I haven't checked to see if there is really a difference..possibly the rest of the chassis runs 1-2 degrees warmer without the metal bottom panel.

Yes, see the champagne color for the Blue Hawaii SE, GS-X mini and GS-X mk2. We will do it

It is! We sent the green Blue Hawaii SE and ES Lab ES-1 Alpha to Zavalinka Records and the blue Blue Hawaii SE with STAX SR-X9000 to Mytek Digital

What i think is the final design.. I filled in the machined lettering with metallic paint and really like how it came out. I can do any color / combination someone wants, at least for now

A final piece - working on this design for a retro style transformer cover

Yes, here is the clear bottom panel and the ‘glass slipper’ feet. I also found some black thumb screws to make the clear bottom easily swappable

This is black The gray is purple It's all iPhone photography

I had that hash mark artwork made in 2002 or 2003 Today ChatGPT can generate all of the coordinates in a few seconds

Can't do much of that with laser engraving, it basically either cuts through the anodizing and puts a white frosted appearance on the aluminum, or it doesn't go through the anodizing at all. Here is an example with the hash marks from the Blue Hawaii SE re-scaled for a larger 2" knob (they...

I promise I was not trying to create controversy :) But I will try one with the dashes as a 3rd option and post it up.

Just wanted to update this -- we're supposed to be receiving the SRS-X1000 system, SR-X1 headphone, and SRM-270S amps from STAX around Wednesday this week. We still have a few available that can be pre-ordered!

47-step attenuators mounted onto our PCBs, laser engraved for chassis conductivity CFA3 input connector PCBs ready to be mounted on panels

It definitely would be A LOT easier to ship out T8000 boxes than building Blue Hawaii SE's! We do have T8000's in stock right now too!

The back all finished

Yes! Getting it done..