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I though only stars from Predator could run for governor.

The real question- how many will have Bushmills spelled wrong?

Really? Ever look at some NAD gear of the past? There are a lot of crappy solder jobs out there. With all the far east hack shops, it's all too common. But in premium priced gear, you'd expect a lot better than this.

Bring your hooks and hitch a ride.

So, a happy ending? Or agony?

Given that a US headphone maker labeled some cans Head-F1, likely not.

Nice. How do rate the deep bule watches? I've been thinking about a sea diver 1000 for a while now.

Haiku -The essence of haiku is "cutting" (kiru).This is often represented by the juxtaposition of two images or ideasand a kireji ("cutting word") between them, a kind of verbal punctuation mark which signals the moment of separation and colours the manner in which the juxtaposed elements are related. A couple posts here and I've already leaned new word! If I wasn't married, I most likely wouldn't have a tv.

Well, there's always "too cute" corney, but fun. Who doesn't like kittens and puppies?

Yeah, I know. Stupid is spreading accross the tv dial. Good morning America turns my stomach. The evening news is all fluff. I miss Walter Cronkite. You forget "ancient aliens". Because if you're a moron, eveything looks like alien technology. Check out the guy with the Don King hairdo.

Maybe it's time to sell my tv. I can only assume it's thinly disguised fiction. I know those towing tv shows are all recreations. I'll stick to the history channel and animal planet.

Comfort? Poor. I had my 650's, a pair of 700's, and 800's at a mini meet..Hard to believe the 700's were built by Sennheiser. Sound wise both the 700's and 800's are a whole different sound form the 6x0 series. I prefer the 800 to 700. But I'm not sure I'd spend the $$ for the 800's. At this point, the Stax 202's are hanging around for a while. I liked the 800's, but not $1499 of like. The 800's are the most comfortable of any cans ever on my head.

The other problem is that some amps have a bit of background hum thats hard to notice with speakers, but really is noticable with a transformer box. My ARC vt60 (tubes) has this issue. 20 year old tube amps would take a lot of work to rid yourself of any hum. I have since splurged for some Stax energizers. Problem solved. I had an old H/K receiver from about 1980 that worked great, also used a Rotel rb980 SS amp that worked well.

That would be like having a conversation with a model. Past the good looks, the rest would be a let down.

I've done pretty well with used. Most people who trade Stax stuff are pretty decent to deal with at the audio sites. The bad news is all things Stax have been shooting up in price the last couple of years. I've seen starter rigs like sr-40's going for higher and higher amounts. Take a look at the EBAY stax stuff right now, and there's a number of things listed at insane prices. And the people selling them there don't know crap, and throw around phrases like "untested" or "worked last time I used them 5 years ago" and the every popular "returns not accepted". Stay clear of EBAY, and you'll be a lot happier in the long run.

Buy used and the money goes further, and you lose less on reselling what you don't like. Headphone wise, there isn't much 30 day trial going on. Many people wouldn't ever want used headphones, so it's a short list of dealers who would do a trial on headphones.

I've got a Exstata hybrid I rotate in and out of my system. Sound? Pretty good with sr202's. The tubes seem to mix well with the Lambda series. I have a re-capped srm1 MKII that also sounds good, but different. The mid range is more pronounced with the Stax amp. The power supply worries me in the Exstata, and and some point I need to build a bit more robust one from other designs. I have heard KGSS and BH at meets and certainly could find no fault with them other than cost, and if I ever get around to DIYing one, finding parts is a chore. As fun as it is to throw rocks, I am content to just judge gear on it's merits and leave people out it. If I want conflict, all I have to do is go to work. 60 hours a week of that crap is more than enough for me.

Maybe it's time for the new management to offer Web-direct. Given the fact that they completely gutted out North America's dealers in the last two years, this would be a good time to offer this for at least this region.

That's common on just about everything made lately.. One board=cheaper to build. And makes it a paper cup. Use it once and throw it away.

The Chinese could ride out the current product line for 5 years. They don't need R&D anytime soon. They could just be getting the rights to make the gear in the current product line and run with it, and just cut costs. Then take the Stax name and hang it on to whatever new product line they have sitting out there, even traditional headphones. Stax dynamics? Most likely going to happen.

Let's hope that Yama's is the first thing they fix when they take over.

You have a PM. The Pico is a pretty good bang for the buck DAC. If i hadn't of gotten a steal on the NFB3, it would still be in use. I just had a conversation at the Club Polk website about DACS. It's hard to choose one anymore with all the new ones coming out. The reality of the DAC world is higher priced ones sound better(with a few exceptions). You have to just stop when the money runs out!

DMCS414, where are you in the DFW area? If you would like to test out a couple of cheap USB DACs, I've got a Pico DAC only and a Monica USB. I also have an Audio-gd NFB3 that's my prime DAC now. If I ever get off my butt and order a couple parts, I've got most of a pair of Bantams ready to go as well.

The grill pops off and the driver just snaps into place. Its held by fours plastic tabs. So the question becomes, what happened? If it was properly seated, it shouldn't just come loose. The link provided above is a start. Here's another as part of a "de-foaming". http://apuresound.com/hdsennmod.html Hopefully once the grill is removed, the tabs aren't broken. If ok, it should all just snap back together. The whole set of cans is pretty much like that.

Replaced the electrolytics. They tend to be the 1st thing to age in an amp. Higher ESR and drifting values are the result. The elder Stax gurus talk about it. I tried it. It works. They speak the truth!