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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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My S.Q. is so good right now that I put photos where they can be seen for the time being...

How a so tiny quartz piece, 15% of a gram, be so potent?

Or is it the power of the S.G. conveying the structural quality of the liliputian H.D. on top of the Tourmaline+"golden" plate, transforming the acoustical space of the room?

It is not solely the piezo effect for sure.... :)


If it was the piezo effect only, the 3 gram H.D. at the same spot would be more efficient than the same stone, weighting 1/ 16 of his weigh...But on the contrary the liliputian has almost more power to transform the acoustical space of the room and with a more subtle softness  and a strong dynamic....
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OK, I’ll bite. Why not? Is it crouching tigers, flying lizards?
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Sometimes it is difficult to seriously speak to you …. :)

I will call Groucho to my rescue...



"The space of my room is indeed the other side of the moon " - Groucho Marx
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Many years ago a very wise man named Bernard Baruch took me aside and put his arm around my shoulder. "Harpo my boy," he said, "I'm going to give you three pieces of advice, three things you should always remember." My heart jumped and I glowed with expectation. I was going to hear the magic password to a rich, full life from the master himself. "Yes sir?" I said. And he told me the three things. I regret that I've forgotten what they were. - Harpo Marx
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But I  must gives you that you always makes me smile.... Thanks and enjoy the day....My best.... :)
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