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Turns out they are even better with SR-007 earpads. The brown pads also match perfectly with the tan plastic...

Did somebody say Mafia...?

Happy Birthday Mike!!!

A week probably. Depends on how much he's had to drink and how many mushrooms he's eaten...

I just wanted to chime in and say just how bloody awesome the SR-1 is. This headphone is at least 45 years old (probably a few years older than that even though it isn't the first version) yet after sitting for at least a year untouched the drivers came up to song is a few seconds and with no channel imbalance. The sound is nothing short of stunning with ample bass and treble. The sound field isn't as expansive as with the modern Stax sets but this can still embarrass quite a few modern dynamics.

There is a nice stretch of the Atlantic between us so at least 2.5 hours in a plane. Only a few days on a well built viking ship though...

The price is from Stax and there is no other info available on it in terms of when it will be released etc. The hair could short out the driver so that could be it. You are a fully fledged DIY'er now so break out that DMM and measure continuity from the plug to the terminals on the drivers. The one closest to the ear is +, the one in the middle is the bias and the back is - So it is still open. Very odd... Do the phones fart if you press down on the earpieces while they are on your head?

I spent the morning replacing all the wheels under the large baking racks in the bakery. These go through multiple 24°C->230°C->24°C cycles every day so after a few years the wheels are toast and it was no fun removing all of them with all of the bolts seized up. After that is was time to prebake 250 new baking plates to remove all the residue from them and to feed them through a machine which polishes and oils them. The upside was a visit from Norway in the afternoon. I was selling my T1 amp on HF and this guy asked if he could just pick it up in person. He had some friends here so why not save on the shipping. I knew he would arrive here yesterday but we hadn't set any specific time to meet up. I told him where the bakery is so he just showed up there and we had a lovely chat.

Same here but I wouldn't say I was working at 100%...

I would have loved to see that dust cover disappear into the vacuum... The only way to remove the dust is to open up the driver and hope you can clear it out without adding some more dust. If the phones still have warranty left then Stax will exchange the drivers since this shouldn't happen at all. The drivers are assembled in a clean room just to make sure of that.

Tube amps are indeed the name of the game here or very well designed SS amps. Sunlight will kill most plastics, let alone those that are 3.5um thick so I'd try to block it out as much as you can.

I did, the wool backing in the SR-Lambda and the Pro's. Even the HF reviewers could hear that difference but the foam makes no difference. If it did then the foam next to the ears would make a vastly bigger difference, same goes for the cloth on the new series. I've tried it and it doesn't have any effect. The foam is just there to obscure the drivers from view.

Zen

The last new ESL57 was produced by Quad in 1984 (not counting the new production German units) so show me a dynamic speaker which is still going strong after 30-50 years. Not that many even last 15 before the cones have to be refoamed and the crossovers rebuilt. You will still get sound but it isn't up to spec. Same with most of the old Quads. Add to this just how abused the Quads are and used by people who have no idea how to use them. There is one guy here who has a few sets in his house and they are all 100% functional with minimal servicing after 30+ years. He also knows how to use them and most importantly, keep them out of direct sunlight.

Of course they do. All Lambdas have it and don't start that foam making a difference nonsense!!!

Probably dust but could be a bias supply issue. Unplug the headphones while this is going on and if it is still present after unplugging then it is a dust issue.

Nahh, just use PCL86's. That's what Sennheiser are doing now after some pesky people drained the entire supply of ECL's...

Happy Birthday!!

Good show Andy!

I quite like the fact that some of the T2 parts wound up in other Stax products from the same ere. K216's as output devices is the first "portable amp" for instance. I think Justin and I need to get cracking on cloning research...

Voff, voff...

I'm sure we can have some heatsinks made for us plus some bolt on panels. 240$ for the transistors isn't that much when a quad of Mullard XF2's is ~400$. The transistors will last a good while longer and we can push more current though them...

Hasn't this been tried time and time again in the US because of UK lyrics using "fag" meaning a cigarette? PC utterly missing the point as usual...

There is already an edited version of the song out there which has those lines removed. It was even on the HDCD best of release...

We could blow that on some silver WBT sockets!! Not that I don't have some of those...