LOL you seems to be addicted to K701 same way as I was :)   Yes, the "Made in Austria" label on cups is missing on current K701 production. Also you can see on images i.e. at AKG homepage that there are no bumps on headband anymore. It is good news for a lot of people I think, including me.  ...

Thanks all for reading! Yes, black album is mastered almost perfectly IMO. But as I wrote, I was really impressed how good HD700 sounds when playing metal. They have some special ability to make older tracks (especially tracks from 1980 to 1990) sounded very good and same time reveal all micro...

I would like to share my experience with Sennheiser HD700 and compare them directly with AKG K701. I bought HD700 as upgrade to my K701.   INTRO =====   At first please note that I wrote these impressions immediately after I finished the listening of mentioned track/album.   Secondly...

I'm using this sound card for 5 years. It replaced that time my previous card M-Audio Audiophile 2496. As far as I know at present (2014/2015) it is not possible to buy this card as new in Europe. Today ESI Audio is offering Prodigy X-Fi NRG in similar price range which is completely different...