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I haven’t heard the Voce since 2017 at the Fujiya Avic Headphone Festival (wow has it been that long?) but it was terrible then. Muddy and no treble to speak of. @spritzerIt’s interesting that you say they seemed to have fixed their voicing since the early runs. I may have to consider giving them a listen if i ever run across an opportunity to try a pair. But based on my Voce experience I wasn’t expecting much out of the Corina. Would still like to give them a listen to officially close the door on them.

I’ve owned a fair share of Lambas (L700MKI, L500MKI, 507, 407, 404). I didn’t care for the L500 or the 404. I agree though that lambdas tend to do get the love they deserve. I’d take a L700 and day of the week over a 009. I’ll look for a Lamda Nova Signature and scoop it up if one becomes available to have a listen. I’m always up for expanding my horizons with older Stax models.

I am assuming when you say “read the second review” you “mean watch the second link?” If not, please clarify. I’ll gladly give them a shot if I can find one at a decent price or I can find a friend with a pair for me to borrow. I’m not paying some of the used prices people are asking just to try MKI when it’s later lineage didn’t wow me on initial listen. Doesn’t seem prudent when there are others out there that did. If I hear the magic in home, I’ll extoll their virtues. If not, they’ll stay in the not for me pile. I feel my system is enough to give them a fair shake.

Maybe it is more accurate to say that 007MKI/Carbon combo is more desirable rather than people just generalizing the 007MKI since the 007MKI scales far down from ideal faster than with other Stax headphones? IDK, I’m just trying to find a middle ground between you guys. I’ve only heard a Mk2.9 (may have been a 2.5) through a stock Stax SS amp and I wasn’t all that enamored with it. Since that is my only 007 experience, I don’t consider myself very heavily 007 credentialed but just trying to mediate the conversation.

That does sound similar to what others have reported.

Thanks for the tip. I’ll head up to Tokyo this month and give them a listen.

Ouch tell me how you really feel, lol. I’ve never bothered to listen to the L500mk2 but I did not care for the L500mk1 at all. Sound and worst of all the fit. Pads felt cheap and ears were touching the liner.

@spritzerhow did the x9K sound after the L500 cable was swapped? Count me in the weirdo camp that really likes the L700, 009s and x9000 sound.

At Fujiya Avic? If so then I may have to head up there.

@JoaMatThanks! I just ordered 2 sets of the BOM for my boards. Now I just need access to the rest of the BOMs.

All of the BOM attachments are only downloading for me as XML files. Does anyone else have this issue?

Money sent. Looking forward to getting them.

I’m trying to finish re-flow oven in my spare time when normal people are sleeping, lol. It’s missing insulation, servo arm and that’s about it. A little touch up to the truck bed liner paint as well.

Sent.

Well not “both hands free” during the entire process. You still have to apply paste and place the component but the actual soldering portion is hands free. There are some methods out there for tackling double sided boards but I haven’t looked into them. Here a few: https://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/threads/how-are-double-sided-pcbs-soldered-in-a-reflow-oven.55282/

I’m building a Controleo3 based re-flow oven for the SMD soldering until I get more experience on test boards with hand soldering SMD components. It should leave both hands free😊. Just waiting on the toaster oven to arrive on Saturday to start modifying it.

Please add the following to my order: 1x PSU main board 1x GRLV78 1x GRLV79 2x GRHVxxx (bare PCB)

Please sign me up for: 2x mini T2 board 2x PSU main board 2x GRLV78 2x GRLV79 4x GRHVxxx (bare PCB) 2x GRHVxxx (partially assembled)

My mistake. Figured it was an earlier case design iteration.

That looks like a Kerry build.

Thank you for the quick replies guys. My curiosity got the better of me so I figured I’d reach out to the community for help. Unfortunately there’s not a way to demo DIY amps before you buy them unless you know someone that has them.

What’s your opinion on the Megatron sound signature vs the GG?

Very nice looking finished product!

Casework looks cool. Everything else about this is despicable however.