Can the music you play effect your electrostats?
Thanks for the responses guys... I think that you are right Al about these headphones needing a workout. They just sound better after having been played for awhile anyway. We are gonig on two days of constant playing, and they sound wonderful. I am going to post this question on Headfi and see what people think there too. It is just STRANGE! Ben |
Ben, Not sure if it is related, but I have an older pair of Stax Lambda Pro's (non-Signature) with an SRM1-MkII solid state amplifier. I've found that ever since they were new, 20+ years ago, they have needed to periodically (perhaps once a month) have a severe "workout," playing at least a full album at volume levels that are higher than I would want to have reproduced next to my ears. Otherwise they sound very thin. I presume that the diaphragm needs that periodic workout to maintain the flexibility it is supposed to have. So perhaps the Black 6 movie loosened up the left diaphragm to the point it is supposed to be at, and the subsequent six hour repeat of more balanced material did the same for the right channel. The thinness I've experienced seemed to be primarily in the upper mid-range and lower treble, approximately corresponding to the frequency at which you measured the greatest imbalance. Bottom line: You may not have a problem, you may just need to periodically give the phones a good workout. -- Al |
I'm not a Stax maven, but I know tubes and stats, and my first guess is you might have a bad tube in your SRM-T1S. I think that unit uses at least one twin triode (two tubes in one bottle) and if the two sides don't match, you could get a channel imbalance. A second possibility is that one of the ear speakers is not getting (or holding?) the same static charge as the other. I'd replace the tube (or tubes?) and see if that doesn't help. If not, the whole rig needs checking. You might also want to pose your question over on Head-Fi http://www.head-fi.org/ |
