A few people have PM'ed me about disassembly instructions to get to the disconnected wires. FIRST, DON'T DO THIS UNLESS YOU HAVE NO RECOURSE—my SR-009 pair were completely useless, so there was no harm to disassembly. SECOND, YOU DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK—PLEASE DON'T BLAME ME IF YOU DAMAGE YOUR HEADPHONES.
First step is to pull out the inner liner to expose the screws. Try your best not to put a fold in the hard plastic ring (but doesn't seem to be the end of the world if you do).
If you look under the leather pad, you'll see six screws that attach it. MAKE A NOTE OF THE ORIENTATION OF THE PADS! There is a thick side and thin side to the pads. The thin side with the seam goes forward.
Note that there is an o-ring between the pad and the driver. I would leave the protective screen in place while you check/re-solder there wires. THE MEMBRANE MATERIAL UNDER THE SCREEN IS EXTREMELY FRAGILE—DON'T TOUCH. IT TEARS EASILY. When you reassemble, put it back on the driver, like this:
You can just lift off the Stax - Made in Japan label, and expose the wire cover. Remove the two screws and you can see if all your wires are attached, and solder them if not. Notice that I am not following my own advice and exposed the membrane. Don't do that! Also, don't think about using compressed air to clean off any dust—it will rip the membrane. (For some reason, I'm missing a photo of the exposed wires, sorry.)
STOP HERE! YOU SHOULD NOT NEED TO DISASSEMBLE FURTHER THAN THIS! CHECK/RE-SOLDER WIRES AND REASSEMBLE.
But if you're crazy and can't resist, remove the four long screws with nylon washer holding the driver and the two screws holding the bottom of the wire harness in place (which I don't recommend).
And you'll get this:
The outer screen has two o-rings holding it in place. There's a thin one on the outer side, and a thick one between the screen and the driver housing.
Reverse this to reassemble.
Hope this helps. I wrote this from memory, so please comment with refinements/corrections.
Cheers,
muski
