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Thanks for the continual reminder never to live in your area. Or Australia.

Edit: Nvm I don't like it. Now this:

get better headphones

That's where I got a bunch of my records, from the cheap used section. Didn't realize they would be as heavy as they were, bringing them back (through airport/airplane) was fun.

Agreed. The arc bit seems exactly the same, just the headpad and the swivel bit is different. In fact, just as I think the SR-507 is the ugliest black Lambda, the O3 () seems to be the ugliest Omega.

Er, I think she poured the water after it blew and ignited the carpet... Is the surge protector a real surge protector possibly w/ inline fuse or is it just a bunch of outlets in parallel? And what exactly made the loud popping sound? Seems like the wires shorted on the power cable on the boombox based on the picture.

I think it would be pretty easy for them to stick SR-507 drivers inside and swap with the new (imo uglier) arc assembly and give it a new model number. But who knows, it's Stax.

Hooray for new Stax headphones! Now I'm waiting on impressions for both the SR-507 and this new Omega. And also the new portable system to come out (and impressions on that). A good time to be Stax lovin'.

troll effort 0/10 Go take your shit attitude and shit hearing elsewhere, cuntwad.

^ What he said. Also, just because you think the Ed 9 sounds okay doesn't mean (most of) the rest of us don't think it sounds like shyt.

Hm, yeah that sounds right. Meanwhile, here's an interesting article: Tuning a bandgap in graphene - nanotechweb.org Varying gate voltage changes the size of the bandgap. Direct gap and indirect gap is another property of semiconductors, separate from the size of the bandgap.

If I looked it up correctly, the max input voltage on the 2465 is the same as the 1052E (400V). I also saw somewhere mention 300V RMS for the 1052E. I think it's said that there should be a 10x correlation between GSa/s and bandwidth, so even if I hack it to 100MHz it should be good, right? But who knows just how much of a fall-off there is around the extreme frequencies, in comparison with the 3dB standard. Or if it'll throw everything off whack. Thanks, guys, I think I'll keep doing a bit more research.

I should've figured someone would figure out how to dope diamond into a semiconductor. And wtf is a zero bandgap semiconductor? Wouldn't that just make it.. a conductor? I guess they didn't want to call it a 'metal'?

Ruthenium plated S Logic plug wrapped with Ethiopian sheepskin?

Hm, the convenience of these new digital ones may win me over. Currently thinking it would be cool to get a DS1052E and then install a logic analyzer board and hack it to 100MHz. DIY for DIY.

Cost definitely under $1k preferably under $500, bandwidth around 100 MHz, channels >=2, connectivity... uhh Ethernet or USB is fine?, LCD or whatever I guess (don't mind if no color), FFT = yes please? I'll look up Rigol or TDS220, thanks. The TDS220 does seem pretty similar to the 3012B. I've definitely been spoiled by all the nice features of the 3012B... Test rig cost ftl.

I didn't find anything in search, which was surprising. Maybe I suck at searching. Anyway, a couple q's for those that own one or more: 1) How do vintage ones hold up? How often do they need recalibration? I'm not talking about serious vintage, with 50 tubes inside, but 1970s to 1980s solid state stuff. 2) Specific brands to look for/avoid? 3) What's the cheapest decent digital oscilloscope that can be hooked up to a PC? This or something close to it is what I'm used to using in the labs (yes I know it's a couple thousand... used): Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes: TDS3000C Series > Data Sheets : Tektronix Specifically TDS3012B. 4) How useful/not useful has it been to be able to/not be able to save single shots as images? 5) How does this look? Lab Grade Tektronix Model 7844 Oscilloscope for SALE I'll have to figure out bandwidth myself, I don't want to just use it for audio.

WAT. FTFY

Just listened to it to refresh my memory and yep it's pretty good. Can't say the same for the Sibelius, at least the 3rd movement anyway (didn't listen to the first two). I find in general Oistrakh has a tendency to go out of tune and sometimes be a little clumsy with either or both his left and right hand motions. I don't think he could help it though, he was kind of a big rotund dude. Kind of like how I'm not great with fifths since my fingers just aren't very wide/fat.