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Originally Posted by sschmeichel
I have a pair of k701s, and i felt the breakin effect if there was any. When I first got the k701s, they were very bass shy. But after half a year of playing them, the bass extends very deep, very tight, very controlled. It doesn't have the "punch"... that something like the HD600s would have, but enough to make you say "there is bass there"... a bass that doesn't steal the main attraction... but makes its presence felt. The k701s are plugged into an MD-10 DAC. I am sure a nice tube amp would make the bass even better.
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Could not agree more!!
I also own a set of k701's which i usually run through a very nice tube stage -- After 'proper' break-in, the k 701's bass response is extremely tight and fully extended to the lowest tone; However, it's not a particularly rich or "punchy" bottom-end presentation when compared to, say, the Senn HD600/HD650 which typically will offer more heft in the bass response, although they can't quite muster the uppermost treble range openness of the k701s imho...
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