Recently sold my k701s as I just couldnt get on with them, too much sibilance, not enough drive and as exciting as watching paint dry. I actually prefer my aging and far cheaper Beyerdynamic dt 311s (which considering their age and cost are remarkably musical.) The k701s did demonstrate though...

So I've bought some AKG K701s and burnt them in for approx 250 hours (they were worse than awful out of the box) They now have at least 300 hours on them but they still sound extremely bright and sibilant. Also I noted last night that the midrange is lacking the detail of my sr60s ( I'm talking...

As the title really, I'm finding it impossible to get a demo of these bits of kit together and am going purely on others descriptions on how these two units sound. From what I can make out, the akg and naim are top notch and would deliver (individually) the sort of sound I like. However I havent...

Hi guys (and girls). Until recently I have always enjoyed my music through speakers. I have a good quality seperates system ( Musical Fidelity X-Ray cd, Musical Fidelity A3 dual mono amp (no headphone jack) and Rega Alya speakers.) In the right room and well set up this system was transparent...