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Happy birthday Vincent!!

The T1S and T1W are identical except for the extra functions on the W model. The S sounds better to my ears but the older T1 is better over all. I've bought a lot of stuff from Japan and is has its pitfalls just like everything else. Some of the equipment I bought was not like it had been described but that's where Craig at KuboTen comes in handy. He's a Stax nut and runs a deputy service so the perfect mix for us lot.

Well Jena wire could be like Shankti stones or what ever they are called.

Even with the new arc assembly (100-140$ depending on who you ask) it is a very good deal.

Tannoy R2 speakers pulling TV duty.

Yup! I just though more people had seen the B-52 listed in A'gon a few weeks ago which had been upgraded with Jena wire, V-Caps and some other crap "making this already SOTA preamp even better"...

I don't doubt that the phones sound better after a trip to Sennheiser but it has nothing to do with the drivers being new or not. They replaced the rubber o-ring along with the drivers which sealed the leaking backwave. Ray being a fucking half-wit... what a shocking surprise!

Mine was very easy to change which goes to show that Nate could build one for you...

Here are some as well. It looks like the predictions were correct that Ray would build on the "SOTA" B-52 preamp and tack on some simple ESP output stage.

Maybe for you weak noobs!! Damn I've been playing too much Fallout... It has the older arc assembly but not the Gamma variant, which only the Lambda Spirit/Pro Classic used, so that narrows it down to 3 units and the brown headpad of the Signatures would show up as a light color on the B&W photo. Simple really...

Congrats on the BH and that thing is indeed huge! How do you like the powahhh?

Very cool pic and looks like it's either a SR-Lambda or Lambda Pro. The Lambdas don't all look alike you know...

They are actually v2's but it will be very cool to read about any comparisons between the NAD and Marc's set which is v1

Now those I would buy. Perfect for planar speakers and to weld speaker cables together...

These headphones have very different needs when it comes to amplification though I wouldn't group the two Senn HE's together as the HE60 simply adores more power while the HE90 doesn't. Both do take the more "romantic" side of the spectrum so are better suited for audiophiles while the BH and SR-007 aren't. When you get to this level of performance you have to decide which you like better, the rose tinted view or the brutal honesty of a clear window.

Rudi has made a few dozen and they still don't work right so you should do better...

Something like an Egmont is almost impossible to screw up as it is less complicated then a CMOY.

Would that be the amp rumored to finally bring some bass out of electrostatics?

More like trying to figure out how these elektttrooostattikks work...

Yeah, there is a quite a bit of heat that the beast throws off. It helps during the cold winter evenings here...

The BH didn't need a lot of adjustment even after months of use. Plastic adjuster is a must have as well

There are no dual triodes to balance out and the multi-turn pots Justin uses are far less "twitchy" then the single turn crap Stax uses. I would start off with the better new production tubes and try the old production stuff later. Just be sure to buy the tubes from good sellers or have a tube tester handy. These are power tubes in every sense of the word (biased at 10w each) so if they fail odds are that they will take that channel with them. Just ask pabbi1...

Both, there are two bias pots per channel and you need matched pairs for the channels or just a matched quad. That amp is easier to work with then my old unit since you can remove the top panel (no Black Gates sticking out). Just PM me Mike if you want the instructions to bias the amp. I've spent a lot of time tuber rolling that amp and it will sound horrid with those stock tubes. The best new production stuff I found were the SED's and the Mullard weren't half bad from the first batch. The Mullard XF-1 and XF-2 tubes are the ultimate you can get but they aren't cheap. XF-3's are good too if you can get them cheaply and the East-German RFT "Dimple top" tubes are a good budget option as well. The GE and Sylvania "Fat Boys" have a very different and bloated sound with overblown bass and a bit odd midrange but some owners like them with the Senn HE's.

The decision to stick with the Neutrik connector is absurd since they are already having a Stax connector custom made for the adapter. If they do decide to release a stat' amp then they will most likely have a HE centric design while the Little Dot amp will have a Stax socket an be probably a lot cheaper to boot. I won't buy a set but a fellow Stax nut told he would and he wants me to recable it for him and see if I can make it better in any way. If it goes through you can expect photos of the Jade gutted sometime in the new year.

Two words of advise, Mullard XF2.