[frankclone]

I hope this is the right forum....
I emailed a Stax repair place concerning older (80's)Stax Lambda Pros
about some buzzing (especially on cello!?). They didn't mention
possible separation of laminar surfaces as a helpful headfi-er did.
[one surface is smooth & other's has some wrinkle lines in it--this
wasn't directly adressed by repair technician; maybe this is
implicated in arcing, or maybe that's why he mentioned replacement cost of drivers which is way out of my budget]
What they did mention was possible arcing from electrostatic
surfaces to protective wire grilles--which would necessitate
replacement of said wire grilles. I don't know if I want to pay
$65/hr + shipping....
Any opinions on whether I should attempt this on my own (I'll
try not to use a butterknife

)?


And could I avoid this in future -without compromising sound- by
replacing with grilles made of something else, e.g., plastic, plastic coated wire, carbon fibre?

These cans sound pretty darn good:IMO, the sonic gap between them & my Senn 450's is greater than jump from cheap give-aways to the 450's. I'd like to get as much listening life as I can out of them.

 

[frankclone]

Perhaps, there's not a lot of familiarity w/Stax electrostatic
issues out there....
Can someone answer this: Will changing grille from wire to some
other material have a sonic effect (as Sennheisers claimed to
w ith grille changes from 580's to 600's)?