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Author Topic: STAX SR-007 mk2.5 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plots  (Read 8264 times)

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STAX SR-007 mk2.5 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plots

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Re: STAX SR-007 mk2.5 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plots
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2012, 07:30:25 PM »

Wow!
Why do people call these dark?
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Re: STAX SR-007 mk2.5 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plots
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2012, 07:34:34 PM »

The mk2.5s are a little bit more forward than the mk1s. The mk2s are definitely not dark sounding. Maybe slightly laid back or even too forward for those would prefer the mk1. These mk2s were modded with a partial 80% block of the vents and a full spring mod.
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Re: STAX SR-007 mk2.5 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plots
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2012, 09:40:26 PM »

Interesting behavior from 10khz-20khz.  That a result of any particular mods?
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Re: STAX SR-007 mk2.5 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plots
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2012, 10:06:00 PM »

Nope - they are just shiney up there! These have a ton of air. This could be a characteristic of the mk2.5. Jude mentioned when he heard them that he actually heard treble - which he said wasn't the case with other 007s that he had heard in the past. Could be the amp though. Or could be the mods.
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Re: STAX SR-007 mk2.5 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plots
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2012, 10:54:38 PM »

The 10khz-20hz region seems unique among the phones you've measured.  Even FR, fast but rough decay.  I wonder what causes the jaggedness and how it manages to be so clean despite. 
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Re: STAX SR-007 mk2.5 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plots
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2012, 12:03:04 AM »

The 10khz-20hz region seems unique among the phones you've measured.  Even FR, fast but rough decay.  I wonder what causes the jaggedness and how it manages to be so clean despite.

I find that really interesting too.  The 009 CSD was similar too.  The ESP950 didn't have those tiny little ridges though.
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Re: STAX SR-007 mk2.5 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plots
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2012, 12:40:48 AM »

Looks like a Grado.
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Re: STAX SR-007 mk2.5 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plots
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2012, 12:51:27 AM »

I find that really interesting too.  The 009 CSD was similar too.  The ESP950 didn't have those tiny little ridges though.

It looks to me like a well controlled problem of some sort.  Something Stax saw in the driver's response and worked to minimize to the point of irrelevance. 
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Re: STAX SR-007 mk2.5 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plots
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2012, 12:54:56 AM »

I've seen those tiny micro-ridges in ribbon transducers too. Let me run the ESP950 with the same visualization later to see how that looks. I do know the ESP950 has less tension on the diaphragm.
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