[alphanumerix1]

wow

 

[doyouknowSBmean]

SN:00001

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/l495008373

A living fossil

 

[afgmjkl]

Stax has been developing a new mesh driver as flagship.
It may be released in a few years.

 

[VandyMan]

Stax has been developing a new mesh driver as flagship.
It may be released in a few years.

Can you say anything more about it? I think we would all like any details you are able to share.

 

[afgmjkl]

Can you say anything more about it? I think we would all like any details you are able to share.

Engineering director Takagi said, "I want to resurrect mesh stator. We can finally get high tension(or solidness) with thin mesh. But I'm no idea how much it will cost", in a magazine(Pemium Headphone Guide, 2018-05-17, p.127).

 

[Whitigir]

Isn’t the Mesh stator the Hifi-Man Shangrila is ?

Wow, who would have thought Hi-fi Man is ahead of Stax !!

 

[doyouknowSBmean]

Isn’t the Mesh stator the Hifi-Man Shangrila is ?

Wow, who would have thought Hi-fi Man is ahead of Stax !!

That's probably why hifiman sounds good

 

[protoss]

That's probably why hifiman sounds good

Lol. Watch out! Stax mafia will be after you

They hate that Hifiman is challenging them lol

 

[doyouknowSBmean]

Lol. Watch out! Stax mafia will be after you

They hate that Hifiman is challenging them lol

No worry brother, I wear brown pants

 

[Whitigir]

Roflmao, it never fail to crack jokes and make people laugh when I mention...you know ? LOL

 

[weasel1979]

Any news on the new Omega?

 

[John Massaria]

maybe tomorrow I will be visiting a friend who just got a pair of STAX Omegas- dont know too much about them will keep everyone informed-
I am brining my Kennerton Wodans look like this:

and next week I should have the Thekks that look like this to compare to the Stax Omega's

 

[Mach3]

Depends on what amps you pair it with, my 009 and T2 sound nothing like what you just mentioned, not even close

Problem in about 90% of scenario where people finally able to afford to purchase the SR-009.
But have no way to squeeze out more pennies to pair it with a decent energizer.

 

[Mach3]

Can anyone confirm this, found it while googling the net.

Regarding the structure and design of the SR-Ω
Stax went the whole way here, i.e. created a new converter from scratch. Interestingly, the driver comes in two variants - the earlier one, with an aluminum stator, and the later one, where aluminum was replaced with epoxy resin. The change was reportedly related to the difficulty in properly connecting the stator with the mesh and diaphragm. The electrode mesh itself is made of pure copper coated with gold, and the diaphragm is made of a polymer with a thickness of 1.5 µm.

 

[padam]

1. Metal guard mesh, black
2. Dust cover, polymer film
3. Cartwheel-shaped fixation/support disc
4. Gold-plated copper mesh stator
5. Diaphragm, 1.5 micron polymer film
6. Gold-plated copper mesh stator
7. Cartwheel-shaped fixation/support disc
8. Dust cover, polymer film
9. Metal guard mesh, black

To clear things up, this is how the transducer is constructed.
In a few late pairs the fixation disc has been made of aluminium instead of plastic, that is what keeps the copper mesh flat.
And there has been a change regarding the diaphragm during production, but whether it had to do with the improving the ability to hold tension, moistureproofing etc. one can only speculate...the thickness of 1.5µ has not changed.