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
My 2 golden pyramis on top of the S.G. gives a new clarity, unheard of in my system... I am a bit surprize each time... At the beginning I treat 5 shungite plates with the copper tape and they were put at the same location were they was already before the copper taping, on top, or glued to the side panel of the main breakers panel...

The effect immediately audible was comparable with these 2 shungite pyramids+copper on top of the 2 S.G. ( had 4 usb S.G. and 2 powered by 2 supplies)… How in the world 2 pyramids of shungite+copper suspended on top of an S.G. antenna can give so much better clarity then imaging?
( By the way I dont think that the fact that they are pyramids or cube or plate change something, this is not the form that act but the shungite mass carbon around 60% in the less pure shungite, 90% in the "elite" variety + plus the shielding effect of the copper tape that gives somewhat an orientation to the "field stone effect" metaphorically speaking, it is not science by any means)

Some other stones were also there near the S.G. and cabled to be linked to my entire grid stones, is this the reason ? I dont know and I dont want to disconnect all my grid of stones to know...But I think without any link the "golden" shungite plate works on the central breaker panel on the modem-router and on some other interconnect or unused duplex plug, then the power of the stones is there, linked to the other stones or not.... I think the fact they are linked improve the effect that is already there that’s all... A year ago I already used many varieties of stones at this time they were not cabled and linked together with thin phone cable and the effect of these stones was there however, audible for me... It gives me the idea to link them after I observe that 2 or 3 stones act synergetiscally, each stone acting in a way, positive or negative, or more neutral, a way that is modified if I added other variety near the first... After that I cabled them with some little batteries and observe an improvement in their effect...The rest is my "foolish" history... :)
geoffkait
if you had bought thin cell phone plates, place the side with copper tape added (instead of the product adhesive)"up", the nude shungite side " down" on the 4 capacitors near the usb connection of the S. G. … Try that … My best to you...

I think it is the best spot, but I need to try under the antenna, taping it at the center, the shungite side up and the copper side down... Perhaps better I dont know yet...The placement I suggest first is effective then I had not think about any another possibility before this post … try the 2 and report if you want......
A good place to put my "golden" plate, for those who read this post and listen music from a computer external disk storing their files, is on top of the usb connection coming in the computer from the disk, the copper tape side always "up" the shungite side always down on the usb  connector....


 For the price and for me amazing S.Q. ...
Like someone said: " I dont recognize my old files nor my old cds"

The effect of the "golden plate" are cumulative, with each one I add...It is spectacular, not because the effect is spectacular(except for the 5 plates on the breakers panels) but because it is audible and cumulative, difficult to understand with the ears why the sound is beginning to be always more "natural"...

Then I ordered 4 thin cell plates for my other 3 Shumann Generator and 2 other interconnect... Plus a shungite chunk for the refrigerator and for fresher content or longer conservation... :)
I had already 4 chunks for the fruits, cheese, and vegetables section, this one will be for the big central section ...By the way the shungite for the refrigerator had no copper tape on it...

Sceptics-pro can smile with me, smiling together is a good thing, nevermind the reason why, if we stay mute...
Recall I have two usb Schumann devices the size of your little finger. The way I figure it the shungite doesn’t do anything, heaven forbid, the mass of thin shungite 2x3 plates will lower the resonance frequency little bit on the VERY elastic suspensions I have the usb dojobbers on so it’s all good! 🤗 🤗 🤗