Show Me Your ThunderPantses!

[Torpedo]

It looks beautiful. If it sounds as good as it looks WANT!!!!

[MASantos]

They look gorgeous!

[Salt Peanuts]

Holy jebus, the dark chocolatey one is gorgeous!

[BlueDoor]

Cool! Wonderful work from smeggy!

[Smeggy]

Man, I am so bummed.

Everywhere is sold out of the Fostex T50. I spent half the morning phoning all over the country to see if anywhere had them in. I found one set which I hope I get, and one second hand set. Looks like that's it until sometime in December. These were my financial lifeline and now it's gone.

Shit, I'm doomed!

If any of you come across any in your travels, lemme know.

[Tony]

I have found a few websites which have em available which I am going to send you by pm.

Cheers

[HeadphoneAddict]

Man, I am so bummed.

Everywhere is sold out of the Fostex T50. I spent half the morning phoning all over the country to see if anywhere had them in. I found one set which I hope I get, and one second hand set. Looks like that's it until sometime in December. These were my financial lifeline and now it's gone.

Shit, I'm doomed!

If any of you come across any in your travels, lemme know.

You could make money doing wood cups for Grados and Denon - there's always a market for that, and you don't need to sell complete phones that way.

[luvdunhill]

Smeggy, what about LCD-1 enclosures? I've been wanting to PM you about that, but don't have the cash now to make it a reality. I think that would be fantastic way to go.

[Dusty Chalk]

What did we establish about the t40? IIRC, it's different, but one thing we didn't establish was whether or not it was of the same caliber.

I mean, this page seems to indicate that there are at least similarities ("...a new RP Diaphragm (now standard across the range)...").

[Smeggy]

They're similar but not the same. I tried the 40 and 20 before and neither are as good as the 50 and I'd hate to drop the quality. Anyhow, it looks like I may have secured six sets in total through scavenging and hopefully, three from Canada which cost twice as much. Oh well, I'll take them where I can get them. I may have another go at the 40s to see if they can be made good.

As for the LCD-1, I've never seen one in the flesh and have no idea what the driver size is or how it fits. I don't even have any Grados now so again, no clue what size they'd need to be. Hopefully Fostex will get their shit together and restock everyone soon. With my luck they're prolly discontinued

[Salt Peanuts]

That sucks, Smeggy. Too bad my T50's broken, otherwise, I'd send them to you.

[Dusty Chalk]

When you tried the 40, did you try the Mk1 or MkII? I seem to remember you trying the Mk1, make sure you give the MkII a try.

[Smeggy]

the 40 I tried for thunderpanting was the current model T40RP. The drivers in them look the same except the plastic frame is white instead of black. They have a lower power rating but no clue what else is different.

[Dusty Chalk]

Okay, that corresponds with my experience* as well.

* By 'experience', I was watching over someone else's shoulder and listening to what they were saying. But I was there...

[DefectiveAudioComponent]

The LCD-1 has a square driver bolted to a thick piece of plastic that has exactly the same shape as the cups. Unfortunately, there is a printed circuit going to the driver, that's printed on the edge of the back side of the plastic piece. So, transplanting the driver would either mean making a new egg-shaped cup, or to get rid of that circuit. Maybe the driver can work without that circuit? Maybe not?

With a more carefully made headset, it might sound even better than it does now. It lacks a bit of bass impact, but otherwise sounds great to me. The advantage of the stock headset is that it's very light - the entire headphone is very light actually. The huge cable ruins comfort a bit though.

As for the LCD-1, I've never seen one in the flesh and have no idea what the driver size is or how it fits. I don't even have any Grados now so again, no clue what size they'd need to be. Hopefully Fostex will get their shit together and restock everyone soon. With my luck they're prolly discontinued

[DefectiveAudioComponent]

4 units left.

FOSTEX T50RP T50 RP PROFESSIONAL STUDIO HEADPHONES NEW bei eBay.de: Headphones, Headsets (endet 19.12.10 10:06:06 MEZ)

[Kabeer]

4 units left.

FOSTEX T50RP T50 RP PROFESSIONAL STUDIO HEADPHONES NEW bei eBay.de: Headphones, Headsets (endet 19.12.10 10:06:06 MEZ)

its about double the price of USA

[DefectiveAudioComponent]

It would have been, if there had been any for sale in the US.

its about double the price of USA

[Smeggy]

Is true, got a batch of three today at a hefty premium over the US price. I really hope these are back soon!

[luvdunhill]

Larry? I mean, he has after all cornered the market on woodworking, so why not the T50RP?

[Smeggy]

All your T50 are belong to me!

For great justice.

[swt61]

Larry? I mean, he has after all cornered the market on woodworking, so why not the T50RP?

But the Thunderpants are a modded headphone that sound good. That would go against Larry's business plan.

[Smeggy]

*Ouch!*

[luvdunhill]

Steve,

I didn't mean to imply that it would be red seal* quality, maybe a mere gold...

* click here and scroll down for LOLs -> Wood ID pics, COA info, headphile

[Smeggy]

I will make a COS, certificate of smegness with an imprint of my butt cheeks for authenticity.