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Dual box but then you already knew that...

Get some rebuilt ESL63's, same speaker but a rebuilt unit should be far better.

Worked and then went to the first ever mini headphone mini meet in Iceland with me and stuartr. Bunch of electrostatics, vinyl, Grado's and I converted his Melos Maestrobator over to 230v. Excellent to say the least.

Everybody must have some good days but he does raise an important point which is so often overlooked, misunderstood or simply chalked up a synergy.

There is no rush...

Ahh ok, thanks for the clarification Ed.

So... do you have any 5XL then? Yeah, but I'd get rather furious and try to put out that damn volcano...

Not so much if it keeps me stranded here...

I have no idea how much we export but some researcher for the QI show unearthed this. It appears to be true as we have a lot of greenhouses and we even gave some banana plants to Greenland a couple of years ago when they gained a bit of independence from Denmark.

Hey!! We are the largest exporter of bananas in Europe!!

It is really nice.

Chicago is much colder in the winter but the average summer temp here is around 12-15

Yeah, sold both the hybrid and the original. Damn T2 chase...

You push the wires through the pins and solder them indirectly. I usually tin the wire, feed the wire through the pin, feed solder in from the other side and heat up the side of the pin. Works like a charm with a very strong bond.

Not really. I also needed something light for a certain trip to a warmer climate...

It's quite amazing that Stax sold 550+ Omegas in two years when Sennheiser took the better part of two decades to shift all of the HE90's.

Two pairs of shoes. The joy of finding anything in size 15 up here means I buy anything the shop has in stock.

For me the SR-Omega has many qualities but it isn't without fault either. Their biggest issues is the lack of control at high levels, some slight non-linearity in the bass and some upper midrange etch. So not perfect but pretty damn close and a far better headphone then the HE90. I do prefer the SR-007 but I could live happily with either one.

When used like that they are fine for short test sessions (they are great for checking hum in amps and other issues like that) but the tips weren't comfy enough for and long term listening.

It has more to do with the heavy air damping going on rather then the structure. The open area on the SR-001/003 stators is only about a quarter of the total area. There is plenty of bass to start with but it is cleaner. Highs have more range but it is mostly the midrange which gains a lot more presence. Electrostatic transducers don't move air in that sense, they produce sound via vibration. But like Dusty said, the size of the transducer has to be in context with the air it needs to excite. The SR-003 isn't a circumaural but comfortable they are not.

If all of that fails, cave your head in with our utterly over the top amps.

Happy Birthday!!!

Sorry for missing this. Happy belated birthday!!!

Neither of those things applies to Stax and that's what makes it so puzzling to me. I've long lost count of how many SR-404's I've owned over the years (20+ probably) and they all had this annoying as hell midrange honk which means I can't spend more then 10 minutes listening to them. This one is more like the 404LE, slightly thin compared to the SR-007 but midrange etch. Have you ever heard the SR-003 off a BH? Well worth the audition.

I believe those amps have the "Sustained Plateau Bias" or what it was called where the bias is variable but the amp should never leave Class A.