The Stax thread (New)

[mwilson]

I wish I could go to Tokyo. My wife's been there twice and she absolutely loves the place. Alas, it's not a financial consideration but one of time, or lack thereof to be more precise. Too bad about no US showrooms, or local dealers carrying the brand. Anyone in South Florida or Las Vegas willing to give me a short listen? At one point I even had a SR-009 ordered but canceled it out of being uncomfortable going down a 12k or so path without listening in person beforehand.

 

[Golfnutz]

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I wish I could go to Tokyo. My wife's been there twice and she absolutely loves the place. Alas, it's not a financial consideration but one of time, or lack thereof to be more precise. Too bad about no US showrooms, or local dealers carrying the brand. Anyone in South Florida or Las Vegas willing to give me a short listen? At one point I even had a SR-009 ordered but canceled it out of being uncomfortable going down a 12k or so path without listening in person beforehand.

I'm in the same boat and decided to take the leap of faith anyway...
 

 

[musicman59]

I have listen to the SR-009 but I was spoiled becuase I have listen to them with highend amps (RSA 10, WES and BHSE) and love them (specially with the RSA A10 at those prices that th eonly one I would buy) but never listen to them with a Stax amp. Since I could not go all the way with the SR-009 and A10 right now. I took the advice of a fellow member here and order the SR-009 and SRM-727II for now and hopefully upgrade to the A10 down the road.
 
My set has been on order for 3 weeks already. The distributor has the 727II in stock but the SR-009 were back ordered. Hopefully one more week and they will arrive.

 

[Grev]

mwilson's sig, life is short but music is forever?  I can only read the chinese characters.

 

[arnaud]

One neat way to do this is to combine your trip with one of the large Fujiya Avic headphone festivals as they fall in rather pleasant season, you may get privileged treatment with 1 day excursion to the key audio stores, plus one of us Japan headfiers could possibly help you score a nice gift to bring back home, an sr009 for example .

 

[mwilson]

Yup. That's the idea. I can't read Chinese - there, we're kinda even now 

 
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mwilson's sig, life is short but music is forever?  I can only read the chinese characters.

 

 

[mwilson]

Haha, that's funny. But gifts can be mailed too, so I'll just PM you my address huh? In all seriousness, I can't find time for travel. I was hardly able to get away for a few days next week on a business trip. Tokyo is high up on the list of places to visit, or rather go back to. Perhaps visit the countryside too, see the cherries bloom. In a couple of years hopefully.
 
In the meantime though, I think I'll order from pricejapan, unless a better place is recommended. I plan to get a BHSE to power it.
 
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One neat way to do this is to combine your trip with one of the large Fujiya Avic headphone festivals as they fall in rather pleasant season, you may get privileged treatment with 1 day excursion to the key audio stores, plus one of us Japan headfiers could possibly help you score a nice gift to bring back home, an sr009 for example .

 

 

[DaveBSC]

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In the meantime though, I think I'll order from pricejapan, unless a better place is recommended. I plan to get a BHSE to power it.

Unless you already have another amp or a transformer to power them, if you plan to buy a BHSE there's no rush on the 009. Wait until next year when the BHSE actually arrives

 

 

[mwilson]

That long, huh? That's OK, I got a good speaker setup for the time being Yeah, I'll wait on the cans til closer to amp delivery.
 
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Unless you already have another amp or a transformer to power them, if you plan to buy a BHSE there's no rush on the 009. Wait until next year when the BHSE actually arrives

 

 

 

[Anthony1]

Anybody know whether there is any shop in Singapore where you can audition the 009's?

 

[El_Doug]

Congrats on the SR-009, you'll love them.  Why would you want to downgrade the amp? 
 
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I took the advice of a fellow member here and order the SR-009 and SRM-727II for now and hopefully upgrade to the A10 down the road.

 

 

[spekkio]

Try Music By Design in Adelphi (2nd floor). They are the official distributor of Stax in Singapore. They also have the O2 Mk 2 and the 507.
 
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Anybody know whether there is any shop in Singapore where you can audition the 009's?

 

 

[jaycalgary]

Do you think I am okay using 0.125A fuses instead of 0.1A for F1 and F2 in my SRM-717?

 

[Tilpo]

Do you think I am okay using 0.125A fuses instead of 0.1A for F1 and F2 in my SRM-717?

Most fuses in an amps are slow blow. Meaning that 25% more in rated current shouldn't be a problem at all.

 

[jaycalgary]

Hey thanks they are fast blow fuses though. There are slow blow fuses in a different area.