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I for know cables matter but we too can measure that. Talk to any layman about the myth of electrical components some how changing after 200-800 hours of use and they think you are retarded. Dig a little deeper and why would caps somehow start to change after 200 hours after what, a few million charge cycles? Also, why is burnin always good, why does it never make anything sound bad? Now I for one know it takes a while to know any piece of gear. This time gets shorter with experience much the same way any professional who has to use his subjective skills does. I could really hold a lecture about bread and cake tasting and just how wrong and fucking clueless most people are. That said, the people who bang on the most about burn-in are the least experienced and have never held a soldering iron in their life. HAve no clue what makes the equipment tick nor how these supposed changes would come about.

SR-Lambda (6-pin) is 230V but 250 is close enough. You can also shave off a few volts since the danger of arcing with this beast can't be underestimated.

The normal bias is actually 200V for the 1967-1975 models (the SR-1 is also 200V but the very first units were 150V). The 1977 and onwards models all used 230V bias but many models still used pre-1977 drivers and worked just fine off the higher bias voltage. A simple voltage divider off any of the PSU lines would work for a normal bias supply or any of the other bias voltages we are using (180, 360, 500 and 540V). Mine is sitting here right now. 16kg of aircraft grade aluminum just for the BH amp boards. I'll post pics when I have some time...

Let alone being able to measure it for either good or bad.

Yup, it's a single piece of teflon. I need a couple of these Kevin for the prototype, milled from solid Blue Hawaii...

The HE90 has a rather distinctive sound so most Stax sound different. Nevertheless... you are doomed...

Depends on which ESL it was...

Could be a later show then. Still funny that he didn't use his own crappy ESP amps for his headphones...

This is supposed to be the same headphone... notice the amp and cable... Then there is that sign...

Hehe could be. Speaking of the tit-anus, I just love it how this design was supposedly debuted to great fanfare at the Japan show when that set clearly used a 6 core Stax cable and was driven by a SRM-007t...

Truly dreadful is an understatement but my guess is that some of the distributors ask for a dynamic model to build on the brand name. Almost always a very bad idea...

The Glades pilot. Quite good...

Stax SRM-727A...

For me it isn't even about better any more, just something different. I have two nearly finished amps sitting on my desk right now yet I spent the morning working on a project which I haven't touched for 6 months or more, HEV90/Aristaeus style amp with rare and obscure triodes...

I can't access the database for all Icelanders (never bothered to register) but given that parts of my family come from the same region it is highly probable.

I wonder if I can get a discount by proving I'm related to some famous vikings?

Yes, yes you did.

Yeah, he doesn't fit too well into the whole viking image...

It's not like I haven't been working on other projects... I have way too much stuff going on...

Went to pickup my car from the body shop after it had gotten a whole new front end or so I thought. Turns out they forgot about the main radiator fan (which had a huge chunk missing) so the engine rattled like a diesel. Ahh the joy of not having a car again..

Ohh I'm sure we are related, everybody here is. Turns out the singer from Sigur R

I for one enjoy music from that era from time to time, even Icelandic 80's music which ranges from bad to terrible. I for one can't stand "audiophile music" ...

Drivers can be repaired but if Stax would just sell us the parts we need then I'd be happy...

We had both though people were manly enough to carry all of the beer downstairs to meet Pete... All I can remember about meeting Pete is that he didn't believe I was Icelandic and then Jacob yelling at me...

Somebody really likes wax caps...