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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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mahgister OP
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Indeed and sometimes shorter than we think....I understand you, it is better to feel the music than the sound …. :)


I wish you the best year of your life and the health to be going on....Thanks for your words...
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Thank you for the comments but actually I’m referring to having to deal with so many changes and tweaks going on almost all the time.  Frequently it isn’t really feasible for me anyway to do things one at a time as you suggest, as nice as that would be. As the little mice in the movie Babe say, that’s the way things are. 🐭 🐭 🐭
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Have you had time to isolate your new BLACK USB Schumann Thingamabob yet? What height do you have it? Just curious 🤔
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mahgister OP
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All my S.G. are at different heights... 4 are around 3 feet or little more...

2 others are at respectively , at 4 feet and 4 inches, and one at 5 feet and a few inches...

The Black one is at 4 feet....I realized that I owns 8 S.G. not seven … :)

They all play well, and a few days ago when I disconnect three of them I feel immediately a lost in the imaging definition...

It is not possible or practical to isolate all that the way you suggest...They are on cork and on some cheap composite material feet...


I thing the location is indeed important but with 8 S.G. that compensate for the not so ideal height (5 feet) where they must ideally be located...

The Black one at 4 feet tough is ideally located, because it is between my brain and the gear, at equal distance on top of my computer screen and when I laterally displace it of only 2 feet to my left that makes a big  negative difference... Then I think that this one is ideally located or almost...


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It might not be feasible for you to elevate all the SR to a minimum height of 1m50cm but according to what everyone says, including the Grand Wazoo, Acoustic Revive, that is the correct minimum height. Sorry to be bearer of bad Gnus.
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