Miracles in Audio, by luck, by good choices,by design or by tweaking...


I owned a low cost headphone for many years, the Fostex TH7B, first version( a new one close version exist Fostex TH7BK), semi-open headphone...I was never completely satisfied by any headphones I ever owned: Hifiman 400, Stax basic lamda, Stax 5 gold,Akg 340,Akg 701, beyerdynamic 990, and T150... Because in each of them with all their qualities I never listen to at the same times, a confortable headphone with natural timbre and voicing, with a good imaging and a realistic soundstage(not too close to my ears)...


For the last days I tweaked this Fostex, to damp his internal resonance I used sorbothane, I put some shungite stones at the exterior part of the cups and I use some Herkimer diamond in the interior pads( 3 at 120 degree) … Now this low cost headphones crush all my others if I sum all his qualities... For example his mids and voicing cannot beat the AKG 340 but among all my other headphones it is the best that is near that mids and it is more confortable, and with longer cable than the 340...His imaging is better and more realistic than the 340 etc etc...It is the same if I compare with the others...


His most important qualities is natural timbre and clear imaging,very precise pinned point accuracy and natural, so clear it crush for that ALL the others to dust...In the French audio circle the reviews were more than very positive few years ago...Diapason d’or and choc Classica...I am not the only one impressed buy the ratio quality/price... But remember that thesae reviewers dont tweak their headphone...The difference between before and after the tweaks are staggering...


Yes Miracles happens in Audio: cost is under 100 American dollars... Few years ago they cost me 50 bucks new... I never dreamed that I will go back to headphones...


I will enjoy your miracles stories of any kind ….My best to all...
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It is the least detailed and more convincing review I ever read.... A bit frustrating for the reader tough but difficult to doubt it... But someone from the future need to be elliptical I imagine? 
mapman said

Some pictures of the miracles might go a long way towards convincing others that they are real.


Here’s a photo of the sample packs ready to go out tomorrow, and a Chrysocolla CrystalTop on my Kuzma tonearm headshell. (Tonearm wires treated with PPT Total Contact).

http://www.g45central.com/posts/CrystalTops20.jpg
http://www.g45central.com/posts/CrystalTops21.jpg

blue - azurite
pink - aventurine
orange - carnelian
dark green - chrysocolla
light green - turquoise

The CrystalTops are not available for sale anywhere. It’s a hobby, I make them for fun. If you want to buy products that can be used in a similar way, I suggest Perfect Path Technologies e-Mats, Alpha cards and Stop-It plugs. I use them and they are incredible.
I jes knew there was gonna be a sales pitch in there somewheres. I jes knew it! So much for the cheap DIY concept. 😛
@whostolethebatmobile, I must say, they look really cool! Also, very generous of you to give them out for free.

Geoff, he's recommending products he doesn't sell. You on the other hand, are consistently squeezing your wares into many a thread, including this one. Not saying it's wrong, I'm saying that giving away what he makes and at the same time recommending something you pay for are mutually exclusive. Don't be a cube, Rube!