Guys, K702 is coming. Be prepare. - Page 10 - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

d-cee · 04-13-2008, 02:31 AM

most front line support/sales reps wouldn't know the company's real plans.

oak3x · 04-13-2008, 04:23 PM

Another Post from the world-wide web:

As of 31/03/2008, the K701 has discontinued manufacture and distribution, pending release of the K702. If you still wish to order the K701, please let us know and we will place a special order, pending availability.

Even more promising is the rumor of the new AKG K702, intended to replace the fantastic K701. While there has been no concrete news as yet, the K701 has now ceased production, and as a consequence of units becoming harder to get, we have stopped ordering from our US distributor. I believe the lack of an official announcement is due to AKG wishing to sell the little stock that remains of the K701 before the K702 is released, to avoid a desperate underpriced clearance of the remainders.

-=Germania=- · 04-13-2008, 04:33 PM

I can't wait for the price to bottom out on the k701!

Anyone know the status of the k601?

vcoheda · 04-13-2008, 06:10 PM

i can't imagine the price going any lower. they seem to sell for aound $225 - an absolute steal imo.

TSi · 04-13-2008, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by vcoheda

i can't imagine the price going any lower. they seem to sell for aound $225 - an absolute steal imo.

yea, tats what I was thinking, chances are, the lowest a brand new pair will go is probably 200$.

vvanrij · 04-13-2008, 06:35 PM

hmm they are so much more expenive in europe :@

paulb09 · 04-13-2008, 10:00 PM

Yeah the price could gets miles lower for the UK. A lot of online stores give them for £250-£300, though if you look for good deals you can find around £180-£200.

Snicewicz · 04-13-2008, 10:02 PM

With the amazing strength of our USD you could take a vacation here for some reason and pick them up here

V-DiV · 04-13-2008, 10:43 PM

Originally Posted by oak3x

Another Post from the world-wide web:

As of 31/03/2008, the K701 has discontinued manufacture and distribution, pending release of the K702. If you still wish to order the K701, please let us know and we will place a special order, pending availability.

Even more promising is the rumor of the new AKG K702, intended to replace the fantastic K701. While there has been no concrete news as yet, the K701 has now ceased production, and as a consequence of units becoming harder to get, we have stopped ordering from our US distributor. I believe the lack of an official announcement is due to AKG wishing to sell the little stock that remains of the K701 before the K702 is released, to avoid a desperate underpriced clearance of the remainders.

These are not new posts. These are the original Aussie posts that helped to get this thread going. So no new news. Exciting, but I hope we aren't just spinning our wheels. Oh, I guess it's fun thinking there could be another Christmas in May or June!

spinali · 04-13-2008, 11:36 PM

The oil slick is getting a little wider.

This Aussie newsgroup mentions Head-Fi as a source for their intelligence:
Headphonic - Australian Headphone Forums :: View topic - AKG K702?

And this German (or Austrian) newsgroup is coming up with the same arguments:
Translated version of http://www.hifi-forum.de/viewthread-110-7668.html

Of course, the AKG website has a discussion, now the hottest topic on the AKG newsgroups:
Headphones

Who said headphones aren't fun?