop for Benz and get some of that. As someone said fake is not green either. I would say you might consider a period of meditation and reflection and ask tha animal involved to forgive you and the world but...

Victor you know what you can and cannot do. Read throught the thread and decide. The unit is at least inexpensive enough that if you blow it up it is not the end of the world to start fresh with a new unit. I am sure people here have vapourized far more expensive units in the name of an upgrade...

if your box runs 12AX7's then you need to experiment with some 7025's which are ultra low noise 12AX's. The 7025 has two long heater filiments which are reverse wound (one clockwise one counter clockwise) to offset the inductive field. The RCA 7025 is a wonderful tube with great bass weight and...

It was just a missing "r" and an extra "t" but they are right next to each other. Ok what I was on about with either the 001 and or the 007 Stax is the use of solid stator sections and low open area stator sections to generate some acoustic resistance. The solid areas also provide you with some...

if you send me a pm I can return to you pictures of the inside of the Stax SR001 but I will tell ou that you will be dissapointed as there is almost nothing to see (read dead ------- simple) which is exactly how it ought to be but don't we all long for the complicated magic. There is no magic...

There are several design articles at HW for phones. Depending upon where yo are there are a number of sources for diaphragm coating. Sheldon stokes has a simple to make diaphragm tension jig posted on his site and Mark Rehorst has a great design article for ESL's and a phneumatic stretching jig...