stax headphone extension cord

mmerig · 10th April 2007, 06:58 PM

I'd like to make an extension cord for a stax electrostatic headphone (SR5). It has a 5-pin connector, and the pin pattern is unusual. I cannot find a supplier for the connectors. Does anyone know where I can find a set of connectors?

marvin55 · 26th July 2011, 12:09 PM

The plugs are allegedly unobtainable, I have seen panel sockets.

A real Stax cord (US$91 to 143 new) can be bought from Bluetin Japan. They also show up on eBay.

Audio Store Japan Bluetin.com

cheers M55

awpagan · 30th July 2011, 02:43 AM

This thread maybe helpful.

Stax plug - www.Head-Case.org

jcx · 30th July 2011, 03:06 AM

Electrostatic headphone amps have enough V to punch through skin, drive potentially lethal >10mA through you - the cables and headphones should be built to double insulation standards

Some current “Hobbyist” ES amp projects have more joules of stored energy in ps caps than a defibrillator

there are additional special requirements of extreme flexibility to avoid mechanical microphonics, and the low C - even with foamed core cables the manufacturer's standard length cables may be >25% of the load presented to the amp by the headphone

I think these issues make amateur fabrication of ES headphone cable extensions problematic

10th April 2007, 06:58 PM	#1
mmerig diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: south east Idaho, Teton Basin	stax headphone extension cord I'd like to make an extension cord for a stax electrostatic headphone (SR5). It has a 5-pin connector, and the pin pattern is unusual. I cannot find a supplier for the connectors. Does anyone know where I can find a set of connectors?

26th July 2011, 12:09 PM	#2
marvin55 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2009	The plugs are allegedly unobtainable, I have seen panel sockets. A real Stax cord (US$91 to 143 new) can be bought from Bluetin Japan. They also show up on eBay. Audio Store Japan Bluetin.com cheers M55 __________________ Indifference to quality destroys all art, and withers the gifts that creativity brings to human existence. David W. Robinson

30th July 2011, 02:43 AM	#3
awpagan diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: sydney	This thread maybe helpful. Stax plug - www.Head-Case.org __________________ Indecision makes the world gone round. Maybe

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30th July 2011, 03:06 AM	#4
jcx diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: ..	Electrostatic headphone amps have enough V to punch through skin, drive potentially lethal >10mA through you - the cables and headphones should be built to double insulation standards Some current “Hobbyist” ES amp projects have more joules of stored energy in ps caps than a defibrillator there are additional special requirements of extreme flexibility to avoid mechanical microphonics, and the low C - even with foamed core cables the manufacturer's standard length cables may be >25% of the load presented to the amp by the headphone I think these issues make amateur fabrication of ES headphone cable extensions problematic

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