[Uncle Hank]

Hi folks,

Got this site from a member of a Dutch hifi site www.hear.nl

My Stax Lambda Pro is departed to my bedroom and now I need an amp to get music from it. My cd-player is here a Sony cdp557esd and I don't have to connect speakers with the amp.

Do you have a suggestion for an suitable amp?

Greetz, Hank

 

[Braver]

I take it you only have the headset the, right? you'll need a dedicated electrostat amp now. aside from Stax, Headroom makes one, but they're in the US..

nicest would be if you can get your hands on a Stax amp, there are quite some. I don't know any decent Hi-Fi stores in Friesland, but you could go to Utrecht or something, there's quite some stores there. make a few phone calls to see if they sell the amps, take your cans with you and check a few out. I know HiFi Studio Wilbert (Utrecht) sells the Stax Basic and Classic systems and also sell the amps seperately IIRC (the portable amp annyway).

congrats with the purchase BTW, I had the opportunity to hear the Classic for a few minutes....wow

 

[Uncle Hank]

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Originally posted by Braver nicest would be if you can get your hands on a Stax amp, there are quite some. I don't know any decent Hi-Fi stores in Friesland, but you could go to Utrecht or something, there's quite some stores there. make a few phone calls to see if they sell the amps, take your cans with you and check a few out. I know HiFi Studio Wilbert (Utrecht) sells the Stax Basic and Classic systems and also sell the amps seperately IIRC (the portable amp annyway). congrats with the purchase BTW, I had the opportunity to hear the Classic for a few minutes....wow

I'm searching for secondhand, 'cause of the high prices for new ones. And indeed if I can get one of the Stax amps.... it would be perfect!

By the way, I bought the Stax back in '88 already and I've never been disappointed about my choice!

Greetz, Hank

 

[rickcr42]

up to some DIY ?

http://headwize.com/projects/gilmore2_prj.htm

http://headwize.com/projects/gilmore_prj.htm

 

[Uncle Hank]

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Originally posted by rickcr42 up to some DIY ? http://headwize.com/projects/gilmore2_prj.htm http://headwize.com/projects/gilmore_prj.htm

Thanx for your suggestion! But very short; No!

I'm not a DIY man, 'cause I'm not technical at all and not want to be either so it has to be a complete product.

Greetz, Hank

 

[Braver]

keep an eye on www.marktplaats.nl, www.ibazar.nl, www.hifi.nl and ebay for instance. you don't see much people upgrading their Stax amps as often as some people here upgrade their amps tho..

 

[rickcr42]

so how do you really feel about DIY

Kinda evasive there man

hehehe

Rick

 

[Uncle Hank]

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Originally posted by rickcr42 so how do you really feel about DIY Kinda evasive there man hehehe Rick

Rick,

No offence, but DIY is nothing for me. Several friends like DIY, but I've got other things to do/on my mind. Thereby I'm not technical at all.

Although it is often cheaper than buying a finished product, I'm not in for it.

Greetz, Hank

 

[rickcr42]

I guess I should have thrown a smily face in there dude,I really was joking

 

[Uncle Hank]

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Originally posted by rickcr42 I guess I should have thrown a smily face in there dude,I really was joking

Got me!

Greetz, Hank

 

[Uncle Hank]

Wow! It's been quite a while since I was here

but I bought me a SRM T1

What a great investment

 

[spritzer]

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Originally Posted by Uncle Hank /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wow! It's been quite a while since I was here but I bought me a SRM T1 What a great investment

Talk about a bump from the grave...

The T1 is a pretty good amp but you can also mod it easily and get even better performance. Replacing the connectors and input wiring is a very good start.

 

[krmathis]

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Originally Posted by Uncle Hank /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wow! It's been quite a while since I was here but I bought me a SRM T1 What a great investment

Great bump!

Congratulations with finally scoring a Stax amplifier (after 6 long years). I hope it will keep you happy for many years to come.

 

[Uncle Hank]

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Originally Posted by spritzer /img/forum/go_quote.gif Talk about a bump from the grave... The T1 is a pretty good amp but you can also mod it easily and get even better performance. Replacing the connectors and input wiring is a very good start.

With my two left hands

Definitely not

 

[Uncle Hank]

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Originally Posted by krmathis /img/forum/go_quote.gif Great bump! Congratulations with finally scoring a Stax amplifier (after 6 long years). I hope it will keep you happy for many years to come.

I'm as happy as a man can be

In the mean time there are two serious head fi systems in my house

Stax SRM- T1 with Lambda Professional
C.E.C. HD53R ver. 8.0 with Beyerdynamic DT 990 professional (the winner of a DT770/DT880/DT990 contest)