I used to have some of these links in my sig, some go back a few years back but should still be valid. These are just older posts that helped me see the forest through the trees, they’re mostly stuff from ex active posters, some of them that have been tagged as « members of the stax mafia ». There was an era where several companies tried to get into estat market, sometimes producing items with controversial design choices or plainly unsafe. These members helped raise awereness on potential issues and also inject a bit of reality into things, which sometimes caused a lot stir as some viewed them as a block to creativity, leading to the same wire + gain type design « without soul ».
I bookmarked some of the technical exchanges, in particular plain facts about amp specs etc at a time when I was myself considering options. I realized I still had them bookmarked so sharing for the friendly
@French Penguin (i.e. I started digging for you what
@Tugbars was referring to).
You may need to scroll down the pages a bit and may be even more surprised by the posters, some are rather famous
:
- 717 vs 727:
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/the-stax-thread-new.223263/post-9654796
- Transformer box vs. full blown amps and the risks:
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/wee-new-product-from-woo-audio.504471/post-6886820
- stat amps:
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/the-stax-thread-new.223263/page-1241
-´some stat amps specs:
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/the-stax-thread-new.223263/page-1240
-´some stat amps voltage swing ratings:
http://www.head-fi.org/t/582518/electrostatic-amplifiers-voltage-ratings