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I don't remember anything like that but it's been some years since I last had a SRA-3S here... Been working on the SRA-7S complete rebuild. It was in horrible shape when it came here so it was full restoration time. No original components left...

How about reading the post above...

Not sure what those two arrows mean but I'd guess the text in Japanese has something to do with it. Those resistors will see some load especially if their values have drifted over the years. 3W units will be overkill but why not.

Just google fuses with a T rating so 3AT and the like. I'm sure they have some slow blow fuses in Japan.

It's just to enable or disable the servo. Even with the opamp not installed and all the other parts populated it will have an effect on the circuit with the jumper engaged.

That would be perfect. CCF60 series?

I can't see it as it needs a login. Koa, Xicon, Vishay etc. will all be fine.

These are sad days indeed. We should all be using opamps for everything... I'm sure somebody will make high performance parts for us but they won't be as cheap as the K389/J109 were back in the day.

I'd use 1/2W units but quality 1/4W units should work. That is non Chinese crap... I just did the mod recently and it was fun to have a proper SMD heat gun for it. Removing the stock resistors was easy as pie.

The glue that either holds the drivers to the baffle or the protective mesh to the drivers has failed. Only way to fix that is to take it all apart very gently, clean off the nasty glue and reglue it all. The glue they used back in those days is just horrible so the baffle is just stuck to the case due to that. Use some force and they will break apart. I did this exact thing last week when I fixed a really old SR-404.

Just ebay 600V teflon wire and you should find plenty. 1/2W 500V 5K1 resistors will work perfectly. ooops that was supposed to say "mint"...

I had the same issue and I'm pretty sure it was simply leaking to ground somewhere. At these voltage levels it is to be expected.

600V is a must for the HV stuff, bias and output wiring. I would also add 5K1 resistors to the output per the modern way to do things Bias is easy, you could just take a 4M7 resistor off the B+ but I'd put something in there that limits the possible current. A high impedance voltage divider that shaves off just a few volts in normal operation but comes in handy if there is a short. In other news, I just bought a mini SRA-3S so there will be a reforestation project soon. I might just go crazy with this one though...

I'll manage...

I use Bostik branded but that close to the sensitive electrostatic drivers isn't the best idea.

This new glue Stax is using is nasty, nasty shit. Some form of neoprene...

I'll probably just add them to my rather large stock of spare parts.

That's what I was going for. Good news on the 4070 front, I scored a SR-303 so I can bring them back to their proper state. Also made a new baffle so I can easily swap in the new drivers. It does help that quite a few Lambdas have met their end here...

You mean Skál!!!

The Lawry heater is just a resistor on top of the precision resistors.

Well I'm a viking so not that far off.

You haven't lived until you've blown something up...

Well I'm being pushed hard to make the amps a more permanent thing. I'm taking it under serious consideration as I now have the space to truly ramp up production. On another note, I'm fucking furious right now. So that 4070 I was talking about, I got it to perform better but the treble was still out of control. Something was off so I decided to swap out the earpads to make the fix more permanent. Well I remove the inlays and my heart just sank as they were nice and shiny silver... Dig deeper and I see this: No wonder they are so treble happy, they have fucking SR-507 drivers!!! So it was Stax in Japan who did this and could not properly attach the new earpads. I expect this shit from Yama's but not from the flipping factory. Now we know one thing though, what happens when older Lambdas are sent in for service now. They glue the entire assembly to the baffle, I certainly can't see any screws. ...and now a perfectly good SR-404 has to die.

Well size isn't everything, it's what you can cram in a small box that counts... My KGSSHV is smaller than the Stax amps but is much more powerful and with a completely regulated power supply. The Carbon isn't much bigger and more than twice as powerful than the mini... Plenty of threads here where we rip the amps a new one. We've not been as active in this but that should change shortly. Time to expose the shit that's popular on HF. Something to offset the fucked up news above, a pic of the ever growing Stax museum. I clearly need a second display case in the living room: 009, SR-Omega and HE90 on the top shelf Two SR-1's, SR-2, SR-3 and SR-5 on the next shelf The 404LE, SR-SC1, Lambda Signature, Lambda Nova Signature and Lambda Pro Being all abandoned at the bottom is the SR-X Mk1. A lot of other headphones all over the house plus a lot more in various stages of restoration.

If Stax were selling garbage like the Studio Six then they would have no problem with bigger and heavier amps. The markup on the Studio Six is insane compared to what Stax are doing. I don't think Dynamics have progressed so much in the last few years except for the HD800. I don't like any of the planars as they are just lackluster or some even just sound odd. Electrostatics have plenty of bass and a properly driven and setup 007 will outperform anything you can throw at them. For fucks sake... I don't buy the company raising funds for the owner but yeah... buy dCS gear?