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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...
mahgister
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mahgister OP
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For now I think to create a thread about my cabled stones and crystals grid powered by batteries, using also 4 modified Schuman Generator to project the power of some crystals and stones in this grid and room space... The Stein Harmonizer for the poor... With this grid I can modify and improve the soundstage of the speakers, make them more spacious in the room...


I read very few things about the harmonizer and only know that there is some battery internal to powered something that activate some stones and crystals...I thing that I manage on my own something similar but cheap cost... The results are amazing... My system cost the price of the crystals and stones, this is around few hundred bucks if I eliminate the trials and errors...Anyway I dont have money and can only dream about Audio, this is the fact that start my inventive journey...It is better to be poor at the end, that's make us more creative.    :)
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Indeed! When one has scarce resources and is forced to improvise, the result can be excellent.
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I react perhaps too swiftly yesterday, I think I hurted Geoffkait, I apologize to him for that...I am often too quick ill-tempered...He is not always easy to deal with, but I like his originality and experience ...I officially apologize to you Geoffkait, I know you read everything...
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He's the one who should be apologizing to you. Not that it's ever going to happen.....and trust me, you didn't hurt his feelings.
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Please Thecarpathian dont antagonize the situation ..I appreciate your support and participation and your generous opinion of me but I am not perfect in anyway, no more than Geoff, and my Ego is no less...I miss his explanation too... :) I am very curious...
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