Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @ 3.6ghz Thermalright 120 ultra w/ Arctic Silver Antec P180 w/ all nexus 120mms Corsair 620 HX EVGA 122-CK-NF68 w/FSB @ 1600mhz 8GB DDR2 Kingston HyperX 4-4-4-11 1T @ 800mhz -> RAM drive allocated 4 gigs to quickswap 2x EVGA 8800 GT 512mb in SLi 2x sata WD Raptor...

Got my akg k701 about 1 week ago and they comfortably burned in IMO. Unquestionably though the k701 in the first 100-200 hours will sound edgy (and "plastic" I guess) but a week later of fairly constant use has resulted in a very comfortable warm and precise sound stage. The bass does indeed go...

Sure enough! The bottom inside part of the ear pads have a small hooking mechanism (for people who need help in the future and need to visualize). Oddly enough though the ear pad that had the foam insert slightly off center actually had two foam inserts in it! Guess I have a replacement if I...

I just got my akg k701's a couple days ago and have been really enjoying them recently as their sound has gotten warmer. Unfortunately though I noticed that one of the foam inserts with the hole in it which covers the driver is off-center! I would like to fix this only if taking the ear pad off...

Just reporting in from an objective view. I have been listening to un-amped sound via a vanilla soundblaster2 and ipod for years now through my 240s' until recently reading about the D1 pairing well with AKGs. Seeing that the D2 had just started shipping with a reduced price and nicer DAC, I...

Surprised that nobody has directed the OP to silentpcreview.com | Everything about Silent / Quiet Computers. I may be new here but in terms of the silent pc front, I have been down that road many times.