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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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geoffkait
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But the tape and the tape head are not mechanically coupled. It’s a little bit like an air bearing tone arm or air bearing turntable platter.
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But the tape and the tape head are not mechanically coupled
A piece of rock on a cable or on the house router affect the sound and they are not electrically coupled either...

An audio system is for me a UNITY emerging from the mechanical, electrical, and acoustical embeddings...The ears perceived much S.Q. than a single measure apparatus... This unity is neglected by most and by all measure apparatus  indeed, but the ears can detect this unity ....I know that you know already that.... But this thread has silent eyes that listen.... :)
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I said the tape and tape head are not mechanically coupled. A rock on a cable Or router box are mechanically coupled, not electrically coupled. How do I know this? Because I’m from the future! Besides, I invented rocks on cables and router boxes. 
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said the tape and tape head are not mechanically coupled. A rock on a cable Or router box are mechanically coupled, not electrically coupled
The fact that a rock is put near a router cannot be described by the expression"mechanically coupled" for explaining the effect in S.Q.

My point is simply  that all parts ,mechanical electrical or acoustical are all united to gives  the required S.Q.


I cannot explain why but this is my living experience.... 
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"Golden Plates"  UPDATE :

I add 4 all along my electrical line: one under the Hard drive bank which have only a little one, 2 on the router of the house(total of 3 now), and finally another bigger one on the electrical main panel of the house(which has many of them) and the results is easy to hear: more refined bass and better timbre and bigger imaging ...I was so enthralled with my Bell of Bells and my other little grid of bells(on speakers, on the walls and on my computer screen) that I had forgot the impactful "golden plates".... :)


What a journey!

Improvement for peanuts and each month passing the acquired  experience  that made me think that what is very illusory in Audio experience are the different electronic components upgrading effects versus the underestimated and more powerful effects created by the controls of the 3 embeddings... Today it was the electrical field acted upon with my "golden plates", yesterday it was the little cones or bells + Herkimer diamonds( on 20% of them)...

The only embedding I had not modified  in the last 2 years  is the mechanical resonance dimensions... With my heavy load on speakers +my sorbothane +granite+quartz+bamboo+cork plates... That is already so good I dont add anything more... In the years to come I will add a bed of quartz sand....But for now the heavy organ sound dont even give me any sensation at all with my finger on the desk...Not perfect at all, but good indeed...

My dear fellows think before buying anything.....Thinks twice....
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