The Headcase Stax thread

[The Monkey]

MOAR.

[Dusty Chalk]

Incorrect. You only need one good one (per setup, that is).

[The Monkey]

It's finding the "one good one" that's the problem.

[Dusty Chalk]

No, it's having thousands of dollars invested in DACses preventing you from buying something else you want that's a problem.

[Hopstretch]

Are we talking about audio equipment or relationships here? I can't tell.

[Dusty Chalk]

I'm just trying to be...what's the opposite of "enabling" -- "...disabling"? "...disenabling"? "...disarming"?

[Duggeh]

It's finding the "one good one" that's the problem.

[Hopstretch]

Your argument would be more convincing if you hadn't bought two of them.

[Duggeh]

But the second one, despite being broken, was so good that it magically turned into a pair of Soundlab speakers!

[The Monkey]

No, it's having thousands of dollars invested in DACses preventing you from buying something else you want that's a problem.

[mypasswordis]

I need a shirt that says "Your iPod cost more than my DAC/Turntable" because clearly that is very impressive.

Yeah don't sell your KGSS, it makes the DACses able to be listened to.

[Hopstretch]

if he really liked his DACses, he would wire them up straight to his headphones.

Monkey is letting himself go a bit.

[Voltron]

And Monkey Princess Leia chained behind him doesn't look like she even cares how she looks.

[The Monkey]

Give me a break. That's always how I look around the holidays.

By CJ10, I'll look like this:

[faust3d]

[The Monkey]

Does Sony still have a super high end consumer business unit?

[Hopstretch]

No. It was killed in The Great Rationalization.

[Dusty Chalk]

Well, they have the ES (high end) line(s?) and the R10 & Qualia (statement) lines.

Don't know about currently, though.

[faust3d]

Does Sony still have a super high end consumer business unit?

Well they kinda do have the R line still in Japan and make stuff like this: [url=http://www.sony.jp/audio/products/SCD-DR1/index.html]SCD-DR1 | AV/Hi-Fi

[faust3d]

Well, they have the ES (high end) line(s?) and the R10 & Qualia (statement) lines.

Don't know about currently, though.

R line is still around but only in Japan is seems.

[spritzer]

Me thinks Dinny should just drop all his current dacses and buy something really expensive. ML 30.6 or Krell 64 springs to mind...

Ohh and the Sony R1 is so good it is quite silly that CD was ever labeled as a "bad" format. Listen to the Meridian G08 next to it and it all becomes abundantly clear...

[Dusty Chalk]

It's having thousands of dollars cubic centimeters invested in DACses preventing you from buying something else you want that's a problem?

[audiosceptic]

What is the current thinking on buying Stax products from US retailers or through Japan based retailers like Price Japan? I'm interested in buying a pair of 4070's and see them for around $1750 from Price Japan. Elusive Disc will get me a US pair for $1950. Is the $200 difference worth it for the US warranty? I bought my SR-007's from Audiocubes and haven't had a problem.

[spritzer]

The odds of a Stax headphone breaking down are rather slim and if something were to break I'd send it to Japan rather then have Yama's butcher it. I've seen their handy work and it wasn't pretty. Might be a couple of isolated incidents but Stax in Japan does top notch repair work.

[The Monkey]

It's having thousands of dollars cubic centimeters invested in DACses preventing you from buying something else you want that's a problem?

And pounds, too. Some of these damn things are heavy.