Yes of the Fostex models, but not the E-mu Teak. At least that is what I was told. The E-mu Teak is basically a more refined version of the x00 Fostex line.
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Hello,
Thanks for the advice.
The Teaks canât buy it on Emu,only the other cups who are listet.
Yeah if you want more bass look at possibly the Fostex Ebony, or Fostex TH900 Mk2. Or something else entirely. The Campfire Cascade have pretty great bass.
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Iâve heard good things regarding the cascades.
Yeah, they are a biodynamic driver I think. Very easily portable too, nice and light, not hard to drive to drive either.
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They use a 42mm beryllium driver
Ah okay. Yeah people did say they have a kind of biodynamic sound to them. They sound like a great option.
Yeah, theyâre beryllium PVD.
Theyâre very enjoyable and really THUMP. They also have couple of pad options. Iâve been exclusively using the XL leather pads but just switched to the cloth ones and these do open up the sound. One con I would say is the headband can give a hotspot after a few hours. I have a loph strap thatâs been âon the wayâ from Thailand for weeks so hopefully, thatâll get here soon and Iâll give my 2 cents.
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how is the sound stage and instrument separation? I was eyeing them on headphones.com but heard the sound stage is like an in ear monitor. I figure if I already own the 900 and the X00 line thereâs no point in purchasing the cascade?
I mean itâs a different headphone, they donât sound that close. Also itâs actually portable and closed unlike the x00 and 900
So I would say that it depends on the pads. I was playing around with them earlier and the XL pads have bigger soundstage with more decay while the cloth pads sound more intimate but a bit more transparent and faster. With the stock pads I would say somewhere in the middle of the two. The instrument separation is good but not on the level of the Elex which is what I have for comparison. It would depend on the tracks too. I wouldnât say that the mids are recessed cause theyâre present and of good quality but it is V-shape so any instruments or vocals in the midrange wonât particularly stand out.
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good to know, iâve made the PH my portable daily cans. If I can find something that at least shares similar characteristics in a smaller and lighter package thatâs a win in my book.
The cascade will isolate better, fold, and also not really leak, def more preferable portable cans imo.
Anyone knows if the Lawton tune-up is fully reversible?
I noticed the third step involves removing the âfactory white polyester batting materialâ, I havenât taken mine apart so far, so I canât tell if this is something final.
Factory white polyester batting material? The tune up kit just comprises of adhesive sound absorbing material for the driver side and an adhesive foam disc if you want to apply it to the cup side. All of the adhesive material can be removed. What model of headphones are you specifically looking to tune up? Non of my TR models contained any batting material.
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Some models like the TH-600 (black cups made of metal) had stuffing in the cups. Any wood cup model shouldnât have anything to remove Frome the headphone. Regardless, you should be able to remove the mod pretty easily. I would recommend dry fitting the cup side if the mid with double sided Scotch tape because that would probably be the hardest part to take off.
Also I highly recommend the driver side. It doesnât change the frequency response at all really but it improves the technical performance (mist notably instrument separation) quite a bit.
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By dry fitting what do you mean?
Instead of using the rather strong adhesive included on the cup dampening, use some relatively weak double stick tape to attach it temporarily for some testing to see if you like the sound with the cup dampening. If you donât like it (I found it to be a bit too âneutralâ with the cup dampening) then it is easy to remove and the peaces will still have unused adhesive for some future use.
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Thanks for the info.
Did you notice any downsides to the driver side of the tune-up that some might not like?