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It's simply a pop version of electrostatics made for the look alone. Curved panels are a terrible idea so much so that even the inventor of the design wants nothing to do with it. Another make which is said to sound awful are King Audio. It's an interesting design for sure with wire stators and goes for maximum excursion on the thin but tall panel. The new models are active with Class D amplification.

Ohh, they are a vastly overpriced piece of crap using very outdated technology that are designed by people more interested in style then sound. When other manufacturers are trying to do something innovative (well Sanders, Sound Lab and Audiostatic) ML has been pushing crap like "Clearspar" or what ever they called it which were basically transparent spacers.

Ditto!

It's official, planars rule the world. Not that we didn't know it here with more electrostatics and isodynamics then anywhere else.

The condition of the pads is a huge part of the sound and also the angle of the drivers compared to the mic. The SR-Omega is much easier to measure as the drivers swivel and the pads hold their shape, even after 15 years.

Indeed I did and if I remember correctly the 717 didn't have the balls to drive it. The H2's need a lot of current which the small Stax amp could never hope to deliver.

Ok, I was just trying to get a reference in my mind. It does look inline with the SR-Omega graph which Stax posted back in the day and pretty close to to the ideal.

Last I heard Justin didn't have any boards and I was the only one with a few hanging about. I'm not going to sell any more though as I can't easily order more due to the messed up economic situation here. The BH is far from an easy project and makes most other amps look like toys. There are some new PSU designs being worked on which is why I'm keen to cobble together an old style BH to test them with. 500v output will be tough to get though as the capacitors are the limiting factor here but two 450v PSU's could be serial connected to give 900v and that opens up the world of DHT's and other such niceties. The SRD-7 Pro is just that, a Pro bias version of the original while the Mk2 features upgraded wiring. The difference isn't great though and there is so much more potential to be had with better transformers. You can't do anything simple to modify the stock bias supply but a new one isn't that hard to design. Does is say anywhere what amp was used?

Go on, take one for the team and buy a BHSE for that TakeT. The gain might have to be lowered though as they need less voltage then electrostatics.

FTW!!!! Could you make mine a little bit more silver though. If it means you have to spray paint the Stax sockets silver and scratch up the rest of the bodywork then so be it.

That's not ugly though I prefer silver... so stop trying to bribe Justin to let you have my amp!!!

You will not be getting my beautiful Stax connectors!!! Btw. What color did you choose?

Why don't you just build a BH? If you try not to blow anything up it could be built for about 1000-1500$ but it will not look as nice as Justin's work. On another note, an update on the Egmont. It works but there is nowhere enough gain in the current configuration. Some more test to do...

Maybe that pic is playing tricks but are the holes for the output jacks slightly larger on the silver panel...?

With 56W of Class A per side I'd just build a BH with dual power supplies and an upgraded +/-15v unit. It could be built on a budget since there are cheaper substitutes for the SA1968's and the SK389 isn't really an issue any more. If the BHSE turns out to be different enough from my old BH then I'm going to build a stock one since I just loved that thing. Didn't the T-30 use a slightly less extreme version of the T-50 driver, more like the SS-100? Very nice indeed then...

I do have a transformer on the way that would work for that amp... The ES-1 will probably be next though after I finish the Egmont but who knows what I'll do after that.

Very few do. Putting some leather on top of the foam should work very well but you could just as well use something like the Stax SR-5 earpads or AKG. There was no point in keeping it with no dynamic cans and it only pulling speaker duty.

The seal is the key and so is the ability of the headband to provide enough tension. My Koss bastards I started off this thread with sound great when I push them towards the ears but the horrible headband can never do that on its own.

Only one problem with that... I have no dynamic amps left. :'( Good to have that cleared up. When I got my first SR-X Mk3 I also thought that it used cotton pads with a vinyl back...

Amen brother!!!

I usually buy my pads from Japanese retailers through deputy services so I'd drop Craig at KuboTen a line and see how much a set would cost. The Mk1 pads are around 5800-6000Yen but the new pads are more expensive despite being only partially made out of leather. That's what I thought too. That guy from Poland is always saying that his set had cotton pads which makes less then no sense given the planar nature of the drivers.

The SR-007 and SR-Ω are the only headphones I can wear for hours at a time without any discomfort. The older model has got the edge though as the pads are much bigger (the whole headphone is quite a bit bigger) so they are less claustrophobic. One set went for close to 100kYen recently so this has nothing to do with sound quality any more. Btw. Do you remember what material was on the earpads when you bought them? There has been this debate on HF whether they were pleather or not. When I got my Chocolate set it came with Beyer leather pads and frankly sucked. The SR-007 pads brought much needed focus to the table along with a general upgrade in all areas.

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