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If you go to the Lawton Audio website, it gives a very good 'step-by-step' guide to removing the Fostex earpads
It's difficult to decipher, but there is something "different" about them.
it's not going to sound as open as the hd800 or any other open backed can. the hd800 has a more balanced fr with fuller mids. you've got contrasting sound signatures there.
i like that cans have different sound signatures. the headphone caper would be pretty dull if they all sounded the same imo. seems to me that you just prefer the hd800's presentation and there's nothing wrong with that.
it's difficult to transition to another headphone when the preceding one is so different in presentation (I.e, the SR007 is a little sterile and tired-sounding following the 009, the HE60 awfully thin following the 007, etc...).
Yeah, I'm not exactly sure what I mean. I think it has something to do with a closed headphone sounding so open. It's definitely coherent sounding and tuned exquisitely. Still, I'm not "wowed" by them, but more impressed by it's abilities to sound clean and detailed, while keeping the bass from infringing on the rest of the presentation. I simply need to listen more plus the HD800 is a tough headphone to shake off once you've grown used to it. I can say, however, that the bass is something of a treat, especially when you're listening to small ensembles where the instrument is in focus.
Not so simple as all that. I can appreciate different sound signatures. Every headphone in my sig represents a different presentation and ultimately were kept because they did something especially different from the others. As for the HD800, yes, they are my favorite dynamic headphones. It took me nearly 3 years to get them just right and in a sense my system was built around it. That has little to do with the Fostex.
I like the TH900, but I don't understand the nuances it brings yet. The only reason I brought up the Sennheiser's was to suggest that my ears are overly familiarized with that sound and sometimes it's difficult to transition to another headphone when the preceding one is so different in presentation (I.e, the SR007 is a little sterile and tired-sounding following the 009, the HE60 awfully thin following the 007, etc...).
Not so simple as all that. I can appreciate different sound signatures. Every headphone in my sig represents a different presentation and ultimately were kept because they did something especially different from the others. As for the HD800, yes, they are my favorite dynamic headphones. It took me nearly 3 years to get them just right and in a sense my system was built around it. That has little to do with the Fostex.
I like the TH900, but I don't understand the nuances it brings yet. The only reason I brought up the Sennheiser's was to suggest that my ears are overly familiarized with that sound and sometimes it's difficult to transition to another headphone when the preceding one is so different in presentation (I.e, the SR007 is a little sterile and tired-sounding following the 009, the HE60 awfully thin following the 007, etc...).