I will look into this but pricing hasn't been released yet. Those #s were just placeholders which is explained in the listing.
All we know right now is the price will be a modest increase over the original SR-009, which has fallen in price 25% USD since release, mostly due to the exchange rates
We have a no obligation, $0 down pre-order page up now
https://www.headamp.com/order/stax-sr-009s-open-back-electrostatic-headphones/
and for the SRM-D10 portable DAC/Amp
https://www.headamp.com/order/stax-srm-d10-portable-electrostatic-headphone-amplifier-dac/
We just found out $3999 is going to be the price, and the official release will be next week. Some pairs got out early, and we were lucky enough to get a couple
can't be easy to make a competitive disc player with how fast the technology moves.
a few years ago i was looking at home theater stuff and saw Emotiva was working on a HT processor. But it kept getting pushed back because by the time they had it almost ready, the tech was obsolete and they had to update it. Did that thing ever get released?
the Pico charging PCB actually has a LM2937-10 regulator at the input, regulating down to 10VDC. it has a max input of 26V. Not that i would recommend this as it would get pretty hot
15v is probably fine as long as the polarity is correct which it most likely is
Do not try this off of head-case
i'm doing this amp from the outside and working my way in, which i have not tried before, but should be faster - i have the aluminum enclosures ready to go
Just fyi, we were specifically told by STAX that this date applies to all dealers. We've noticed the past week there's been order requests that seem to be shuffling around from dealer to dealer as if someone has early access and we're told that's not the case
So an email has gone out to everyone who pre-ordered (may still need to send some more emails)
i've going through it 2-3 times. afterwards you can also watch the BB movie someone made by editing down the series. And the Better Call Saul prequel which will be back on TV soon