It's HF, they are all idiots looking for the next new shiny. This is better than most of the crap they shill but it's still not the all round champion people think it is.
Anybody preferring the 507 to anything Stax have ever made must be on crack. They are that bad... Only the 207 is useable of the new Lambdas but naturally Stax could have fixed the recent units like they did with the 009. Haven't bothered to get any of them just to try it out.
You really can't fix any of the drivers DIY. As soon as you open them up they are compromised in terms of dust and debris.
Mostly to do with the 10M90 CCS. Works just fine but I fear it might change too much how the amp performs over the stock CCS. As I have thousands of 2SC4686A's and 2SA1486's using it isn't a problem.
Those boards aren't ready for full release and I doubt we are going to clean them up. I also have my reservations about the mod going too far in some aspects so I will rather work on the new T2 version for Kevin and I.
With plenty of cooling then the 400V version is feasible. Don't worry about the amp drifting because it won't.
If you use external sockets then simply wire the heaters to them instead of to the board. Should clear up any issues with doing this.
The holes on the 10M90's are a bit too small so you can crack the insulator when mounting. ...shit that came out dirtier than planned... Anyway, if there is any damage to anything then throw it away.
It can be done, the circuit is certainly linear enough but the PSU is a problem. I could do a +/-250V that would run off 12VDC as I have the switchers for that.
50$ each with shipping isn't the best of deals. Speaking of China though:
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KGST and who knows what clusterfuck he's come up with for the new version...
Now for something new as this one was just fired up:
This was done as an exercise by me to see just how small we could make a stereo KGSSHV board and to do one that used only in production parts. On Semi had something to say about that though...
Please keep this stupidity on HF where it belongs. You don't have even the slightest clue what you are talking about.
Just swap the pot for a 1K resistor. That said, the 10K pot should work but you might need a far lower series resistor. Try something like 500R or even lower. Might smoke the pot depending on how robust it is.