have any of you guys actually listened to a K530? I have some and they are actually very good. they are the K271 driver with a bass resonator ported earpiece design. they have way excessive bass in the stock configuration. If you tape up the holes they sound near identical to the K271, you...

you can get K271s in uk for about £85 if you google for it the k271s are not that hard to drive, an ipod wont cut it maybe but anything mains powered does fine, they are nothing like as hard to drive as my K500. or you could get some AKG K530s and tape the vents closed and they sound...

damn just lost a long post when my connection died I just got some K500s (with 701 pads and originals) * better/ more natural than 701 but just as detailed * not hyped, much less fatiguing * harder to drive - benefits from amp more than 701 or 271 * open sound with great soundstage *...

certainly you'll hear the amp yes, but it doesn't change the basic character of the phones, I've listened to the K701s on 4 different amps (D2, ibasso, cmoy, RME) and the differences are less than 10% as big as the difference between the K701 and the K271

my 271s work fine off any amp better than a tiny portable, don't need a fancy amp. my Cowon D2 drives them fine and so do a variety of headphone amps built into pro audio gear. so keep the need for an amp in perspective, an ipod probably wont drive them well, but any mains powered gear like a...

So, did the K501, 601,701 comparison ever happen? what were the results? I'd also really like to know about the differences between the different K240 K242, sextett, K240Mk2, K240DF etc, its all very confusing. has anyone compared K240 of any stripe with K271?

AKG K271 have a very good sound and reasonable isolation. I use them daily for professional recording, i like them for listening to music too. also, I haven't tried them but Direct Sound Extreme Isolation Headphones have a good reputation amongst pro studio musicians

what's the difference between the K240 sextett, DF etc etc? and is the K240 Mk 2 a different beast entirely? much lower impedance, different drivers?

hmm, can anyone compare K240's with the others mentioned here? since they are designed for studio monitoring, would that be more what I'm used to? I had assumed they were inferior to the K271 is this not correct?

Quote: Originally Posted by wilblee The K701 sounds more open, bigger, more detailed and fuller than the K271. I'd agree with all of that except fuller, and that's a subjective term... they are fuller in terms of soundstage for sure but don't you find that the frequency...

I got some 701s, lots of nice detail and soundstage. Completely unrealistic frequency response, way much highs. Treble and bass extreme frequency extension is good, nothing really wrong except that the whole sound is massively biased to the top end. My K271s have less soundstage, much less...

I just found this, didn't show up in a search earlier http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/thr...s-k701-213146/ more contradictory opinions!

so you are saying: K501: sweet/gracious, nice soundstage K601: full, most bass K701: dry, detailed anyone want to add to or revise that? are all 3 quite similar compared to other brands? ie what is the scale of the differences? I'm coming from a musician/ studio engineer...

brilliant!! please post the results! any chance you can include the 601 as well? then you'd have a near complete roundup...

bump anyone? I've read a fair bit on this, but its really unclear from the posts. seems like almost every time someone here compares a earlier model to a later one they prefer the earlier one! is this just perversity or what? are AKG really so incompetent that their headphones are getting...