[cat6man]

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I was going to get the LL by the end of the year anyway.  The Mal Valve is just another option.  Who knows, maybe I'll end up with three stat amps!  

 
It's in my avatar, after all:
 

 
my wallet believes in electrostatic monogamy!

 

[sridhar3]

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my wallet believes in electrostatic monogamy!

Does this make me an audio Mormon? 

 

[obzilla]

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Does this make me an audio Mormon? 

 
That depends, do you wear magic underwear? If not, then you're just a player.

 

[cat6man]

a level matching question:
the 009 is more sensitive than the 007.
 
which is closer in sensitivity to my 404LE?  will the 009 be louder or softer than my 404LE at the same drive level?

 

[spritzer]

It's been way too long since I've had a 404LE here but the Lambda should be a bit more sensitive. 
 
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Does this make me an audio Mormon? 

 
No, anything under 10 amps is just posing.  I would probably go into withdrawal if my main rig didn't have at least 5 Stax amps at any given time. 

 

[DolphinG]

Well, looks like many STAX users are more interested in Omegas (Omega, 007, 009..)
 
I've also used 007 and 009 for several months with SRM-717, but I prefer Lambda series to Omegas.
 
Maybe I should try other amps, but I think that the best model of STAX is Lambda headphones, especially the first generations.
 
But it does not mean that Omega headphones are bad.
 
Maybe I;m too accustomed to Lambda headphones too much, since I first knew STAX.

 

[rgs9200m]

That Mal Valve amp has 10 tubes (with 4 6V6 tubes). How hot should that thing run? Thanks.

 

[kevin gilmore]

Well, there is about 20 watts of filament power alone.

So yes it's going to run rather warm

 

[obzilla]

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I buoght a good quality headphone  at half price in www.stereostart.com , I am so happy , it is so wonderful , the sound quality is pretty good

 
OMG THAT IS AWESOME. TAKE MY MONEY.

 

[verwandlung]

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I buoght a good quality headphone  at half price in www.stereostart.com , I am so happy , it is so wonderful , the sound quality is pretty good

 
Perhaps something just slightly more subtle would help your cause...

 

[Anaxilus]

Don't feed the phish.

 

[verwandlung]

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Don't feed the phish.

 
Only with good poisonous food! You get rid of them faster than by letting them starving...

 

[sridhar3]

Alright, so I managed to get in touch with Mr. Dieter Mallach, the gentleman who runs Mal Valve.  It took him a few days to get back to me, but he did answer all my questions in detail.  Please bear with me here. I'm not an expert on this stuff, so if some of these points seem stupid/obvious, I simply asked because I'm dumb.
-Electrostatic voltage is 800v p2p, 290v RMS
-Parallel push-pull, all stages Class A
-You can't use all six outputs at once.  You can toggle between the 2 ES outputs, and the 4 dynamic outputs.
-It's designed to accommodate tube-rolling if that's your thing.
-A bit more information has been added to the website.  There's a remote control for volume.  (link: http://www.malvalve.de/head3.html)
 
Also, Mr. Mallach was kind enough to send along a few more pictures of the guts (driver stage/tubes, power stage, volume control, and some other stuff I can't identify because I'm dumb):
  
 
  

 

[musicman59]

I just don't like the output jacks at the back. I don't think is practical for headphones.

 

[schorsch]

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Well, looks like many STAX users are more interested in Omegas (Omega, 007, 009..)
 
I've also used 007 and 009 for several months with SRM-717, but I prefer Lambda series to Omegas.
 
Maybe I should try other amps, but I think that the best model of STAX is Lambda headphones, especially the first generations.
 
But it does not mean that Omega headphones are bad.
 
Maybe I;m too accustomed to Lambda headphones too much, since I first knew STAX.

I really like them too)
Regards Georg