Fostex: what they publish

In this database17 headphones
Figures from their own material16 of 17
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This page does not review anything Fostex makes. It counts one thing: how much of what this database says about their products came out of their own documents, and how much had to be worked out or left blank.

Where each sensitivity figure came from

ModelImpedanceSensitivitySource of the figure
T20RP MK350 Ω92.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
T40RP MK350 Ω91.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
T50RP MK350 Ω92.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
T50RP mk428 Ω97.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
T50RPmk4Q28 Ω97.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
T60RP50 Ω92.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
T60RPmk228 Ω96.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
TH-X00 (Drop)25 Ω100.0 dB/mWNot published
TH1000RPmk232 Ω100.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
TH1100RPmk232 Ω96.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
TH61025 Ω98.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
TH61625 Ω96.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
TH80825 Ω100.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
TH81825 Ω100.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
TH900 MK225 Ω100.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
TH909LE25 Ω100.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
TH91925 Ω100.0 dB/mWPublished per mW

Impedance is almost always printed. Sensitivity is the one that goes wrong, because a decibel figure means two very different things depending on whether it is per milliwatt or per volt — about five decibels apart at 300 Ω and eighteen at 16 Ω. The conversion is here.

  • Published per mW — 16: the maker prints a decibel figure per milliwatt, which is what the database stores
  • Not published — 1: no sensitivity figure in anything the maker published

What the paperwork adds up to

Almost everything this site says about Fostex came from them. That is not the normal case and it is worth saying out loud.

The rule used here is the same for every maker and is described on the manufacturer index. Every figure behind it can be opened on the product page it came from, with the document it came from linked.