If they're popular I highly doubt AKG will only sell 3000.
$400 is way too much when you're broke. It took me weeks of deciding even if I should be buying a Magni.
Maybe if I sell my house I'll reward myself with one.
It'll be interesting to compare it to my Q701. $400 is more than I want to spend. That's close to my record purchase of $425 for an ATH-AD2000.
I guess I don't listen to music enough to justify spending $400 on a headphone.
A mix of something like the HD-650 (non-bloated bass version) and a K702 sounds interesting.
I can't wait to hear all the comments about people saying there is no difference between the Q701 and the 65th version
Usually it ends up with them referring to graphs and PDF files. Or better yet..in store demos.
So..I'm surprised there is no shouty mids with the 65th with the pads not being angled. Non-angled pads is a big no-no on the Q701. So it must be the memory foam pads making it sound OK.
BTW everyone here seems to highly praise a headphone and then get rid of it within a month. To me a sign of a good headphone is one that you've kept for years. Going past year one with the Q701. Three with my DJ100. K601 i've owned more, but has much less use than my Q701.
Q701 will never go anywhere of course unless the 65th is better to my ears. Sometimes the HD-650 is just too addicting and smooth sounding to use over the Q701. Maybe I'm turning into an old man. Still love both. HD-650 seems not as accurate sometimes though. Don't care..