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If the mastering isn't messed up then yeah, high res all the way. Kevin just turns white if you even mention vinyl to him...

It's been some time since we last spoke about that but I'm not sure. It was the set that some idiot damaged and didn't own up to it.

With the HV there was no other alternative but to decrease the current with the onboard sinks. The extra headroom, CCS, better devices and better PSU makes up for that. Now place the amp on some good sinks and yeah, it gets much better.

Too much current through the tubes would be my guess.

The voltage doubler uses next to no current so it's a non-issue. If it did use any current then we'd quickly have to find new drivers for our phones. There is a reason why Stax uses 10nf caps in their multipliers which means they can't withstand any load. As for the boxes, I like the challenge of building amps into boxes that are generally a size too small. Proper grounding and just wiring in general becomes very important but this stuff keeps me interested. You should see the new "super-symmetry state of the art amp" (Kevin's joke... ) I'm working on. Just about as small as I can build something fully balanced with a regulated PSU without building it in layers in a custom box.

That transformer should not look like that so first things first, change the tubes as they are a likely culprit. Second, check the actual socket wiring on the Stax voltage selector as it might be wrong. The SRM-006t is pretty much identical to the SRM-T1 but here is the schematic since I have it. Not the best scan but it will do.

Happy Birthday Dinny!!!

The contact is great if you tin the leads and then feed them through the plug to solder them in. They are a bit of a pain though.

Get them away from that back wall ASAP!!!

Last I heard he was holding a set of R10's hostage from Milos...

There should be a huge warning sign about dealing with APS. Way too many people have had trouble dealing with him in the past year or two.

It could be an attenuator issue. The Noble just could be a bit noisy or the balance control is acting up.

Cut the lip off the Amphenol plug and remove the center pin. Now insert it into a Neutrik XLR strain relief and top with some heatshrink: Works like a charm.

It just did one of those and it's a doddle.

Hehe, that is funny as it just skips words it doesn't understand.

The infrastructure in the US is indeed quite poor. I was a bit shocked on my first visit to see external powerlines in built up areas... We've been suffering though a rather nasty storm here since Thursday with winds hitting 1. stage hurricane speeds and nearly double that in the worst gusts. Highest I've seen listed was 69m/s which is pretty intense but luckily that's not in the city. Some damage but nothing too dramatic even if the north of the country is buried in snow. Here is a video shot two blocks from the bakery and people everywhere. They didn't even cancel the huge music festival that was held in the many bars on that street....

No problem, I'll put you in charge of quality control during your stay. This reminds me, I really should take a picture of our new sourdough breads and show them to Jacob.

That video made me cringe so often it isn't funny. If anybody would take a metal scraper to any of my machines I'd punch their lights out and leaving all those breads unprotected in the racks is madness. Using plates to insert into the ovens... Still, our days are very seldom boring and I'd take it over any 9-5 job.

Thread tag is teh funneh!! The Stax mafia should really be renamed the ES mafia as that's what we are about, regardless of who makes them. That said, ML speakers were never good but the new ones are just terrible, taking away all rigidity in the panel to make it look cool and the bass/panel integration is a joke. Things are apparently even worse with the newest stuff and the recent sale of ML and moving of the production to Canada hasn't improved things. Still, some of the old ones are ok and I was just asked to refurb and old set for my neighbor. I'm thinking complete rebuild with extensive mods to the bass but I doubt he'll like the cost...

So these might actually be worse than the ML speakers? How is that even possible? I suspect sorcery might be at work here....

Larger thermal drifts should be the cause here and that's nothing to worry about.

More current in the bridge isn't a problem.

Just checked and the bookshelf version costs 313$ up here. Gotta love high VAT and import taxes....

Brilliant!!

I thought the bass on the prototype in Chicago was a bit of a joke. Not only excessive to the extreme but also a nice prominent coloration and that bass slider... way too much to are you fucking nuts??