| Originally Posted by krmathis /img/forum/go_quote.gif If I find one, with a fair price tag, I will certainly snatch it. That is true! 
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| Originally Posted by edstrelow /img/forum/go_quote.gif I did a comprison recently of the Lambda Signature, 404 and Nova Classic. http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f113/s...lassic-430113/ I thought the Sig was slightly down in bass, and definitely down in midrange compared to the others but overall had a very pleasing sound and I thought was listenable on a wider range of material than the others, although it was not necessarily more accurate tonally. Many stats (but not Sigmas and 005's) have a treble edginess on recordings which may have too much recorded treble. Telarcs generally don't have a treble edge, but a lot of rock/pop is treblish. Often cables can make a difference. I also recommend Silclear on all contacts and even a cheap noise remover such as PS Audio's noise harvester can make the treble smoother on all recordings. |
| Originally Posted by Duckman /img/forum/go_quote.gif Thanks a lot, Edstrelow. Now I'm keen to compare some other offerings. Are any of the Lambda series particularly known to present rock music well? |
| Originally Posted by Keithpgdrb /img/forum/go_quote.gif I've been told the sr5nb gold rocks pretty hard, but I've not heard it. |
| Originally Posted by Sherwood /img/forum/go_quote.gif You heard right, it does rock hard, but it's not a lambda. Nonetheless, worth a shot. It's kind of the "grado" of the Stax lineup, if I might make so crass a comparison. |
| Originally Posted by Sherwood /img/forum/go_quote.gif You heard right, it does rock hard, but it's not a lambda. Nonetheless, worth a shot. It's kind of the "grado" of the Stax lineup, if I might make so crass a comparison. |
| Originally Posted by dickbianchi /img/forum/go_quote.gif The man I bought my 5nbgolds from also characterized it as the grado of the stax line. Maybe power of suggestion but when I listened, it did indeed have the "upfront" character of my RS1s. Now I have both phones in the same place and will be able to make some sort of evaluation of this notion. |
| Originally Posted by Sherwood /img/forum/go_quote.gif You heard right, it does rock hard, but it's not a lambda. Nonetheless, worth a shot. It's kind of the "grado" of the Stax lineup, if I might make so crass a comparison. |
| Originally Posted by Duckman /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm guessing their a bit of a rarity also! What sort of price does the SR-5NB fetch these days? |
| Originally Posted by Victor Chew /img/forum/go_quote.gif Can anyone tell me if I should leave the SRD7mk2 on all the time or if I should turn it off when not in use? |
| Originally Posted by Oublie /img/forum/go_quote.gif leaving it on makes sense if you have your cans plugged in as it has been said that the diaphrams do need some time to charge but this will attract dust to them over time. Personally i turn mine off when not in use however, a few members have said that the sound improves with time due to the diaphrams being fully charged so it might be an idea to turn them on a little while before listening. |
| Originally Posted by Cool_Torpedo /img/forum/go_quote.gif That "time for charging" thing is pure nonsense. The cans start sounding as soon as the unit is switched on and there's some music playing. Electricity travels at almost light speed and the mylar membrane gets "charged" as soon as the bias current gets to it, so when the music signal gets to the stators, the membrane starts moving. On adapters you not even need the time to warm up components as in energizers. It makes more sense leaving your amp on to shorten its warm up time, than leaving the adapter on. |
| Originally Posted by Oublie /img/forum/go_quote.gif tell that to those who claim otherwise. |
