The following review is my impression of the K702, based upon working on mixing and mastering processes with them in my music studio.
Today after 100 hours I can say that I can trust my K702 100% as my best studio monitor headphones. It's very easy to navigate with them through the frequency response scale within the sound stage environment. The sound is very smooth, airy and clean; no artificial noise, due to the perfect axis in the 3D sound stage. This means the depth is equal to the stereo image which is equal to the frequency response. This brings better instrument separation and musical details to the sound. With these abilities I can be anywhere in the mix and the best thing about it is that I can match the K702 sound with my speaker monitors. (I have to comment here, most of the headphones have problems creating this depth in the 3D sound image.)
First, I was a little wary when I saw the frequency response graph on the Headroom site. When I got my chance to listen to the K702 and compare them to the 271MKll and the K240MKll on the SPL Phonitor, I realized that this frequency response graph is divided by the expansive K702 sound stage. I still don't know if it makes any sense but with this coloration, it still sounds very balanced, especially when you compare them to the monitor speakers or to my other flat FR cans.
A member mentioned on the forum that with the K70X you can hear the end of the reverb tails, and it's true. This is what I call "musical details". It's very easy to hear distortion on the sound, especially when you are mastering or cleaning noise in the mix. The other thing that I appreciate about them is that they are not laid back and not fast. This means that the sound is very stable and doesn't move forward or backwards when you use compression or EQ on several channels as a dynamic process on a track.
Conclusion:
No matter what kind of music I'm working on in the studio, I found that the K702 will create the best results. Until I had the chance to own the K702, I was relying on a few different headphones, in that each one gave me a different view and characteristic of the sound. With the K702, I don't have to use any other headphones to check the references anymore. They do the job completely. In my ongoing search for the best studio monitor headphones, these are at the top of the list, so far.
Today after 100 hours I can say that I can trust my K702 100% as my best studio monitor headphones. It's very easy to navigate with them through the frequency response scale within the sound stage environment. The sound is very smooth, airy and clean; no artificial noise, due to the perfect axis in the 3D sound stage. This means the depth is equal to the stereo image which is equal to the frequency response. This brings better instrument separation and musical details to the sound. With these abilities I can be anywhere in the mix and the best thing about it is that I can match the K702 sound with my speaker monitors. (I have to comment here, most of the headphones have problems creating this depth in the 3D sound image.)
First, I was a little wary when I saw the frequency response graph on the Headroom site. When I got my chance to listen to the K702 and compare them to the 271MKll and the K240MKll on the SPL Phonitor, I realized that this frequency response graph is divided by the expansive K702 sound stage. I still don't know if it makes any sense but with this coloration, it still sounds very balanced, especially when you compare them to the monitor speakers or to my other flat FR cans.
A member mentioned on the forum that with the K70X you can hear the end of the reverb tails, and it's true. This is what I call "musical details". It's very easy to hear distortion on the sound, especially when you are mastering or cleaning noise in the mix. The other thing that I appreciate about them is that they are not laid back and not fast. This means that the sound is very stable and doesn't move forward or backwards when you use compression or EQ on several channels as a dynamic process on a track.
Conclusion:
No matter what kind of music I'm working on in the studio, I found that the K702 will create the best results. Until I had the chance to own the K702, I was relying on a few different headphones, in that each one gave me a different view and characteristic of the sound. With the K702, I don't have to use any other headphones to check the references anymore. They do the job completely. In my ongoing search for the best studio monitor headphones, these are at the top of the list, so far.
