[up late]

i feel comfortably chilled thanks but if that's how you perceive my responses to your posts then i'm happy to oblige

 

[pervysage]

Just wanted to share some pics of my TH900 after getting upgraded with Lawton Jet Black African Ebony cups and Lawton leather pads (and tune up kit inside of the cups).
 

 

 

 

 
Shout out to @PETEREK for all the work he has done on the headphones for me (installing all the Lawton stuff and detachable HD800 connector mod). 

 

[Whitigir]

0_0 headphones porn

 

[tunes]

How much did it cost and where do Insend mine for the same mods?

 

[Gandah]

They look amazing mate, how do they sound overall compared to stock?

 

[up late]

very nice pervysage. the ear cups have a monolithic quality. hope you enjoy your new lawton headphone.

 

[JackarlTwo]

Looks fantastic!

 

[Sethivict]

Nice

 

[AppleheadMay]

Well, do call me sentimentalic. Ebony looks sweet, personally I am still after urushi. Mona Lisa is Mona Lisa how Leonardo Da Vinci made her, when another artist repaint Mona Lisa it is not the same.

That is no comparison at all.
You even could reverse it and say wood is wood, you can't recreate it with lacquer.
You have destroyed it and taken all the lovely grain away.

No, I have nothing against the urushi, it looks very nice, I just prefer wood grain.
I find the W3000ANVs finish more of a succes than urushi.
And I love the looks of many of the Lawton offerings.

 

[Whitigir]

Urushi is nice, but each wood grains has a special and unique textures to it. I like natural wood textures more, and best of both worlds...get both, hehehe

 

[Sethivict]

I edited it. Ebony have a fantastic look, no doubt. I only think it is a shame removing the Japanese tree and a japanise laque tradition.
It is a part of the Fostex soul if you could call it that.
I am after the artistic feel and the headphone feel as a whole and would never change it. My opinion ofc.
Again, it is your headphone and everyone can change it as the person please. Thanks god
Pardon my grammar, english is not a native.

 

[up late]

That is no comparison at all.
You even could reverse it and say wood is wood, you can't recreate it with lacquer.
You have destroyed it and taken all the lovely grain away.

No, I have nothing against the urushi, it looks very nice, I just prefer wood grain.
I find the W3000ANVs finish more of a succes than urushi.
And I love the looks of many of the Lawton offerings.

you can barely see the wood grain in the w3000anv ear cups in normal light. they also have a monolithic quality and are gorgeous. the th900's cups are highly decorative and are stunning in the flesh. photos tend not to do them justice.

 

[defbear]

Other builders have made a living upgrading other models of Fostex phones. One or two which I own. I would love to have a set of Lawton modded th900's. But it would have to be a second set of th900's bought just for the purpose. I've 'bonded' with my set. I won't even re-wire the cable to balanced. I bought a microZOTL 2 amp instead.

 

[up late]

I edited it. Ebony have a fantastic look, no doubt. I only think it is a shame removing the Japanese tree and a japanise laque tradition.
It is a part of the Fostex soul if you could call it that.
I am after the artistic feel and the headphone feel as a whole and would never change it. My opinion ofc.
Again, it is your headphone and everyone can change it as the person please. Thanks god
Pardon my grammar, english is not a native.

i understand where you're coming from and feel the same way. it's been a point of contention in this thread. like most differences of opinion here it boils down to personal preference.

 

[Sethivict]

i understand where you're coming from and feel the same way. it's been a point of contention in this thread. like most differences of opinion here it boils down to personal preference.

Lets agree on one thing up late, TH900 are fantastic set of headphones