I used to play drums in a studio with a few bands back in the day so I guess I have a bit of an ear for what sounds good, well for me at least!
I bought the AK70 as I travel a lot and my phone sounds crap and drains the battery when I listen to music. I read a few reviews prior to auditioning at Harrow Audio in North London. To be honest I can't believe just how good the unit sounds even through my IE80's, I need to get better IEM's! The first thing that you notice is the huge sound stage both deep and wide and just the shear timbre of sound. The separation of instruments is really lovely especially with binaural recordings.
The only criticism is the wireless or rather lack of it. I use Tidal and you need to be near the router for the AK70 to get the wireless signal, this is a minor point really as I mainly listen to it away from home, playing hi-res files. £499 is quite expensive too, so God only knows what the really high-end Astell & Kern sounds like because the AK70 sounds amazing. This is the most I would pay and I am not disappointed at all.
I bought the AK70 as I travel a lot and my phone sounds crap and drains the battery when I listen to music. I read a few reviews prior to auditioning at Harrow Audio in North London. To be honest I can't believe just how good the unit sounds even through my IE80's, I need to get better IEM's! The first thing that you notice is the huge sound stage both deep and wide and just the shear timbre of sound. The separation of instruments is really lovely especially with binaural recordings.
The only criticism is the wireless or rather lack of it. I use Tidal and you need to be near the router for the AK70 to get the wireless signal, this is a minor point really as I mainly listen to it away from home, playing hi-res files. £499 is quite expensive too, so God only knows what the really high-end Astell & Kern sounds like because the AK70 sounds amazing. This is the most I would pay and I am not disappointed at all.
