You could buy a K601 and get better bass weight than a K701 without sacrificing anything in the midrange, if anything the mids would improve as well.   You could get a DT880 and improve on the D-2000 across the board. Mids would suffer in comparison to the AKG cans. However, your extension...

Just get the DT880 and worry about a headamp later. You may learn you don't need one (I do not use one with mine in most cases), but if you decide to get one, you will at least know what aspects to improve.   Don't place too much importance on what others think sounds the best. The DT880 is...

The DT880 is well known as a classical and jazz headphone. It is reasonably efficient and has an almost resistive load to the amp, so it is very easy to drive and usually does not require a headamp. The 250 ohm version is the most versatile and will usually work in situations the 600 and 32 ohm...

High impedance headphones are for classic tube circuitry that had high voltage but low current delivery.   The transmission line standards in studio settings calls for 600 ohms, and 600 ohm headphones had the maximum power delivery since max power occurs when supply and load impedances are...

Make a proper voltage divider network, add a headphone jack, and you can drive headphones with just about any audio amp that you want to. About the simplest project you could undertake. You can add a switch and tailor it to specific impedances by switching between different voltage divider...

You will need powered speakers. Look for some pro audio monitor speakers with built-in amplifiers.   Also, look at pro audio headamps. Benchmark makes some good ones, but if you can find a used AKG HEARO 999 Audiosphere II like I have, then you have a headamp, wireless amp and headset...

It's uninformed bunk like this that caused the HEARO 999 to fail in the marketplace. It was and is good enough to be used in mastering studios. It drives my K601 cans to perfection. This is an old thread, but if somebody finds a good HEARO 999 Audiosphere II system at a good price on the used...

The sound you want is from an AKG K601 as far as the lively mids and tight bass would go, but it will bring your iPod amp to its knees. A less refined sound would be one of the Grado cans in the lower price ranges, SR60 to SR125. My Grado SR60 was very easy to drive, but from a top quality amp...

The K702 graph seems to have a slightly extended bass response just as the K601 would have if you overlaid them. Seems that maybe the K702 is a hybrid of the K701 and the K601. Bass response of the K601 married to the treble of the K701.   The K601 is the slightly warmer K701 that some...

The high impedance of the K601 was to help it integrate into a pro studio environment that had historically seen high impedance headphones. I remember that some of the early Sennheiser headphones were 2000 ohms impedance.   The K601 was obviously the fully open AKG design for the pro market...

K601 #5205 here. Also have a HEARO 999 #0253 and a no-number K301 XTRA.   Since I have two 999 headsets, I have the pleather earpads on one and the velour earpads on the other. With the pleather earpads the 999 leans toward the K601 sound, and with the velour earpads the 999 leans toward the...

If reading the spec sheet of the HEARO 999 Audiosphere II and AKG's reputation doesn't convince you of its superiority, then listening to it will convince you within 10 seconds.   Going on 4 years now with my HEARO 999 setup, and it has been one glorious listening experience. Considering...

WOW! 5 years and nobody bothered to respond to this review. I bought the fabulous HEARO 999 rig with the extra headset when they were closing them out for $650. One of my best audio buys, maybe the best one of all time. The 999 gets more use than any of my hardwired cans.   You forgot to...

HEARO 999 with two wireless headsets, K601, and K301 XTRA   Gave away my Grado cans, the busted Sennheiser cans will not be repaired (it was a yearly ritual), and my DT880 spends a lot of time in its case these days.   Almost 4 years with 4 AKG cans, and no breakdowns so far, except new...

I'm sorry, but tdocweiler just showed a response chart from HeadRoom that clearly shows the K601 has the best bass, at least the most extended. I have a bass guitar and a bass guitar preamp with headphone output, and the K601 is fairly flat to the lowest note of a 4-string electric bass, and...