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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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For sure it is the best option Geoff.... But I dont want the exact same solution than yours... I want speakers also, then the best for me would be to go with a big powered battery generator, connected with my stone grid and treated with stones and crystals...To Hell with the public power grid or to heaven without it... :)


By the way I know that this guy is right because the stones has a big impactful noise lowering effect on the electrical panels of the house...Then it will be  better without this public electrical  grid...
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I'm still worried about glupson....
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Yes I am too...I miss him also...we must hope that all is ok.... Sometimes people take vacation from forums...My salutations to you brother....
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I must thank you very much indeed... Your crystals tops wrapped around my headphone cable, or inserted in the headphones, or near the optical convertor of my dac between the computer and the convertor it self, or on top of some capacitors of my Shumann Generators, all together gives me a transparency unknown of before and micro details that I never get before trying them...Better imaging also...

The effect is at the same times subtle and astounding... The paradox is solved if you think that these micro-crystals tops act on the fractal relief of the higher frequencies for me... Then this is subtle but unmistakable and amazing...My system needed exactly that, more transparency and miraculously the crystals tops gives me that on the first try...I humbly and joyfully thank you , I doubt that I would have gained this same transparency with other means at my disposal now...It seems that micro-crystals are really potent but act on another level than my macro crystals grid...This is another miracles for me and the wonders of music is here now more than ever...My best to you....
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I forget to say that as a consequence of these transparency, the musical timbre of voice or instrument seems now more natural than ever....The lack of transparency has veiled the timbre before I try the crystals tops...Crystals in a macro grid or in microscopics states or powder act magically in an audio system....For me they act like some kind of filtering the electro magnetic field... I am not a scientist for sure...It is only my hunch and experience...


I test these crystals tops mainly and mostly for the moment with headphone, because I put them inside and on the headphone cable also...I will report for the speakers tomorrow...
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