Fostex T50RP MK3 Professional Studio Headphones, Semi-Open - 2024 report by Whydis
Fostex T50RP MK3 Professional Studio Headphones, Semi-Open
Size:T50RP
The Fostex RPmk3 series headphones are successors to the reputed RPmk2 series that have been used as reliable monitor headphones in many professional recording studios for more than 30 years. The driver unit incorporating the key Fostex ...
I love gaming first, but wanted a headphones that could play music beautifully as well.
I happen to prefer metal music (and lots of rock), but I really listen to lots of diverse genres as well, and nothing sounds bad through these MK3's at all
Hope springs eternal in the pursuit of excellent sounding music.
What I can tell you is that I chose this because most phones I researched could offer you either good music or good gaming, not both.
Mid-bass usually represents the meat of most instrumental music and drums..the MK3 handles it so, so well
Super fast driver produces very clear instrument separation
, the drivers are fantastic, if a bit power-hungry, they aren't for Mobile devices unless you want to drain your battery in half an hour, they need power to be driven, for an audiophile and the serious listener
There are simply no dynamic driver headphones I've heard that can touch with these for under $300
It may be a "mid-fi" headphone, but the driver has outstanding capabilities as modders have revealed
Now my biggest problem is when the certain sounds go below 200 hertz which causes either the left or right driver to start buzzing through testing it
Id give them a 9/10 on that, and value is definitely a 10/10 once you throw a new set of ear pads and have proper power, as these things can produce fantastic clarity, and an amazing soundstage
First off, the Soundstage is a bit narrow, not bad by any means, but not as spacious as my other two cans.
Most of my headphones are open, because I prefer the soundstage, but I wanted a good pair of closed cans for music listening at work
Id give them a 9/10 on that, and value is definitely a 10/10 once you throw a new set of ear pads and have proper power, as these things can produce fantastic clarity, and an amazing soundstage
Need a good Headphone amp (some portable amps may not be able to drive them very loud either).
But beware, you will need an amp to drive these, its a MUST.
Nano dac/amp combo and would recommend a headphone amp.
Bring your best high power head amp though, you're not going to be able to get good sound on your portable device unless your portable is a Fiio X5 or equivalent, and even then something like the Schiit Audio Asgard II is a much better match
If you are in need of a cheap/great portable amp to power these, check out the SMSL sAp-7 amp, it provides enough power to produce good sounds out of them
He said there are better headphones available so save the money and get the better pair!
My pair are just slightly harder to drive than the T50s, so if you like it really loud, you might want to get something that isn't powered by
Since I didn't like the stock pad initially I bought myself a pair of
I haven't modded them yet (aside from changing out the earpads), but these are a great sounding pair of headphones, particularly when you increase the distance of the driver from your ear (one of the reasons to buy better pads)
but in the end these are a great pair of over-ear headphones
Also, the stock cable is terrible, the locking mechanism doesn't really work
That means a high dumping factor (>200) speaker amp delivering 50 Watt RMS into 8 OHMS s capable of driving loads down to 2 Ohms and then delivering 100 Watts
It's semi custom locking 3.5mm jack, and the locking mechanism can actually cause an issue with the connectivity
The locking mechanism it uses for it's cable isn't bad but it's just unneeded imo
I can definitely say that I love using them for gaming over all my other headsets (I have at least 5 other pairs), as well as for all sorts of music listening
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Size:T50RP
The Fostex RPmk3 series headphones are successors to the reputed RPmk2 series that have been used as reliable monitor headphones in many professional recording studios for more than 30 years
The driver unit incorporating the key Fostex proprietary Regular Phase (RP) Technology diaphragm has been refined to achieve sharper audio reproduction for more accurate monitoring
The housing, ear pads and head pad have also been redesigned to derive the maximum performance of the RP driver
Founded in 1973, Fostex is an acclaimed manufacturer of location sound, multi track recording, and speaker products.
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