TMoney

Did you ever hear anything back from ED? It looks like the Japanese sellers have some fresh supply (See price japan) so maybe there is some hope for the rest of us in getting our 009s soon.

Converted the stock HD800 cable from SE to 4-Pin XLR. Because when it comes to DIY we all gotta start somewhere.

And the new elusivedisc date is up: 7/29/11. Ugh. Maybe that date applies to new orders and not to existing orders? Either way, I'm not holding out much hope in receiving the SR009s any time soon.

Yeah, I'm thinking about doing exactly that at some point down the road. Lets source-roll when our 009s finally come in.

I fully expect to get killed for saying this given the hatred on this site twoards the Amphora. I think the RWA pre will be an "adequate" source for the BHSE -> SR-009 whenever they arrive. I'll let you hear it with the Siemens CCA tubes I have in there the next time there is a bay-area meet-up. It sounds quite different from Bobcn's Isabellina. Still, the RWA is no Perfect-Wave. Then again, what is? Horio and I are talking about working together on building a KGSSHV to drive the SR-009s until the BHSE shows up. I only put down my BHSE deposit a few weeks ago, so I don't expect to see it until the fall. As much fun as it would be for you to have an O2 around as well, unless your BHSE comes early I'd probably just stick with the Lambdas and the 323. I agree though, it might be a long wait.

I was originally planning on purchasing some mono-block amps for my speakers, but I changed my mind and decided to "go Stax." I had a chance to hear the Omega IIs again... they are incredible. I used the money I had set aside for speaker amps for the SR-009s and the BHSE deposit. <blasphemy/> For whatever reason, your Lambdas didn't really do it for me, </blasphemy> but the Omega IIs sure did, even out of a Woo GES. It also seems that most (if not all) of the head-fiers/head-casers who's posts and thoughts I most respect are all already in the Stax Mafia. Given many of the Mafia members' high expectations of the SR-009 and high opinions of the BHSE, I was sold on both.

Thanks for the updates, blubliss. I've got these on order from ED as well. The mafia finally got to me.