Earspeakers
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Ah, the infamous fart. I've seen references and didn't know what it was exactly.
Let's check though. I have a NOS 404 I bought off some crazy dentist (had backups he stuck in his closet). The plastic housing crackles quite a bit on that one, due to it not being worn in and what not. All of my old stock headphones (most of them) don't have this, presumably from being used and worn in. It's purely the plastic, and the recent vintage Lambdas don't have it in my experience.
This is very different, it's a snap-crackle-pop, definately electronic and coming from the earpiece, not the surrounding plastic. Sounds exactly like electrical arcing. I've heard that 'stats will can that due to impurities and imperfections, it's harmless. It just fries a bit of the coating or whatnot. My guess is that Stax does the extensive burn in to literally 'burn off' these before they get to the customer, who would freak out.
Let's check though. I have a NOS 404 I bought off some crazy dentist (had backups he stuck in his closet). The plastic housing crackles quite a bit on that one, due to it not being worn in and what not. All of my old stock headphones (most of them) don't have this, presumably from being used and worn in. It's purely the plastic, and the recent vintage Lambdas don't have it in my experience.
This is very different, it's a snap-crackle-pop, definately electronic and coming from the earpiece, not the surrounding plastic. Sounds exactly like electrical arcing. I've heard that 'stats will can that due to impurities and imperfections, it's harmless. It just fries a bit of the coating or whatnot. My guess is that Stax does the extensive burn in to literally 'burn off' these before they get to the customer, who would freak out.