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post #16 of 23
2/18/10 at 12:44am
Hey Ken,

That 6Moons review concluded by saying that the Burson HA-160 head amp is the perfect match for the AKG702...

"Final comments & suggestions: Demands top quality amplification with drive and painfully long break-in. Essentially a studio monitor spoon-fed on neutrality and resolution, not an editorializing home hifi design. Properly driven, it is not however a flat, dull, uninvolving sound at all. It simply needs muscular amplification of high caliber. The €499 Burson Audio HA-160 is just perfect."

You stock the HA-160 right? have you tried matching the two? Any good?
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post #17 of 23
2/18/10 at 2:10am
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Originally Posted by classakg View Post
Hey Ken,

That 6Moons review concluded by saying that the Burson HA-160 head amp is the perfect match for the AKG702...

"Final comments & suggestions: Demands top quality amplification with drive and painfully long break-in. Essentially a studio monitor spoon-fed on neutrality and resolution, not an editorializing home hifi design. Properly driven, it is not however a flat, dull, uninvolving sound at all. It simply needs muscular amplification of high caliber. The €499 Burson Audio HA-160 is just perfect."

You stock the HA-160 right? have you tried matching the two? Any good?
Sarjan was right on I think. The AKG 701/702 is one of the harder phones to drive and if they are not energized properly they are flat. The Burson is hardly a wimpy amp, good match. - Yes ALO stocks the Burson.

ken
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post #18 of 23
2/22/10 at 4:12pm
Just plugged in my new SXC CRYO wire into the K702… I am mighty pleased! Bass is noticeably improved, treble is airier and dynamics are bigger! Thank you, Ken!
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post #19 of 23
2/22/10 at 5:12pm
I am researching what I need to do to make my first cable and I want to start with my AKG K702s. I see the ALO cable has three strands which are braided. I take it each strand is connected to each of the three poles in the XLR and jack?

Thanks.
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post #20 of 23
2/22/10 at 6:07pm
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Originally Posted by bhanja_trinanjan View Post
Just plugged in my new SXC CRYO wire into the K702… I am mighty pleased! Bass is noticeably improved, treble is airier and dynamics are bigger! Thank you, Ken!
I tell you, I've heard more improvements with these cables than I've heard with changing amps. It's a great upgrade for the K702's.

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Originally Posted by Prog Rock Man View Post
I am researching what I need to do to make my first cable and I want to start with my AKG K702s. I see the ALO cable has three strands which are braided. I take it each strand is connected to each of the three poles in the XLR and jack?

Thanks.
I'm not at home to be absolutely sure, but it's 4 strands, i.e., 2 for each driver.
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post #21 of 23
2/22/10 at 6:22pm
I also count 4 wires. Does that mean they could be balanced using this construction?
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post #22 of 23
2/23/10 at 7:07am
Thanks for that, back to the drawing board. I could count only three wires on the pictures.
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post #23 of 23
2/23/10 at 8:44pm
I think your questions would probably be better suited for the DIY forum.
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