For fun, I am going to use these terms to better state my opinion of the K701 (my favorite headphone out of what I have heard so far).
Traits that I think the K701 has or is good at producing:
airy, bright, dry, edgy, sibilant, thin.
Traits that I think the K701 does not have or STRONGLY lacks or is poor at producing:
attack, bassy, blanketed, bloated, body, boomy, boxy, breathy, chesty, dark, depth, dynamic, euphonic, fat, focus, full, imaging, juicy, musical (or musicality), puffy, punchy, rich, smooth, snap, sturdy, thick, timbre, tinny, transient, tubby, warm, weighty.
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Things I use frequently: Stax SRM-252II, Stax SR-202, Ultrasone HFI-780, Cowon S9 8GB, Koss KSC-75, AudioEngine A2 (ADS1 desktop stands coming soon to get rid of boxiness), X-Fi (out to) E-MU 0404 USB, [laptop integrated audio]
Others: Sennheiser HD-650, Koss KSC-35 (ear pads are torn up), AKG K501, Sennheiser HD595, Sennheiser PX100, JVC HA-RX700, Grado SR225, Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (80 ohm), AKG K701, AKG K81DJ, Etymotic ER-4P, WooAudio6, FiiO E5, HeadRoom Total AirHead, iPod shuffle, Creative Zen V Plus, LiTe DAC-AH, AudioEngine A2, those cheap Insignia speakers that were popular a while back
Returned, but planning to rebuy (I miss the PERFECT bass): Denon AH-D7000
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