Recent content by Onkyo

djembeplay, You have nothing to worry about. 701's can easily take a beating.

ukcatz12: I have K701 paired with Little Dot MKV and they sound amazing. Every time I listen to them my heart fills with joy that I have them. Consider Little Dot MKV. ~$350 shipped. It's a dual mono design btw. Try to find a similar amp at this price...

You might want to consider Little Dot MKV. It is a SS amp, dual mono design. Works very well with K701.

Quote: Originally Posted by P_1 Great post Penchum. Onkyo was continuously arguing his obviously wrong point?... Onkyo was wrong with every reply he made yet he kept trying to come off as right, this pisses me off to no end. I cannot stand people that refuse to accept being wrong...

P_1, Take a deep breath. Make yourself tea with some valerian, it might help.

Quote: If you do know what they are then you would know that if the hiss is only slightly audible at 40 ohms it will be inaudible at 64 ohms. This sentence clearly makes a lot of sense. P_1, read a bit and you might notice how often K701 are categorized as low impedance.

Quote: Originally Posted by ciphercomplete How is the bass on the k-701? I am really thinking about getting the MK V. My MK III pushes my k-501 and k-701 pretty well but they need a tad more current. Now my MKV has less than 10 hours. I would say that after 1 hour it started to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Golden Monkey Perhaps you should make your email exchange with David your sig! Agreed.

Quote: I only get this way when people use their own ignorance of something and pass it off as someone elses ignorance, which is what Onk did. Interesting. First. You cannot "use ignorance", but you can be ignorant. People, if there is something wrong in what I wrote about...

Quote: Originally Posted by P_1 I don't think the MK V is a good match at all for low impedance headphones. There is hiss present and this was confirmed by David. I use the MKV with K701 and there is no hiss. I am using the (cheap) power cable that came with it at maximum volume...

Received MKV today. I am impressed. More to follow...

I finally made up my mind and ordered the MKV. I live in Canada so I'm wondering how fast it will be. I have heard LD to be very good for shipping. So here is the setup: Source: Onkyo DV-S939 Sound processor: Rotel RSP-1098 Interconnects: Kimber Kable D-60, Tranparent UltraLinks [Headphone...

Quote: Originally Posted by wrecked_porsche Horses can gallop. But I like ice cream. Chocolate ice cream. Vanilla is better.

Err why not go with a horse?

Quote: Originally Posted by Lornecherry ...hip hop? not sure if electrostats will function with that since they need real music to work properly Hah, I was waiting for this comment. Why even bother with hi-fi components if you listen to hiphop? I find it very limited musically.