SonyFan121
AKA Steven31, Audio Aficionado, Audioholic123, JVC steven, and others
The right driver of my TH500RP seems to have more bass than the left one, so I’ve taken them out to investigate and solve the problem. Whilst doing so I decided to try the Fostex TH-X00 Purple Heart biocellulose drivers in the TH500RP cups, and i'm liking what I hear! The sound is an improvement to the TH-X00 Purple Heart in closed-back stock form; imaging is better (left/right/center stereo imaging is dead accurate), bass is much tighter, high’s are crisper and less sibilant, soundstage is much wider. I would say that if this headphone was on the market ( TH500RP with TH-X00 drivers), I would expect it to sell for over $1,000 USD. The imaging is not as precise as TH500RP with its stock Planar drivers. I wonder how it would compare to the Fostex TH909. That would be interesting!
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