AKG702 With ALO detachable cable in the house

[KB]

New item, AKG702 comes with detachable ALO Hybrid SXC Cryo cable, big improvement over the stock cable. Please see these under the "Modifed Headphones" section on the web page. email me for more information.

[myinitialsaredac]

Those are beauts.

Dave

[Bojamijams]

Anyone have experience with these? I am considering this upgrade but at the price of this, it's not an easy decision.

Can anyone say there is any improvement and where specifically?

Also, I was intrigued by another thread on Head-Fi asking that recabling the K702 may be pointless as only the left side will be improved but the right side will not as the internal wire stays the same.

I'm very curious to hear your thoughts on this Ken.

[KB]

Originally Posted by Bojamijams

Also, I was intrigued by another thread on Head-Fi asking that recabling the K702 may be pointless as only the left side will be improved but the right side will not as the internal wire stays the same.

I'm very curious to hear your thoughts on this Ken.

While a direct cup rewire would be optimal, I do not agree with the though of the detachable recable being "pointless" you still get a marked improvement with the detachable recable vs the stock. I have compared the stock vs the ones we are making and its pretty obvious. Its also nice to be able to have a spare cable and the convenience of having the cable its pretty nice. I can make the detachable recable to any length also. I do preform a direct hard wire on the AKG 701s, its a lot more work and costs more dough.

I lent a pair to Vinnie who took them to the NY Head-fi meet Dec 13th, not sure if anyone had a chance to report out on them.

Hope this helps, thanks for your post.

Ken

[Bojamijams]

Thanks for the reply Ken. Hopefully someone can chime in on their experience but can you say specifically where you saw the improvement vs stock? Punchier lows maybe? (as that is kind of what I'm noticing the K702 could be better at)

[Jian]

Hi Ken, seems this topic haven't been updated for months. So whats the verdict? I'm very interested about this one since I've just ordered the imod, and will wire it with P-51. Can this be drived by P-51 and is the wire the same as the one you sell separately? If it is then this deal is a bargain. And for its for my P-51, will the cable be made into small plug to fit the input of portable amp? and final question is how does it compare to the moded k701 in your opinion? Cheers!

[KB]

Originally Posted by Jian

Hi Ken, seems this topic haven't been updated for months. So whats the verdict? I'm very interested about this one since I've just ordered the imod, and will wire it with P-51. Can this be drived by P-51 and is the wire the same as the one you sell separately? If it is then this deal is a bargain. And for its for my P-51, will the cable be made into small plug to fit the input of portable amp? and final question is how does it compare to the moded k701 in your opinion? Cheers!

HI Jian,

I do not own a P-51 but can love all of Rays works. The AKG702 ALO cable is the same as the one I include with the 702 should you opt to support ALO and buy the headphone from me as a set. No the way we are making the cable is with a 1/4 plug since most people use and regard the 702 as a home based headphone and not a portable one. I can make anyone one of these cables with a mini plug though. I think I have touched on this before the 701 ALO modded headphone is a direct to each cup hard wire and therefore IMO sounds soincally better all be it not by a huge margin over the 702s. The give and take is that the 702s are a little more ergo friendly with the one detachable cable can cost less.

Hope this helps.

ken

[Jian]

Thanks Ken, I'll seriously consider this package. Wonder if anyone tried these moded cans, compare to the stock cable.

[lgn]

well, i already own the k702, but these cables sure look good, i'll love to hear anyone's input as well