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Fostex
T50RP: Closed-back, 50?, £125.35$199.
These have old-fashioned styling and felt flimsy. Theyre the second-least sensitive of all the headphones in this group (-3dB), and offer moderate isolation. I found their performance to be disappointing: they sounded most like vintage closed headphones boxy, coloured, flat and lifeless. Horrid in every way! Hugh Robjohns
Offering a generally smooth, well-balanced sound, and without an overly-hyped top end, theyre a little light in the deep bass, but the balance for late-night mixing isnt bad. I quite liked them, given the price, and would use them for overdubbing. Theyre not dissimilar to the ATH M40s. Paul White
Perfect for that Cybermen look, the head band tends to slide up the copper supports, and needed adjusting every time I put them on. Theyre quieter than many models, sound a bit muffled, and are not especially revealing. The ear-pad material generated a lot of rustling from small head movements, too. Not ideal for mixing. Sam Inglis
Finding a nice fit was a challenge: at best they still dragged and pressed on my ears rather uncomfortably, the overhead strap seemed insufficiently padded, and their weight never really felt securely anchored. The tone was warm, going on muffled and boxy, and detail wasnt thick on the ground. Bass extension seemed good, though, and not deliberately hyped. More of a problem was that the balance of the mid-range frequency spectrum seemed lumpy, adding an unwelcome element of guesswork to both EQ and balance decisions. In short, this isnt a pair of headphones Id recommend for mixing purposes. On the other hand, theyre much better targeted at overdubbing applications, where their no-nonsense robustness and low spill levels are attractive attributes. In this context, the muted tonality makes a lot more sense too, because it doesnt fatigue the ear nearly as much when turned up loud, and at higher volumes your ears will give you more perceived high end anyway. Mike Senior
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Conclusions?
In general, it seems that you still get what you pay for with headphones, because quality improved noticeably with cost in most cases. [...] The two notable exceptions to the rule were the Beyerdynamic DT250, which demonstrated a relatively poor cost-quality ratio (although theyre very robust), and the Fostex T50RP, which most though it has to be said not all of us found disappointing.
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