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Most of the 2005 units were modified in that way so they work just fine off a Pro bias outlet. Mine certainly did...

It may not be funny but it is true. The OP contacted me and I suggested that he'd look for an Aristaeus or bug Justin a bit since his ES-1 is truly fubar.

The 4070 is a monitor so it has some similarities with the SR-X lineup, slight forward tilt, glorious midrange and a bit light on the bass bloom even if it extends very deep. They are an amazing design since the only indication of their closed nature is a slight thickening of the upper midrange. Comfort is an issues though since they are massive (650gr ) and get very hot around the ears after a while, even up here in the frozen north. The earliest examples didn't travel freely on the hinges so they won't fit everybody but Stax fixed that back in 2002.

I've mostly stopped since my stomach can't handle it. Two weeks in Greece, downing a 700ml bottle of Stroh80 every day does that to you. Not that drinking two bottles of white wine in 80 minutes on Saturday did it any favors but I only threw up once which is pretty good. I even handled some 80% Absinthe rather nicely later in the evening...

Wait... you lot liked the He90 out of the BH? What on earth were you smoking... I have a hunch that the 4070 should be even more dynamic once they have been fitted with SR-404LE earpads.

It actually stands for "What the fuck, my ES-1 is fubar and I need a new amp..."

Happy birthday guys!!!!

Cool!!! Btw... I'm hammered!!!

The He90 is great but I ultimately prefer the SR-007 for everything. The SR-Omega is trying hard to be neutral but ultimately has a signature of it's own and is thus the half way point so to speak. Yup that's the N1000.

Good point but then the manufacturer is crap. Cue markl talking about stuffing pads...

We are throwing a friend his bachelor party today. We started off abducting him from home, dress him up in silly clothes and then made him stand on the middle of a round-a-bout with a sign saying "honk if I'm hot!" Then we had some brunch and went out to sea to try some fishing. I had to go to work for a short while but now I'm sitting at home trying to get drunk before the dinner tonight.

I'd say the SR-007's main character is to be unimpressive which is very impressive at the same time. They aren't trying to force some given "sound" down your throat since their character changes on a dime with the music they are playing at that moment. This is why the Mk2/A annoys me so much since Stax should have taken this design a step further and not introduced some, quite frankly, stupid colorations on what was a pretty much blank canvas.

Reflective Grado pads are about as bad an idea as messing with the dimensions of electrostatic earpads by even 1mm.

Once you've lived with a BH then those traits are easy to spot. I quite like them though and for the price the 717 is a steal to say the least. The reason for the sound has to be partially the PSU and that it is why I've been wondering about simple CRC psu's instead of fancy regulated units.

You should know that you might end up liking the 717 more if you prefer a bit of color in your life.

The Master is just a basic EL34 push-pull amp with a Stax socket/bias supply bolted to it. The signal is taken off the OPT primaries and fed through some caps/resistors before reaching the Stax socket. This is a great solution if you are looking for an EL34 speaker amp and just happen to have some Stax sets hanging about but if that isn't the case, you'd be better off with a dedicated amp.

My motives are nothing but questionable...

Ditto!

The caps and wires soldered to the PSU plugs are just precious. Desoldering them would take a minute or two, well if she even knows how to desolder that is. Same can be said about mounting the caps on a perfboard.

Just ask and you'll have some BH PCB's in the mail...

Happy Birthday!!!

Yup

It's great to hear that the amp is up and running again. Working on SP amps does give clusterfuck a whole new meaning...

To open up a SR-007 you simply pull off the earpads and loosen the screws in the black backing plate. That was the easy part, getting them back together isn't...

I'll also be making some different bias boards soon to use in the ES amps which will be adjustable plus have a voltage divider. Not as fancy as the DC-DC units but should be quite a bit cheaper and smaller.