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Post by merton on May 8, 2008 1:53:37 GMT
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Post by toad on May 8, 2008 20:28:35 GMT
Merton's on a buy these phones and test them out for me campaign again
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Post by merton on May 8, 2008 21:49:21 GMT
how did you know?
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Post by rowuk on May 12, 2008 14:20:46 GMT
I have listened to these for an extended period of time. Like most things Fostex, TONS of detail. These cans did not have that relaxed big space impression that I prefer. What remained in my head was "etched" not "musical". We all know that that could have more to do with my head geometry than the cans though.
The technology is similar to their RP series tweeters with the voice coil etched on a diaphragm stretched across a magnetic field. They benefit ALOT from a proper break in (I used interchannel radio noise for a week).
I am waiting for some manufacturer to incorporate some thumb screws to adjust diaphragm to ear positioning. That will be the first real "universal" headphone! I am convinced that most of the differences that we hear are more due to geometry than anything else. The diaphragms on all decent cans have more linear bandwidth than my ears do. Distortion is only a real issue at the upper end of our listening habits - and after beating our ears up, the sensitivity to distortion goes down dramatically.
So Herr Merton, like most things audio, if it sounds good, it is good. Play before you pay!
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Post by dc on May 12, 2008 16:00:28 GMT
I believe fostex drivers are used in denon's D2000 and D5000
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Post by merton on May 13, 2008 2:01:18 GMT
were they bright? did they have bass?
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Post by rowuk on May 18, 2008 13:59:48 GMT
were they bright? did they have bass? They had enough bass and slam, the highs were not "bright" like turning up the highs on an equalizer, but etched/exaggerated. I noticed it when listening to harpsichord music, the quill "plucking" the string was too obvious, the sound of violins was "grainy", piano had some hardness. They did not have that sense of "air" that makes the sonic event sound real, live.
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Post by merton on May 18, 2008 21:05:38 GMT
actually, violins are scratchy, aren't they?
do you think the dt770 would sound much better?
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Post by rowuk on Jun 2, 2008 21:21:40 GMT
My ears do not get along with the DT770 at all, way too much bass and a slightly recessed midrange too - my son uses them to mix his studio recordings and he catches things that I miss though. It just depends on the shape of your head and the conductivity between the ear and the brain I guess..................................
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