spritzer Posted May 25, 2008 Report Posted May 25, 2008 Where to buy a stax 5 pin female plug? Allied has stopped carrying them so your best bet is to find a SRD-4 and remove connector. Some of the Stax distributors might still sell them in small quantities...
deepak Posted May 25, 2008 Report Posted May 25, 2008 I bought my 5 pin female connector from [AK]Zip, I haven't had a chance to violate it with Omega 2's male plug yet
spritzer Posted May 25, 2008 Report Posted May 25, 2008 or I will take one from my SRM-727II You wouldn't be the first to go down that road. You could even add a HE90 connector in stead of the missing Stax plug. I bought my 5 pin female connector from [AK]Zip, I haven't had a chance to violate it with Omega 2's male plug yet Ehhhhhh.... now I feel violated....
deepak Posted May 25, 2008 Report Posted May 25, 2008 Ehhhhhh.... now I feel violated.... Because the Stax connector is better than an OEM? I'm not sure what brand the one I bought was.
spritzer Posted May 25, 2008 Report Posted May 25, 2008 Because the Stax connector is better than an OEM? I'm not sure what brand the one I bought was. I was only violated by your words... The Stax connector is pretty crappy and breaks far too easily but I like it more then the WPI unit you have if only for the fact that no builder bothers to plug the 6th opening for Pro sockets which could end pretty badly...
deepak Posted May 25, 2008 Report Posted May 25, 2008 I was only violated by your words... The Stax connector is pretty crappy and breaks far too easily but I like it more then the WPI unit you have if only for the fact that no builder bothers to plug the 6th opening for Pro sockets which could end pretty badly... I could see bad things happening... [me=deepak]takes BH to meet, unsuspecting newbie plugs in regular bias Stax [/me]
justin Posted May 25, 2008 Report Posted May 25, 2008 Where to buy a stax 5 pin female plug? Hmm i've had this question multiple times lately. You can still get the WPI connector from Arrow
kevin gilmore Posted May 25, 2008 Report Posted May 25, 2008 I could see bad things happening... [me=deepak]takes BH to meet, unsuspecting newbie plugs in regular bias Stax [/me] All you have to do is either fill the center pin with solder, or remove it from the front and put in a black screw and nut.
spritzer Posted May 25, 2008 Report Posted May 25, 2008 All you have to do is either fill the center pin with solder, or remove it from the front and put in a black screw and nut. A screw would be a good idea as the WPI sockets have exposed contacts so the middle should be elevated a bit. I've used plastic bits that I found around the house which are supposed to be used to cover up holes in cupboards for movable shelfs with good effect. Too bad they are white... \
luvdunhill Posted May 25, 2008 Report Posted May 25, 2008 do they sell permanent markers in Iceland? yes, but they use white ink.
spritzer Posted May 26, 2008 Report Posted May 26, 2008 yes, but they use white ink. How that hell would we otherwise keep the glaciers looking so good?
luvdunhill Posted May 26, 2008 Report Posted May 26, 2008 heh... would there be interest in a clone of the socket used on the Illusion? Cost would be pretty expensive, probably around $100 US. I would use the same type of pins and a teflon body. I don't have a good (cheap) source for the pins, so I'd have to buy another component that uses them and then repurpose the pin sockets, and this would be one reason the cost would go up. The other is a small number would be built, i.e. limited production. The teflon rod isn't as much as I figured it would be, but it still adds up. I'm thinking about going down that path myself regardless of interest, and perhaps once a prototype is done we can talk about it some more.
spritzer Posted May 26, 2008 Report Posted May 26, 2008 heh... would there be interest in a clone of the socket used on the Illusion? Cost would be pretty expensive, probably around $100 US. I would use the same type of pins and a teflon body. I don't have a good (cheap) source for the pins, so I'd have to buy another component that uses them and then repurpose the pin sockets, and this would be one reason the cost would go up. The other is a small number would be built, i.e. limited production. The teflon rod isn't as much as I figured it would be, but it still adds up. I'm thinking about going down that path myself regardless of interest, and perhaps once a prototype is done we can talk about it some more. You know I'm always interested in your crazy ideas...
brat Posted July 26, 2008 Author Report Posted July 26, 2008 Hmm i've had this question multiple times lately. You can still get the WPI connector from Arrow What is the part number?
spritzer Posted July 26, 2008 Report Posted July 26, 2008 78-S6S is the socket 86-71-6S is the plug These are the WPI P/N's so they should work everywhere.
brat Posted August 9, 2009 Author Report Posted August 9, 2009 78-S6S is the socket 86-71-6S is the plug These are the WPI P/N's so they should work everywhere. hmm... they both are female plugs. Which is the correct one? And can we find the PN of the male plug?
spritzer Posted August 9, 2009 Report Posted August 9, 2009 86-71-6S is actually the male plug but the picture on the Allied site shows the back of it. You stick the wires through the plug to solder them.
brat Posted August 11, 2009 Author Report Posted August 11, 2009 I've found some sockets from Amphenol: New-Old-Stock Miscellaneous Brand Tube Sockets They are the 6-th position from the N-O-S list. Are they the same as the WPI's?
cetoole Posted August 11, 2009 Report Posted August 11, 2009 They sure look the same, and to my understanding, WPI just bought Amphenol's old tooling.
spritzer Posted August 11, 2009 Report Posted August 11, 2009 They are the same and WPI is indeed using the old Amphenol tooling
Cynric Posted April 28, 2011 Report Posted April 28, 2011 Happiliy diggin up a corpse here, but I am currently in need of a Stax Plug (6P) in Europe. Cooper 86-71-6S or 91-MPM6S should do (which apperently are from the old WPI old Amphenol molds); however I could only find them at Allied who only cater US & Canada. Does anybody know of a source for these that ships to Europe/Germany?? Background on this: I recently bought a NOS Beyer ET1000 but I want to get rid of the ugly transformer box that came with it and use my Stax amp with them..
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