Sajeev, I received today a Mjolnir-modified Stax 006t and am quite happy with the way it drives the Pollinators. Thanks for offering great, affordable estat headphones!
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Iām very pleased with Birgirās (Mjƶlnir) work. My SRM-T1S drives the Hive well. Itās an earlier version of what you have, but I needed both pro and normal bias so I could drive my SR5n STAX.
Makes me wonder if I will eventually want more. Probably not on my budget.
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Very nice, but most people put the tube socket on top, not in the front.
Not a tube socket, front is the stax plug
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Thatās what I do for humorā¦ My tube sockets have more pins.
Any teaser specs?
How much battery? Does it get warm? Is there a plug-in option?
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Lol, tube in front is actually a cool idea, maybe double as a flash light or space heater.
Need to do a formal spec sheet but waiting on some parts to finalize it. Will build another with a different parts and spec that as well.
Battery life is about 6-8 hours. Rechargeable and battery is replaceable.
The THD+N for this mini is about 0.2%. I built a larger one with 0.02% THD but I prefer this smaller one. The larger xformer one extends to about 15kHz and this smaller one extends to closer to 20kHz. Bass is low on both down to 20Hz measured. Extension is based on about +-1.5dB. Both are quite loud. Bias is at 600V fixed and regulated. 4.7meg ballast resistor for the bias. 4.7k series resistors at the +- outputs.
Does not get warm. Draws about 0.11 Amps while listening.
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I live life on the edge and suggest you put 4 active tubes upside down as feet for the amp.
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LoL keep the ideas coming
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Need to make the battery interchangeable. Like the battery on my GODOX electronic flash. If you could use an existing form factor like that, you could have a door to swap batteries, and people could use an external charger to keep spares ready. No re-inventing the wheel.
@nectarsoundnet I was searching for planar drivers earlier today and came across your post on Reddit where you mentioned (I believe for the first time) that you had made a planar driver and thought āthat name sounds familiarā
Great to see the progress you have made since then!!
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Hi - The Planars were made by the guy I was replying to. He is in England and was working on his planar drivers. I still havenāt gotten a chance to try them though. But I should reach out to him.
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Ahh, sorry, must have mixed up the names in that thread.
Happy Cake Day @SenyorC. Have a good one.
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Thanks @prfallon69 !!
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Itās been 3 months when I got these estats. Wow they are so superb nice headphones to own. If you donāt like them at first glance, it can be easily tuned with modifications to different beast. Stock tonality is natural/bright but can be tuned to warm/natural or natural with fast treble that I prefer.
First think is to listen the headphones atleast couple days before considering doing anything. Then if you want a greater comfort get round 100mm sheepskins. Sound is very close to stock pleathers. Now itās get more interesting if you want a warm sound. Get oval 100mm sheepskins. And they can get tuned to more even and brighter to neutral with simple modifications. You lose a bit bass but then gaining superior treble. And if you u are not statisfied enought you can lastly EQ to make them more flat and natural to ears.
Edit. Added links to the earpads.
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I havenāt gone with any alternate pads yet, although given that Nectar just uses an aftermarket pad to begin with, Iām open to it. Would appreciate pointers or URLs to what you have used.
I think they just get better and better for the first few months of use. I havenāt gone TOTL with anything yet - my internal alarms go off at about 1K for headphones ($5k for ebikes) and so far Iāve obeyed them. But the Nectar Hive is my current fave, even though the Grado RS1e gets more time because of itās easy to drive portability. I guess someday Iāll have to pull the trigger on a Focal or ZMF, but that time hasnāt come.
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I edited my post. Forgot to add the links. Pleather is a good vegan choice but it hardens after a while.
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If you are interested in my modifications and not just pad swaps. If u do it u need to use exactly the same stuff otherwise it alters the sound a lot. Even the slightest difference can cause treble going worse.
Firstly I did this: I added some kinesio tape on the inside and on the sides. Then lastly I added high density foam to the inside (itās working like a spacer). Itās 3mm thick and a good quality that does not leave resin when touching.
All the pics can be found here: Nectar Hive modifications ā ImgBB
I use these modifications with the oval sheepskins.
Equalize APO settings: https://www.udrop.com/5NGl/Nectar_Hive_V5.3.peace
This is raw measurement with ear.
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I put these pads on mine, which are similar to the ones included, but perforated (edit: on the inside part). Iād originally bought these for the Stax SR-007 MK2 and they were my favorite pads on those too.
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