Now we have read enough impressions, especially bass department, so, how well the bass defined, detailed, articulate, deep and tight. Do you feel that bass is kicking equally, no matter which record you use or its still dependable of it? Does it have enough separation from the mids, cos I hate midbass or any other not natural mixing.
At the moment that Mad Lust Envy posted that they kick ALL THE TIME, instead of only when the source offer, I become very suspicion if they are still that linear and transparent as I really want them to be.
To me, when the headphones become more responding to the sent signal, like high sensitivity speakers, that's a different story when they simply umph a certain region to create extra warmth or whatever, that's what I may call fun and less natural presentation, also you may call it certain coloration, mean extra rich presentation that for example one tube have more than another, simply their nature, because they were MADE like this.
So far, I can only conclude that they have sacrificed transparency and linearity to coloration or some kind of fun factor in the sound and thats why still unsure and have pretty mixed feelings. I kind of give up my hope to read an close review vs. K702, driving both from fairly neutral, very well matched and transparent system.
THX
p.s. On the other hand, on AKG website, specifications are identical, except that they say to have tuned the sound for better low frequencies, so, last impressions from Sophonax are closest to that, mean, they are still the same, but with a little better lower end. If thats so, than all users try or simply expressivly driving them from warmish systems, there is no way to get from transparent headphones a warmer sound if they are drived by neutral and transparent system. My K702 are warm when the rocord is warm and they are cold when its cold, but if Annies are warmish all the time, while still transparent, well, you know the answer...
Edited by Blackmore - 2/8/13 at 4:44am
