[dukeskd]

To be fair, Stax never fails to impress. I had high expectations for the SR-307 as a mid-fi headphone and the SR-Omega as a stratospheric headphone and was still blown away by all counts (moreso by the latter).

We need more impressions 3x0

 

[aj-kun]

New Old Stock or Refurb?
 
PICS

Nyankey cameo

Nothing to see here

Serial with my birthyear =D

Sticky Tape Fix on box = little suspect

Serial on box.

 

[Pier Paolo]

Hi, I am back. I am enjoying my 507/600 combo a lot but  I have a little question, a curiosity: when I set the bias I can reach 0- 300 mV both DC and offset on both channels.(amp well warmed up an no input). I also check again after a while. The values fluctuate between -250mV and +450mV. Ok, I close the metal panel ad switch off the unit.
Anyway, if  I check again after some days I have different values: 0,9-1 V. Do you think that these fluctuations are normal or should I check for some problem? As posted before in the thread I have already changed the 8X30k  plate resistors with 16X15k (2%,5W) kiwame.
 
And: would dc balance and offset bias setting be easier with the headphone plugged-in?
Thanks. PP

 

[spritzer]

There is no regulation what so ever in the PSU plus the normal drift in the circuit so some fluctuation is to be expected. 

 

[forbigger]

@aj-kun - looks mint to me. most likely nos

 

[ericfarrell85]

Can anyone compare the Electra with the KGSS? Lately I've felt the SR007 was a little closed in, a little dark and in need of some upper frequency shimmer. This may be coming from the HE6 I've been listening to over the past week, as I don't remember thinking this before. It would be nice to know if the Electra opens them up a bit. 

 

[Seele01]

hi there,
 
i'm asking help as i'm having a problem with a stax set my friend got this summer.
 
we are still mid fi with a great learning curve ahead, but quite curious about high end sound as we experienced the 407/007 in a french audio shop. The quality of the sound was so great from what we knew ( i own a SR325i and he's got a beyer dt880 ) that we stepped up to get a SRM 323/307 set from ebay.
 
when we received the pack ( no blemish whatsoever ) plugged the amp, put the headphone on, but we only get sound from the right speaker?? we checked everything cablewise but everything is connected, we are using a computer as a source ( for the test) jack>rca directly to the amp. It seems the volume knob is turning but nothing happens, the knob for the left channel is working, but we got no sound from the right one. 
 
as we are clearly begginners from this side, we don't know anyone having another stax headphone/set to authenticate the source of the problem (either the amp or the headphone)
 
do you guys might have an idea of what is going on with this? 
 
regards

 

[3X0]

We need more impressions 3x0

In due time. :bigsmile_face: My desktop gear is en route across the country and soon I will be as well.

If the Omega was this impressive out of my smartphone I can only imagine what they'll be capable of. :eek:

 

[complin]

Presume you have reversed the RCA connections from the source and does the fault move to the other channel or stay the same?
 
Quote:

  hi there,
 
i'm asking help as i'm having a problem with a stax set my friend got this summer.
 
we are still mid fi with a great learning curve ahead, but quite curious about high end sound as we experienced the 407/007 in a french audio shop. The quality of the sound was so great from what we knew ( i own a SR325i and he's got a beyer dt880 ) that we stepped up to get a SRM 323/307 set from ebay.
 
when we received the pack ( no blemish whatsoever ) plugged the amp, put the headphone on, but we only get sound from the right speaker?? we checked everything cablewise but everything is connected, we are using a computer as a source ( for the test) jack>rca directly to the amp. It seems the volume knob is turning but nothing happens, the knob for the left channel is working, but we got no sound from the right one. 
 
as we are clearly begginners from this side, we don't know anyone having another stax headphone/set to authenticate the source of the problem (either the amp or the headphone)
 
do you guys might have an idea of what is going on with this? 
 
regards

 

[spritzer]

Also open up the amp and see if the LED's on the circuit board are lit.

 

[darinf]

It's not often I search for something and come up with nothing even though I am sure this has been discussed before...
 
I have a Stax 323A amp. I assume since it has two headphone outputs that are the same, can I use both outputs at the same time? If not, then why have two outputs?
 
What are the disadvantages of using to headphones at one time?
 
I have a pair of 407's and 009's and want to compare them. But I also don't like the idea of plugging and unplugging those Stax connectors a lot.
 
Your thoughts?

 

[kevin gilmore]

Works best when both headphones are identical. Otherwise one is going to
Be a fair amount louder. The extra load on the amp is very minimal.

This is nothing like the loads on a dynamic amplifier.

 

[preproman]

  Can anyone compare the Electra with the KGSS? Lately I've felt the SR007 was a little closed in, a little dark and in need of some upper frequency shimmer. This may be coming from the HE6 I've been listening to over the past week, as I don't remember thinking this before. It would be nice to know if the Electra opens them up a bit. 

 
I'm hoping the BHSE will open them up as well.  It's said to be a great match..

 

[spritzer]

  It's not often I search for something and come up with nothing even though I am sure this has been discussed before...
 
I have a Stax 323A amp. I assume since it has two headphone outputs that are the same, can I use both outputs at the same time? If not, then why have two outputs?
 
What are the disadvantages of using to headphones at one time?
 
I have a pair of 407's and 009's and want to compare them. But I also don't like the idea of plugging and unplugging those Stax connectors a lot.
 
Your thoughts?

 
They are sharing the amp in a way but as Kevin said, it's fine to plug a few headphones into any one amplifier.  Stax even made a 3-to-1 adapter back in the day. 

 

[Pier Paolo]

Hi there,
I have read opposite things about the charge/discharge of the Mylar membrane. Hours to charge, seconds to charge, problems with strange static opposite charge......
So, now, my question are:
Is it better to leave the phones plugged all the time or the charging time is so short that this is not an issue?
Is it better to discharge the phones when unplugged? and how I can do that? (I unplug the phones every night because of my cats.....)
 
Please experts, some light!
 
Ciao
Pier Paolo