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On Saturday afternoon, facing into the room, on the left side: from left to right were the L500, the L300 Anniv., L700 w/ battery amp/DAC, and the T8000 amp (did not notice what was connected to it as it was in use the whole time I was there).
I'm not sure I understand what the big mystery is here. Next time, takes notes.
Yes, and if you look at this, for me it looks like L500 Pads:
http://www.sangbe.com/article/236063.html
For me that are never L300 Pads.
I just got a telephone from Stax HQ. they are reapiring my 009 arc and pads.
FYI I asked a Stax repairman(I forgot his name sorry) about..
"What is the best source for Stax?"
His answer is "Luxman. Luxman SACDP or DAC, some model are so so but Luxman...they sound blacker background between notes."
Luxman(as source) is the way to go! http://www.luxman-global.com
Hm... Should I take your word for it? I have always enjoyed Luxman aesthetics
Jack Wu is the official US distributor of Stax and literally has the L300L in hand as he did for CanJam.
Is this true? Is he now the official US distributor of Stax?
So you have $1.4k for DAC, 3.8k for headphones and god knows how much (8k -10k+) for the DIY T2, haha. I wanted to reinforce that I think that's actually a wise allocation of funds. With the 007 and 009 Stax headphones, amps make SO much difference that I think they easily defeat the usual diminishing returns rule, as long as you're upgrading to the "right" amp at each step. E.g. Stax 007 / 717 / 727 => KGSShv / KGST => BHSE / Carbon / GroundedGrid => DIY T2. Whereas DACs all sound a LOT more similar to each other, and I know it's possible to find very reasonably priced ones that sound very good. I'm really enjoying my ECP Audio DAC, paid just $600 (used), and I don't miss the Yggdrasil one bit; honestly the sweeter Wolfson 8741 based DAC (delta-sigma, horror of horrors!) with CineMag outputs synergizes better here (009 + BHSE). It does great with the Utopia + Max Balanced too, but of course they're no 009. I'm liking my headphone setup more than ever.This is what I am using with upgraded usb module
https://www.shenzhenaudio.com/l-k-s...bu-for-dop-usb-i2s-optical-audio-decoder.html
It is surprisingly good
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