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I've been thinking about selling the APL and getting a 30.6 for the last week or so.

Gary got the box as well as the ECR400 cable. Perhaps it is time to track down an ECR600 again an turn them into a full blown electrostatic...

Don't I know it. I bought an ECR-400 from Japan which sounded nice but had a channel imbalance. It was thus scrapped for parts, the drivers were stored, the frame housed some SFI drivers (which Marc has now) and the transformers went to Justin for him to mess with. Then I bought the ECR600 which Gary has now and it never worked. The cable was decomposing when I got it (it was just a goo with some metal in it ) so I put on a Stax electret cable but it never played ball. My plan was to gut the drivers and turn them into an electrostatic (with probably 1kv bias) but Gary rescued them before I did that. He also got the ECR400 drivers.

Now, now it ain't over till it is over. I could donate a some BH boards to the "let's get Dimitri an amp" fund, plus a couple of 2sk389's and a few other random parts if you want to take that route.

I'll take one in the milled chassis. K thx bye...

I've never heard a working set...

I threw my hat in the ring since that amps need to be rebuilt, properly. Split filament supplies, remove that silly biasing scheme, add a proper umbilical cable, remove the crappy bias supply, address the rest of the PSU issues, remove all the magic "tweaks" and put in some nice Teflon sockets. Kane was going to send it to either me or Kevin last year but nothing came of it. Even back then he made it quite clear that he didn't want the amp back once it was finished. I'm not sure about the resolution since the box says nothing about it and I'm not sure the Denon 3910 can give me that info. The dynamics are better (enough so that the Egmont has a hissy fit) and the recording has this ease to it much the same as good SACD. Now if the damn thing would start off in stereo mode and not silly 5.1...

Happy birthday Lily. You are crazy, but I like it...

I've opened up both ECR600 and ECR400 drivers and they looked to be pretty much identical. There isn't anything more to an ECR adapter then a transformer with a rather high ratio to make up for the truly mammoth D/S gap of these phones so try it out.

I'm glad you liked them.

It's on my list. Perhaps I should ask Craig to keep an eye out for them...

Completely forgot to respond. I'll also opt out since I've found plenty of XF2 quads around the 200$ mark over the years. In other news, I'm right now listening to the Egmont falling flat on its face when put under some pressure. It has handled most things I've thrown at it relatively well but when playing the DVD-A of Maiden's Dance of Death on the Mk1's it is just being slaughtered. \ Now, it has never been able to show the depth of field which the Mk1's do so well (a sure sign that the amp isn't up for the task) or small bass details but now it has entered HE90 mode and simply skips over huge portions of the bass plus a lot of the small detail. Damn I miss having a BH here...

As the keeper of the Wiki, me thinks you should get a set to play with. I can't think of a better way to promote a new ortho and get some constructive criticism at the same time. They are probably also in NYC so no shipping hassle...

The build quality of that ortho set is stunning for a prototype. Stick some nice leather on that foam and it's all set.

Damn noobs asking stupid questions... Welcome Santa!! For 40$ you should be able to score an OEM Stax setup from the 70's with an adapter or a Koss ESP6. Having two pounds of 1960's electrostatic goodness sitting on one's head is hard to beat.

I believe you are correct. It's a shame it can't handle more voltage though...

I'm in. Nope, they are still in Japan.

Precisely! With the dwindling supply of BG's we should switch to moar Elnas and Muse's..ssss

The Omegas even use the same cable as the SR-007 Mk1, though in a bit nicer color. Yup and that is also true about my hybrid. The bass is also rather different since on the SR-007 Mk1 it is a bit subdued and rather lean but it is more prominent on the SR-Omega. It's also influenced by some chassis resonance so it isn't quite as linear as the Mk1. I've never been a fan of the RFT tubes and the Tesla's never sounded like an XF2 to my ears. I need to get some Treasure series tubes... The original brown headband is indeed no longer available but I managed to get a couple of gently used examples. One of which is on the replacement arc Craig got for me. The arc on my hybrid is also new which was clearly evident when I got them, Stax had put the SN on the wrong side... The arc's do loose their tension over the years but only on the Omegas. Must be due to the very heavy earpieces. It's also quite easy to move the headbands if you want to do so. There are two screws holding the assembly together, undo those and it falls apart. Just be careful not to loose the small spring inside and the metal disk used to secure it. Also note that the guide pins are directional so the end with the rounded corners goes either up or down, can't remeber which.

We may have tin ears but at least we have some sense and great mods.

Indeed it is and as such should be demo'd exclusively with Megadeth at loud to insane volume.

The etch is rather subtle and doesn't show on most recordings but when it does, it drives me mad. Regardless they are the second best headphones ever made and quite a ways away from anything else. Andy really needs a new arc on his set since it is supposed to be dark brown and not white...

The SR-007 is moar better once you notice the damn upper midrange etch. That's why I kept my SR-Omega with SR-007 drivers since they combine all the good aspects of both phones, brutal honesty with a bit of fun thrown in for good measure. I'm set for spare parts though with a spare set of drivers, earpads, cable and arc assembly. I'm certain that most of these broken phones can be fixed in the right hands, I even have 1.4um Mylar-C so that I can change out the diaphragm. Btw. It's nice to have you see the light, ALO fanboy...

We need comparisons to other new production EL34's, such as the SED, Mullard or JJ. Back in 2004 I utterly hated the Valve Art (absolute crap and they showed burn marks after a few weeks in the BH), the EH's were ok but the SED's really stood out.

Ditto. There is no way in hell for those tiny transformers to make the Mk1 shine, no matter what amp you use to push them.