[formyears]

I do not know the t8000 but Kevin Gilmore advised against playing with the valves. I also have a kgss Carbon that has detail, dynamics and silence, but the D10, in smaller proportion, defends very well, the volume is at 12 and only with some dsd I go a little bit further

fam w/ stax mofia and respectfully, i keep my hands out ouf my 5k amp. there is a warning about it in the users man

 

[biscottino]

fam w/ stax mofia and respectfully, i keep my hands out ouf my 5k amp. thres a warning about it in the users man

fam w/ stax mofia and respectfully, i keep my hands out ouf my 5k amp. thres a warning about it in the users man

Yesss, good idea!

 

[formyears]

Yesss, good idea!

plus its 120 deg F in there, t8000 not d10, only warm to touch, no tubes.

 

[alpha421]

Loving the D10/SR003MK2-CES A1 combo. I'm surprised that the battery life is pretty accurate at 3.5hrs USB. Too bad there's no indication that the battery is running low as the D10 unit spontaneously shuts down.

Has anyone ventured into an external 14V battery pack for the D10?

I'm investigating this one:
https://www.powerstream.com/PST-MP3500.htm

Also, has anybody confirmed with Stax that leaving the charger plugged into the D10 degrades the internal battery? I'm still waiting on a response from Stax regarding this.

 

[purk]

I like my D10 and I think it sounds very good given its size. It plays very very well with the Koss ESP950 and a little bright with the 009. Agreed with others on getting better results with external DAC. I have the TA-ZH1ES and the DAC out is good but not great.

 

[Soundwave76]

Does the D10 work as a DAC with the iPhone + USB adapter?

 

[zenman0]

Does the D10 work as a DAC with the iPhone + USB adapter?

Yes, it does... and

 

[Soundwave76]

Great, thanks!

 

[Big Yoshi]

Work with l300ltd in a relatively decent level (the amp part is slightly better than srm-d50), perfect with kse1500(which I believe beat the original shure amp).

 

[zenman0]

I used the SRM-D10 with Stax SR-009 headphones directly connected to the lightning port on my iPhone X.
Excellent sound.
Obviously, not as good as my non-portable SRM-007tII, but very respectable, nonetheless, for a portable electrostatic amp/DAC.
Had the volume control up to midway for most music (with max volume set on the iPhone). On some music, volume control was up to 3/4.

Hope to try it with SR-009S next week. Should be even better, I think.

 

[Big Yoshi]

I used the SRM-D10 with Stax SR-009 headphones directly connected to the lightning port on my iPhone X.
Excellent sound.
Obviously, not as good as my non-portable SRM-007tII, but very respectable, nonetheless, for a portable electrostatic amp/DAC.
Had the volume control up to midway for most music (with max volume set on the iPhone). On some music, volume control was up to 3/4.

Hope to try it with SR-009S next week. Should be even better, I think.

A Lambda instead of Omega is maybe more suitable for d10,

 

[zenman0]

I don't have a Lambda. Only the SR-009 and the SR-009S. The D10 drives them well

I used a lightning-to-3.5mm adapter to connect my iPhone to the 3.5mm input of the D10.
I'll try a lightning-to-USB adapter next week to hear if the D10's DAC gives better sound than the iPhone's DAC.

 

[Big Yoshi]

I don't have a Lambda. Only the SR-009 and the SR-009S. The D10 drives them well

I used a lightning-to-3.5mm adapter to connect my iPhone to the 3.5mm input of the D10.
I'll try a lightning-to-USB adapter next week to hear if the D10's DAC gives better sound than the iPhone's DAC.

And you can play DSD if you use USB adapter.

 

[daytrader]

I’m wondering whether there is much benefit to using an external dac in my very elementary Stax set up, IPhone, D-10, L700s? If yes at what price level do I have to be at to surpass the dac performance in the d10? I’m also wondering if I’m running a dac into the D10 which already has a dac, do I run into any conflict problems?

 

[NehPets]

I’m wondering whether there is much benefit to using an external dac in my very elementary Stax set up, IPhone, D-10, L700s? If yes at what price level do I have to be at to surpass the dac performance in the d10? I’m also wondering if I’m running a dac into the D10 which already has a dac, do I run into any conflict problems?

I've yet to use the D10's internal DAC; I'll try it when I get round to buying a suitable cable. I currently use it with the line output from a QLS QA361 and my L700mkII sounds great. Using the analogue input, rather than the digital, also extents the D10's pretty dreadful battery life.