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Re: TH500RP
« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2015, 07:12:33 PM »
Quote from: HideousPride on February 05, 2015, 06:43:10 PM
I rather liked the TH500RP, stylistically and comfort-wise it's quite the headphone. Not as peaky as the TH-600, which is a big plus. My hope was that it'd sound like an open TH-900, but that might have been a bit too much to ask at the cost.

They seem to lack that homp that the TH-900s had in them (and perhaps one of it's better attributes). They do sound open and soundstage IMO is not a problem. But they have that peakyness and it's now more obvious due to the bass reduction. I don't remember the TH-900 (or 600) being as tizzy as these ones. Style and comfort is A+.
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Re: TH500RP
« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2015, 07:57:04 PM »
Quote from: c61746961 on February 05, 2015, 05:40:36 PM
These are begging for a big-ass piece of foam behind the drivers.

Fostex should've made them closed to begin with.
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Re: TH500RP
« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2015, 08:10:07 PM »
Maybe Ultra could try sealing off the back externally partially or fully to see what happens? Could be done very easily with zero intrusiveness.
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Re: TH500RP
« Reply #13 on: February 05, 2015, 08:59:06 PM »
Will see what I can do.
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Re: TH500RP
« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2015, 07:09:52 AM »
Thanks for the measurements, Ultrabike!

I didn't think my joke in the shoutbox would carry on into reality.

It's kinda interesting to see the current trend of recently released headphones to be warm, kind of bassy (mid-bassy?), and diffused/relaxed/smooth/rolled off, as opposed to before where the next thing to be released was almost guaranteed to have the tightest sound possible.
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Re: TH500RP
« Reply #15 on: March 13, 2015, 08:15:25 AM »
A friend loaned a pair of  these for reviewing purpose. I'll have it during the next month. Holly fuck. the high mids/low treble dip and the treble sizzle are obvious from the first listen . warmth in the bass area too. I really hear those headphones exactly like UB measurements suggest. funny.

Remind me something of the HE400 dips+peak phenomenon in the treble . both dark and bright ( tizzy and sizzling treble here ) headdhone. Not so bad (EDIT a few hours later... Maybe really bad finally  poo )  but makes me cringe and want to throw the headphone through the window.
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Re: TH500RP
« Reply #16 on: March 15, 2015, 08:56:06 PM »
Update : won't keep it , will return it and not review it .. Hope i'll forget this as quickly as I can.  walk the plank
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Re: TH500RP
« Reply #17 on: March 16, 2015, 08:15:47 PM »
I heard this the other day. That listening session couldn't have been brief enough. It sounds more uncomfortable than it feels and about as ugly as it looks worn.

Yes, it's bright--probably because it lacks a low range. It's less two dimensional in soundstage than stock T50RP but much more offensive tonally. I would take the stock version of any cheap Fostex over this any day.

Who thought it was a good idea to use narrow pads? I'm guessing that their unwillingness to put more effort into making a new driver or tuning the old one forced them into using a narrow slit or it would've sounded even worse.

Fail.
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Re: TH500RP
« Reply #18 on: March 17, 2015, 07:03:27 PM »
Quote from: Sorrodje on March 15, 2015, 08:56:06 PM
Update : won't keep it , will return it and not review it .. Hope i'll forget this as quickly as I can.  walk the plank
Quote from: Claritas on March 16, 2015, 08:15:47 PM
I heard this the other day. That listening session couldn't have been brief enough. It sounds more uncomfortable than it feels and about as ugly as it looks worn.

Yes, it's bright--probably because it lacks a low range. It's less two dimensional in soundstage than stock T50RP but much more offensive tonally. I would take the stock version of any cheap Fostex over this any day.

Who thought it was a good idea to use narrow pads? I'm guessing that their unwillingness to put more effort into making a new driver or tuning the old one forced them into using a narrow slit or it would've sounded even worse.

Fail.

Now imagine this. Although quite bad, these sounded better than the already 'fixed' Alpha Primes we had on hand for direct comparison.
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Re: TH500RP
« Reply #19 on: March 17, 2015, 07:54:17 PM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on March 17, 2015, 07:03:27 PM
Now imagine this. Although quite bad, these sounded better than the already 'fixed' Alpha Primes we had on hand for direct comparison.



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