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Go go magical 1ohm 5% resistors.

Who needs an arc welder then...

Well the 007 is pretty much impossible to get now with a huge waiting list but a lot of the 009's popularity stems from one simple fact, it is the most expensive of the lot. Same thing for the new L700, how many have considered the L500 over the 700? Probably not many as more expensive is always moar bettah.

I really think this is over exaggerated compared to much simpler dynamics such as the experience of the listeners and, which cuts to the core here, how many are actually using the 007's correctly? The SR-Omega and SR-009 are plug and play but the 007 sure as hell isn't. Something as simple as how the earpads are mounted is crucial and I've seen stock sets from the factory with them incorrectly seated. Add to that the earpad condition, rotational position plus the angle and pressure of the arc... there are a lot of variables. I have a hard time believing that anybody find the artificial upper midrange of the 009 accurate. But hey some people think the HE90's are accurate and neutral so there is some really stupid shit out there. One more thing, blaming our amps for Stax being bright is utterly idiotic and ass backwards. The 006t, 007t and 727 roll off the top end a lot plus inject a lot of distortion in the upper registers.

The bottom line for me is that the 007's are more correct and sound "real". Many of my recent amps have been going to musicians and they all say the same, the 009 just sounds wrong. The hyped up top end, lackluster soundstage and well...missing bass all adds up to that. Doesn't mean you can't like that sound but yeah.. the 007 is better.

I just looked at the internal pics I have of the stock 300SEI and the heaters for the 300B's are bad...real bad. They are just a tap off the transformer, fed through a diode bridge and into the tubes. Quite possibly the worst way to do this.

It is quite amusing to us "invaders" to listen to the northern dialects as they are so similar to Icelandic in many ways.

It is actually PVC film (the lack of tensile strength is a dead giveaway) and I have no idea where to source it in that thickness. What I've done is to find the thinnest fruit bags (those clear ones that come on a small roll) I can get and use them loosely tensioned.

Open it up and see if there is anything amiss? I think the tubes are AC heated in the 300sei so they should work unless the transformer is busted. Edit: Light up that is.

You need to slaughter innocent XLR's to get them...

You will be put in charge of the plugs when the mafia starts to make headphones...

It is nothing but a marketing ploy but it's also so horribly transparent.

It is an interesting comparison if only to see how great the triode strapped EL34 is.

Yeah, headphone.guru, headphonia, what the fuck is trending this week are all the same inane crap. You wouldn't believe how many requests I've gotten for review samples of my amps and they all get the same reply, fuck off and never contact me again.

The SC-1 is similar from memory but I will get a new one soon. I've been buying all the important Lambdas recently with the entire stash still sitting in Japan. Then it will be time to build some sort of a display for the entire Stax collection.

Nova Signature or the original normal bias one fit that bill.

Tyll is indeed the sole one I'd trust. We may not always agree but I would never question Tyll's integrity. That can't be said about the other fucktards.

I just use a center punch to remove the pins but something like that would work in general. As for the glue, if you want them to stay put forever then use some polyurethane based glue.

This is indeed the problem with any publishing that relies on ad revenue alone, it is not in their interest to give a bad review. Makes one wonder if any of them can be trusted, seems to be the lowest common denominator which flocks to the reviewing circus.

Love the hi-res audio bit...

That is just weird. Never had that happen but the OPA445 is certainly not cheap so shouldn't even be possible...

Problem is that he's a fucktard and a shill so you can't take anything he says seriously. How much do you think Hifiman paid for that endorsement? That shit sure isn't free...

No idea really as my schematics are all packed up so I can't look at them. You would need to ohm out the connections inside the plug and mate the socket to that.

True but I have to check with full light whether I'm actually done.

McInstosh are good at doing what they usually do but I do wonder just how much Denon tech is in there.