Official Denon AH-C700 Comparisons/Impressions

[antonyfirst]

There are two "WTB Denon C700" threads on the FS forum (one is mine ). Too bad no one is selling them... hahaha.

[Honus]

Thanks guys. I think I will give the Denons a try. The Etys are a bit to intrusive for me. My God, my funds are in a world of hurt!

[soozieq]

As I'd only compared the 700s directly with the 310s, I thought the opinion below might be helpful to anyone who wanted to know how the AH-C700 sounded compared with the Senn HD580s. I got a message from someone on another forum re: his view of the AH-C700, as he'd bought them after I bought mine, and I was curious to know if he thought they sounded as good as I did
I asked if I could copy/paste his message here and he agreed. Also, he mentioned relevant things that I forgot to include.

You were right, the AH-C700’s are awesome! I’ve thrown everything I can at them and they are unflappable. This includes, Enigma, Mozart, Blue Man Group, Dave Koz, Linkin Park, Disturbed, Sarah Brightman, Joe Bonamassa, Mark Knopfler, Muddy Waters and more. First, let me start by saying that the low end is simply stunning. The C700’s nearly reach as low as my Senn 580’s. Actually, overall though the bass presentation is better than my 580’s. Being somewhat of a bass-head this was a very nice surprise. Compared to my 300’s, the bass is deep, tight and very controlled. The mids (vocals) are slightly more forward than the 300's and very close to the quality of my 580’s. Male vocals are especially warm and full. Actually, I’ve given up comparing them to my 300’s, because there’s no competition. I’ve been swapping them back and forth with my 580’s. My 580’s have a 3-D spatial separation that the C700 can’t reproduce. But of course the 580’s are full size cans, the drivers are further apart, larger and of higher quality. The highs are very good compared to the 580’s. They are silky and detailed without being tiring. I prefer a neutral to slightly warm sound, and these are very close to that. I’m now in the process of setting up my Samsung 7 band EQ for the C700’s.

Now for the nick-picking. I wish the mini connector was at a right angle. I thought this to be very odd for portable IEM to have a straight connector. But, of course I knew this before I ordered them. There is sound leakage, but it’s nominal. If it takes slight leakage to get this kind of bass, I’ll live with it.

The C700’s have to be the best IEM’s for under $200 USD. Now I’m glad Ety Research never returned my emails because I don’t think I would have been happy with the 4S’s low end. Thanks for the tip, you called it right!

[quick01]

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[soozieq]

Originally Posted by quick01

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Hey quick01 - see, I copied and pasted your review word for word
Do you know if the CX300 tips definitely fit the Denons? Someone 'borrowed' them so I can't check, and Denon don't seem to bother to let you know where you can get replacement tips.

[quick01]

"Hey quick01 - see, I copied and pasted your review word for word".

Yes, the CX-300 tips will fit the AH-C700's but there is a dramatic drop off in bass response. I've already experimented with them because the 300's are so darn comfortable. I put the Med. tips from the 300's on the AH-C700's and then swapped back to the Med C700's once I heard the low end response.

[dridiot]

Does the Denon C700 hac a "J" or "Y" cable.
Is the cord at 1.2m?

I have heard good reviews for the cable on C700. How true is it?

[dridiot]

Anyone knows the size of the drivers they use on the Denon C700?

[soozieq]

dridiot The specs state:11mm drivers with neodymium magnets and 48" straight cord with gold-plated stereo mini-plug

The cable stays tangle-free no matter what!

[antonyfirst]

Hey guys, you may want to try to widen the tubes of Shure black foam tips (with a pencil, for example, or a screwdriver) and report to us about sound with the Denon, and if it can be done
Ten minutes of "widening" should be enough. I did the same for my old d-JAYS, quite some months ago.