K701, K601, K500, K400, Vintage K240M  

after 2 days of listening, i find the K500 like a K701 on drugs! The mids re much more forward but still remains their sweetness. And they actually have more mid bass than the K701. A bit less details on the top end actually make music sound more natural than on the K701. Plus, they seem to...

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Interesting cos I also bought my K240M from the same seller for half the price of the K500. 

D7000 is 32ohm...

It's the sound that matters I think! And this still looks better than the Q701 or HD598 to me   From a closer look, these phones seem to be solid with leather pads and (probably) metal headband. 

More forward mid-ranges and more present mid bass (not sub bass though). Overall, like some may say, much more musical than the K701. My K701 will be sitting on their stand for a while from now    About rock and metal, they're ok to my ears but I'm not a rock person at all so you should...

Agree! Especially after trying the K500, I dont think the K701 deserves to be the top of the line anymore. Anyways where's the Q1000 again? 

Just bought a pair of K500 for ~$130. Not the best price but the phones are in good con apart from the elastics not being elastic any more :) They sound amazing, to me they are like a crude version of the K701 with more "in your face" mids ,less details, and of course loads of mid bass! 

Soooo? Where's the Q1000????? 

Quote: With acoustic guitar, yes. Rodrigo y Gabriella's tracks give me goose bumps if listened thru the K701.        Quote: Maybe you just love the way the K701 colour the sound ;) 

Quote: At first I found them quite edgy but after the long @ss burn-in, the sound did smooth out a lot. When properly amped, they sound much more full-bodied with more bass and rounder soundstage. However I did find the sound of violin on these cans a bit strange compared to the HD650 or my...

Quote: Try streching the phones over a stack of books for like a night or longer. Im sure u'll find it much more comfortable cos I did this to mine too :) 

One thing I hate about the K701 or HPs in general is the gap in the middle of the headstage, that speakers always fill up. The cross-feed feature of Phonitor shud solve this problem well I hope.  Quote:

Mine got 8 but still very uncomfortable initially until I stretch them out with a thick stack of books over a night. Then all the discomfort gone away  Using the K701 with my Denon PMA-2000III at the moment, sounds much better than the MiniMax. I seriously think any modern mid-fi intergrated amp...

That's why hifi HPs exist. One thing to remember, the hp sect in your turner/pre-amp can also be good or bad. If the pre-amp itself is not up to scratch then neither will its HP section.    Quote:     @Vinnie: the Denon line-up should work well with the HD650 since Denon amps...

The 1500AE's headphone section seems to be fairly neutral and quite powerful to me so don't think it'll have any prob driving the HD650. From my observation, most of the new integrated amp or pre-amps in the mid-fi markets would have a headphone section that is capable of driving power-hungry...

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Listening to the K701 through my Denon PMA-1500AE. Sounding great!!!! 

Hooking my K701 to the Denon PMA-1500AE of my dad, sound great with some good details and nice punches. 

MS1i has more bass than MS1 so if you want treble, go for MS1.  The only place you can buy new Alessandro products is their own website:   http://www.alessandro-products.com/main.php   There are many options of pads but I'd suggest wash the original pads thoroughly and stick with them...

Any bass heavy cans would do rap well so all up to ur wallet.... 

yep be quick before VAT rise to 20%  Plus custom (VAT) and handling charge, the cost would rise to about 95GBP. That'd be around the price of the SR60 but the MS1i use the driver of the SR80 & SR125 so you get something in between of SR80 & SR125 for the price of the SR60

Mate that's why I said get the MS1i. I was in your situation be4 and Alessandro products seems to be the most reasonably priced Grados if bought outside US.  Quote:

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