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...
128x128mahgister
Third update:

The golden plates on the 2 telephone box lines were really something...After 2 hours listening, clarity exceed any other improvement effects including bass enhancement...

I had order 2 more shungite plates (300 gr each), and will create 2 new golden plates...(25 dollars ordered paid and delivered)

I had pick surreptitiously the plates I put on the telephone boxes from the main router at the desk of my wife where there was 3 of them already, because I want to experiment with on the tel. boxes... :)

She ask to me : " Where are the 2 missing one?" I said on the tel. boxes in the basement... She replied:"  At the end you think more about sound than about me".... oufff…. I must replace the missing one now... Shungite plates protect from negative field radiations the biological organism according to some Russian research... By the way I put shungite in my refrigerator with great success with all vegetables and fruits staying fresh more longer... The skeptical mother of my wife owns a "bad" refrigerator that she hated till the day where I put some shungite, now tells all people around about the "miracles" in his refrigerator...

You must know that I dont gives a dam about any spiteful smiles from some readers... :)


" I love you more than music, off course the radio is off now" Groucho Marx
I think that people dont like the fact that I pretend with a cheap audio system to rival their costly one, more than that, as if that weren't enough, with improvised homemade tweaks at low cost... The insult is double... :)

 I apologize....
But some beginners will perhaps learn something and thanks me, this is my only reward... My best...



@mahghister - 
I admire your "chutzpah".  Don't get discouraged.  Keep it up!
My friend, you have many "ghosts" haunting this thread. They are silently listening, but they are there.......
ghosthouse

My wife just said to me that I rant about an atom of dust in the air...I think this is true... :) 

I am very happy to welcome and thank you for your nod....From my heart, will light be between us all....