K702's or K271 MKII's? - Page 2

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Originally Posted by Broslowski 

 

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Why would singer that is finishing singing the lyrics into the track need a referenced quality of sound in his\her headphones?http://edhale.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/day3-010.jpg

(if i can a will write more about that but my english is on very poor level sorry for that)

obviously, a good studio should have some sort of referencing when recording. referencing is not required and even less so during the recording, but a good recording needs referencing of some method.

Definitely worth considering in this price range. I prefer them to K271 Mk II. M50 has much more bass, otherwise similar.

Also you may want to consider K601.
 

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Originally Posted by ChristianV 

What about Audio-Technica ATH-M50's?

You ask for recommendation for "home use", but specify stationary (CD Player) and different mobile sources (laptop, iPod). The sources play audio files of different quality (red book cd, ALAC, AAC) and have different quality outputs. Any amp with integrated USB Dac will noticeable improve sound quality from a laptop. ALAC from iPod's line out, even more from headphone jack, is noticeably inferior to an red book cd player. It is not clear whether $250 is budget for headphone alone, or whether now or later there will be an additional budget for a headphone amp.

I am pressed hard to recommend anything above Koss PortaPro, Sennheiser Px 100 II (open, $50/70) or Sennheiser HD448  (closed, $100) for direct use on an iPod. Some full size headphones are just sensitive enough for use on laptop or stationary CD player (HD 595, open, $250). AKG 702 alone are beyond your budget and require an amp. And to utilise its full potential, it should be a good amp.

Nuforce Icon Mobile ($100) and Fiio F7 ($80) are about the cheapest amps with both USB and line input. Nuforce Icon uDAC ($100) only has USB input, hence no use with iPod or CD player. I am not sure whether there is any stationary headphone amp in that price range.

To then remain in the budget, I would go for an AKG 240 Mk II ($160, open) or AKG 271 Mk II ($190, closed).

I hate pretenders who knows nothing. But then again, let others hate, let me have some love

 

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Originally Posted by wind016 

this is kind of misleading. studio headphones are used to reference recordings. reference is kind of ambiguous


 

sorry to disappoint you, AKG K271 require almost just as much amping as a K701. I have owned the K271 and I currently own the K701. I have under-amped both with the same Ibasso D10 and the K701 seems like it requires less power. I could be recalling incorrectly but K271s do need a lot of amp power. I sold them for that very reason. However, I am fine with the K701 with my Ibasso D10. i had the Grado SR125 and SR325 before and the sound are very similar to each other. I thought the sr225 sounded too much like the 225 to be worth the extra cost. ALSO, i sold all my Grados btw. I prefer the sound of AKGs far more than Grados. I found the Grados to be ridiculously unnatural. The highest highs were incredibly exaggerated to me and the bass randomly spikes in different areas of the low range.

 

I recommend the ES7. They are great portable headphones and sound really good to me. I love the bright and punchy sound they have.  I also recommend the Sennheiser HD280, though they are ugly

I'm going to disagree. 

The AKG K271 MKII requires 0.093V to reach 90dB SPL according to InnerFidelity, whereas the AKG K701 requires closer to .3V, once again sourced to InnerFidelity. That's a factor of 3 times as much power. To say the K271 requires the same amount of amping is highly misleading.

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Originally Posted by wind016 

this is kind of misleading. studio headphones are used to reference recordings. reference is kind of ambiguous


 

sorry to disappoint you, AKG K271 require almost just as much amping as a K701. I have owned the K271 and I currently own the K701. I have under-amped both with the same Ibasso D10 and the K701 seems like it requires less power. I could be recalling incorrectly but K271s do need a lot of amp power. I sold them for that very reason. However, I am fine with the K701 with my Ibasso D10. i had the Grado SR125 and SR325 before and the sound are very similar to each other. I thought the sr225 sounded too much like the 225 to be worth the extra cost. ALSO, i sold all my Grados btw. I prefer the sound of AKGs far more than Grados. I found the Grados to be ridiculously unnatural. The highest highs were incredibly exaggerated to me and the bass randomly spikes in different areas of the low range.

 

I recommend the ES7. They are great portable headphones and sound really good to me. I love the bright and punchy sound they have.  I also recommend the Sennheiser HD280, though they are ugly

I don't find the K240 Studio (same driver as K271 right?) to be that hard to drive. My problem is that they're suggested for portable use way to often. Unlike my Q701, I can drive th K240 fairly well with portable amps. With my Q701 the resulting sound isn't at it's best. Even the Ipod Touch + E5 is enough for the K240 Studio I think.

K240 Studio is a very good headphone and under-appreciated. For being so cheap, it makes no sense why more people don't listen to these. To me, they're like a neutral studio monitor with a decent bass boost and slightly rolled off treble. They even make a good budget gaming/movie headphone!

The K271 is said to have much less bass than the K240 Studio for some reason. Wonder why?