The Stax Thread III

[kevin gilmore]

i can assure you that a silicon carbide amp is coming.
Boards should be here soon.
 
With respect to the Esoteric (teac) stuff, upgrades are easy other than
the cost of the upgrades. Remove board, replace board with new board
that fits in the same hole. Although few actually knew about this,
many of the krells over the years had upgradeable boards and had
future options built into the base chassis (like the hdcd light)
 
Much different thing with electrostatic amps. Sort of like sports cars.

 

[Bluess]

Can some one recommend me the best setup for 009 (ignore the pricetags)? I would be much appreciated.

 

[soulreaver1]

Hello all, I'm planning to buy a STAX SR-Gamma Pro + SRM-1/MK-2 PRO. This will be my first Stax setup. I'd like to know how it compare to new SRS-2170 system. I'm looking for some low budget, entry level setup.

 

[walakalulu]

One must remember that the likes of the BHSE costs nearly three times as much as the top Stax amp, at least here in the UK, so it damn well should sound better.

 

[kevin gilmore]

i believe that the T2 was about 6 times the price of the srm-t1 then.
would be at least $15k now.

 

[davidsh]

  Hello all, I'm planning to buy a STAX SR-Gamma Pro + SRM-1/MK-2 PRO. This will be my first Stax setup. I'd like to know how it compare to new SRS-2170 system. I'm looking for some low budget, entry level setup.

I believe the srm-1 mk2 pro must be a better amp than the 252, assumming the srm-1 performes as it is supposed to. I remember hearing the gamma is a proper electrostat, though not as good as some of the lambdas. Not sure?

 

[3X0]

I think it comes down to priorities. I'm of the mindset that if one's going to invest in the SR009s (or SR007s), then they should really get the most they can get out of them.

Dunno. The return per dollar from a Lambda to a SR-00X is far greater than the return per dollar from an amplifier. With a $4000 budget for instance a young gentleman would be better serviced by a SR-009 + 323S than a Lambda Nova/Signature and a KGSSHV (or arguably a SR-007 and KGSSHV, depending on taste).

 

[MacedonianHero]

Dunno. The return per dollar from a Lambda to a SR-00X is far greater than the return per dollar from an amplifier. With a $4000 budget for instance a young gentleman would be better serviced by a SR-009 + 323S than a Lambda Nova/Signature and a KGSSHV (or arguably a SR-007 and KGSSHV, depending on taste).

Agreed,but a SR009/323S is still quite a bit behind the amps I mentioned earlier and over time I think the SR009s are being held back...and I know I wouldn't be satisfied for more than a few months knowing just how better they sounded. YMMV

 

[arnaud]

You guys are such enablers, am glad I am on the list for a BHSE .

As for combo, some would argue a 007mk1 + kgsshv is a better value and performance than a 009+ any amp. I guess I will find out soon enough, but it's hard to imagine for now.

Arnaud

 

[Sahara]

Hi.
Im curious about a couple questions:
 
Imagine that you find a new Stax SR-4070..never opened from a order never sold about 9/10 years ago (the S/N is 2xxx of 4070 manufacured orders at time of order) . Perhaps one of the very few SR-4070 still unopened or maybe the last one...but for sure an

exceptional and rare opportunity
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How much could those earspekers cost?
What's a reasonable price to buy them? 
 
Cheers

 

[n3rdling]

I think I bought/sold my 4070s for like $1200 but that was a pretty good deal.  Those were in very nice condition, normal going rate was probably closer to $1500.  NIB I'm thinking around $2k? 
 
I'm not really crazy about the 4070 though.  I do think it's possibly the best closed headphone ever, but then I don't think much of many closed headphones.  It has a somewhat sterile sound, but designing a closed electrostat is very difficult.

 

[David1961]

i can assure you that a silicon carbide amp is coming.
Boards should be here soon.

With respect to the Esoteric (teac) stuff, upgrades are easy other than
the cost of the upgrades. Remove board, replace board with new board
that fits in the same hole. Although few actually knew about this,
many of the krells over the years had upgradeable boards and had
future options built into the base chassis (like the hdcd light)

Much different thing with electrostatic amps. Sort of like sports cars.

Thank you for that Kevin.

I do like what Teac can do though where rather than have to buy a new model, the older model can be upgraded.
Whether they do that with just Esoteric I don't know.

 

[zolkis]

  i can assure you that a silicon carbide amp is coming.
Boards should be here soon.

I have high hopes for SiC and GaN technologies. Let's see when do they get to audio applications. At the moment seems like only companies can get samples, and only by having some partnership. I am trying to source some GaN devices, no chance ATM. If there are any commercial sources for these parts, please share .

 

[soulreaver1]

  I believe the srm-1 mk2 pro must be a better amp than the 252, assumming the srm-1 performes as it is supposed to. I remember hearing the gamma is a proper electrostat, though not as good as some of the lambdas. Not sure?

Thanks. I'm quite sure this is the cheapest way to try electrostats

 

[Ali-Pacha]

  Hello all, I'm planning to buy a STAX SR-Gamma Pro + SRM-1/MK-2 PRO. This will be my first Stax setup. I'd like to know how it compare to new SRS-2170 system. I'm looking for some low budget, entry level setup.

Gamma pro ? These are pretty rare (and I'm looking for one btw 

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Ali