Fostex USA Stage or Studio Cable (AMS-ET-RPXLR)

Sold my Argon Mk3's and kept these instead. I hope that makes my opinion clear. :)

Well i will start this review by saying...this is the best sounding headphone i have ever heard. And i have tried a lot of headphones. Remember that audio is a very personal thing and that what i find awesome it might be just good to you. In any case, there are two things about this headphone that to me they do better than any other headphone i have tried and those two things are the imaging and highs. The imaging on this headphone is super amazingly precise. There's so much clarity and resolution. There's a song that before using this headphone, in certain parts of the music i thought that only one singer was singing. With this headphone i can clearly heard other singers behind the usual one and i can clearly heard woman voices and men voices singing behind. For me that was a nice revelation. In gaming the super precise imaging has helped me a lot with footsteps and enemy's coming from different places. The highs are sweet, ok maybe thats not a good description but to me they are sweet to my ears. The highs are sweet, clear, detailed. The mids are awesome too. The voice clarity of this headphone is amazing. There's so much texture and resolution and clarity in the mids that...ufff i have no words to describe it. The low end is, to me, perfect. If you like crazy amount of bass look for another headphone because this one is very very detailed and controlled with the low end. The bass is perfect to me, very tight and impactful. Everything about the sound is just awesome.The build quality is spectacular too. They are BEAUTIFUL. That wood is so nice. The headphone is very sturdy and well made. Detachable cable! Yeiii! Awesome! But fostex didn't stop there! fostex did the wiring inside to support balance connections too! Awesome! The cable that comes with the headphone is very good, kinda short if you dont have your amp next to you on your desk but...you can buy any extension you want. The pads are super comfortable. They are of very very good quality. Man this is the best headphone i have ever tried.

I am a huge audiophile and a headphone modder. I have a pair of Fostex T50RP that I modded and tweaked about 8 times to get it perfect. I did so much to the inside of the headphones and also swapped on 4 different sets of earpads. The result of my mods made them amazing. I bought these T60RP wondering if they could come close to what I created. They sure as hell did. These are in the same league as all the hard work I did. There is only very slight differences. I like both for different reasons. Just get these headphones.

I've owned ATH-m50x, ATH-m40x, and HE350 on a Schiit stack. I've bought and returned HE560s because they weren't worth the price and the sound signature was too thin. I've never heard another Fostex pair of headphones, so I cannot compare to the T50RPs with or without mods.All I can say is that these cans are the best cans I've ever heard, except for maybe the HE1000 that I demoed at a trade show. They are so damn thick, rich, and precise! Bass is really present, smooth, and detailed. Vocals aren't as forward as something like a m40x, but are extremely filled out and pleasant to listen to. Soundstage isn't very wide, but the placement is very precise. Gaming in these is really immersive.They are also very comfortable out of the box. I tend to replace my Audio Technica gear with Brainwavz hybrid or velour just for comfort. But the pleather pads are very nice and I haven't felt the need to experiment. Build quality is beautiful and feels robust. The 3.5mm jack is super convenient. The cable that comes with it is high quality and sleeved. If I had a balanced system I'd spring for the four pole balanced cable.I hear something in the Schiit Magni range is the lowest power gear you should use, because they're pretty power hungry. Word on the street is that if you try running it off say an iphone or even a Dragon Fly Red, you won't get the full sound signature, even if they are driven to loud volumes. These are not portable headphones.If you're in the price range and have an amp that can power them, it's a no-brainer.Update 1/19/2019: Unfortunately I have to take off two stars because the left ear cup’s hinge has developed a persistent creaking any time I move my head or jaw. That’s a pretty serious flaw for a headphone of this price tier, and completely ruins the user experience.

I use these headphones with a pc and a soundblaster g6 usb dac/amp. These headphones bring so much clarity to music it is crazy. I went out of my way to find audio at higher bit rates and these really give you great sound, clarity, responsiveness, and position, they are extremely enjoyable. On a flat EQ these headphones have a breat mid to high end sound, but the bottom is light, even with the ear cups they give you that are adding to that semi closed environment. I would recommend swapping them out for some brainwaves due to the lack of ear cup comfort with these, and take your time putting them on because they need to be worked to fit in the ear cup. I wear a 7 3/8 fitted hat so I have a larger noggin. I used the eq controls in my sound card to boost the low end and keep the rest flat and you are rewarded with one of the best sound experiences for music. My wife is very sensitive to pitch and sounds and shes using a regular gaming headset (arctis 5) and she had me play thunder by imagine dragons and she really enjoyed it. She said, great, now I can’t enjoy listening to music on other headphones because I’ve tried these and now I can hear how bad everything else sounds. The wood grain is a nice touch and black sack that it comes with is great for when you have it on your desk and you want to keep dust and dirt off of it. The headphone cable that it comes with is ok, I would ask that they offer it in two lengths for the same price (299) as the one that comes with it is too long and I could really use a shorter one. If you're looking for a planar magnetic thats going to close out the surroundings, this is the one you want. If you want more boom to these, just make sure you use eq software to give you that necessary boost to the low end and you’ll really enjoy it.