purk Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Tony, where can you buy them that cheap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 I looked more at the square waves and the impulse response. Those tell me a few more things about the driver performance than the frequency response. As you say, this isn't that bad, I'd expect them to sound warm and kind of lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 (edited) Hey Purk, I have read a few reports at the other site (the huge thread). Too many posts to find them back, anyway, just to give you an indication, I was reading posts from Magick Man, and some other users were replying in the same pages as him. He made me intrigued in them, because on top of having several great headphones, the insight he had already given to me (I was asking him about the 4070 with GES, as well as ESP950 and Grado HP2) was very good. Antonio, since I'd like to see what you are seeing (maybe I should start comparing more impuse response and square wave graphs), what are you deducing from them? Thanks. On a 'funny' note, this headphone has a similar response to what the Westone 3 looked, a few years ago, soon after it had come out and when the first Japanese graphs were coming out. This seems to be a bit better in the midrange though! Edited August 23, 2012 by Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 This explanation by Tyll at Innerfidelity will explain it way better than anything I would ever manage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Drummond Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Truly fantastic article! A joy to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyll Hertsens Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnotis Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Tyll, your write up on square wave interpretation is all levels of awesome. I found it extremely informative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted November 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 Little Brother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin ear Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 Inscrutable little brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin ear Posted December 25, 2012 Report Share Posted December 25, 2012 The TH900 might not be worth $2K but how about $1600? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric5676 Posted May 11, 2014 Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 (edited) The TH900 might not be worth $2K but how about $1600? Thread necro. How about $1500 stock? I respect Drew's opinions and views a lot. In this video he put these at number 1 overall on his personal prefernce list ahead of both the Audeze LCD-3 at number 2 and Sennheiser 800s at number 3 respectively. Naturally he takes the time to explain how and why he came to those conclusions. It's a 16 minute video if you want to listen. I wasn't terribly familiar with Fostex until very recently and then this video kind of took me by surprise. See what you all think. Edited May 11, 2014 by Eric5676 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted May 11, 2014 Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 Or $1299 https://www.massdrop.com/buy/fostex-th900?s=Headphones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted May 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Goddamn, those are still gorgeous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin ear Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 yep and it sounds awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmcmanus Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Or $1299 https://www.massdrop.com/buy/fostex-th900?s=Headphones $1,249 now. Dammit, Ric!!! Thanks, but no thanks, but thanks, but... urgh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Debating myself. Sure would be nice to have a closed pair around. If you miss Massdrop looks like Headroom has for $1299 right now. http://www.headphone.com/headphones/fostex-th-900.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purk Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Are they replacing them with something else hence the sale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin ear Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 don't think so. it's a great reduction tho. ttvj is still selling them for $1499 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purk Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 don't think so. it's a great reduction tho. ttvj is still selling them for $1499 But why the sale? I'm not complaining here but I do feel for those who paid $2000 for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin ear Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 dunno - overstocked perhaps. ask headroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Goddamn, those are still gorgeous. Someone doesn't think so http://www.lawtonaudio.com/page68.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 I just threw up a bit looking at that site... Anyway, the price difference is probably due to the weak Yen against the USD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric5676 Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Goddamn, those are still gorgeous. I know. They look great and I keep running into all this super positive feedback. ^^ This is a recipe that leads to tempting me to do something rash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted May 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Someone doesn't think so http://www.lawtonaudio.com/page68.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzziguy Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Often prices drop because sales numbers are lower than expected. Maybe that's the case here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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