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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Back to my obsessive mind state.... :)

I just order 12 shungite tiles to makes my last "golden" plates....

But the graphene + mica liquid I wait for will take much times to comes, thank to the coronavirus...


With these 12 tiles of 110 grams each, lighter than my other tiles, I will cover more ground….Cost 100 dollars....(1,500 grams of shungite)


I cannot wait because the last additions in my basement gives a great upgrade to the imaging power of my audio system at the 2 listening locations, regular or nearfield ....

I am very pleased now but I am addict to the improvements and want to touch the limits of my actual system which I never think would be able to gives me so much.... :)

It seems my Mission Cyrus speakers, after suddenly repairing by themselves( I dont know how to this day), were a good purchase, the Sansui AU 7700 is astonishing, and my starting Point System NOS dac without perceptible limitations in this audio system with my ears.... Then after all these tweaks in the 4 areas : mechanical and electrical, and in the acoustical passive and active modes, I will know what is the real potential of my system finally....


I will repeat my mantra, rant, and experience ;the majority of us do not know what the system we have is capable of, to begins with....Dont buy anything, before deep thinking....


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Salutations whostolethebatmobile

Yes Mr. Owen will send me the liquid formula but because of postal services problems I wait for him to send me some news about that....I want to use that on my "golden" plates....

The "golden" plates are very easy to make and with some other stones, like Herkimer diamond and tourmaline, are a powerful noise cleaner in the electrical grid.... The results I enjoyed so far looks like some astonishing descriptions from other products by some customers....

My intuition is to apply the shungite-mica on one side(not the copper side) of the plate...I use thin small golden plates in conjugation with my Schumann generator to actively modify the acoustical space of a room already, it will be simple to add the graphene+mica on a thin plate and listen the result....


What do you think?



My best to you....
Mr. Owen’s formula is dynamite. You are in for a treat, I predict. Are you getting the PVA mix?
All the best to you.