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I've been lurking here for a while and read a lot of bashing on the AKG K70x headphones. Seems like they are one of the most hated cans around here (although there are lots of fans, too).
I've just got mine a few days ago, the K702 with no modifications, and they are still in the burning in process. I think I've had around 60-70 hours until this morning, so I decided to test them against my monitor speakers, the KRK VXT4, to see how they fare.
To my surprise, they sound really close to my monitors. They share almost the same tonal signature. The VXT4's are just a tiny bit brighter and warmer in the low mid, and the K702 are a little more well-defined in the bass region. But I'm talking very small differences here. My other headphones sound much more different from my monitors.
Granted, the KRK's are certainly not the flattest/most neutral monitors in the world, and they are known to be a bit forward sounding. Moreover, the VXT4's, with their small woofers, do not extend very deep in the bass region. So I guess it might not be very surprising that they share tonal similarity with the K702.
Perhaps it's also in how I'm wearing the headphones. I wear my K702 a bit lower and forward so that the pads touch the back and the top of my ears. This make the sound slightly warmer/deeper and reduce the high-end a bit. I've been doing these since my Grado days.
I can now say I'm very happy with my purchase, regardless of the bad reps they've got around here. I've got the phones that should go along well with my monitors. I'm now eager to see what a few hundred hours more of burning in could bring me.
For reference, before the K702, I've had a pair of Grado SR80, and still own a pair of AKG K271 Studio (with new Mk II pads), and a pair of Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro (250 Ohms). I plug the phones directly to the headphone amp output of my audio interface, TC Electronic Desktop Konnekt 6.
I've just got mine a few days ago, the K702 with no modifications, and they are still in the burning in process. I think I've had around 60-70 hours until this morning, so I decided to test them against my monitor speakers, the KRK VXT4, to see how they fare.
To my surprise, they sound really close to my monitors. They share almost the same tonal signature. The VXT4's are just a tiny bit brighter and warmer in the low mid, and the K702 are a little more well-defined in the bass region. But I'm talking very small differences here. My other headphones sound much more different from my monitors.
Granted, the KRK's are certainly not the flattest/most neutral monitors in the world, and they are known to be a bit forward sounding. Moreover, the VXT4's, with their small woofers, do not extend very deep in the bass region. So I guess it might not be very surprising that they share tonal similarity with the K702.
Perhaps it's also in how I'm wearing the headphones. I wear my K702 a bit lower and forward so that the pads touch the back and the top of my ears. This make the sound slightly warmer/deeper and reduce the high-end a bit. I've been doing these since my Grado days.
I can now say I'm very happy with my purchase, regardless of the bad reps they've got around here. I've got the phones that should go along well with my monitors. I'm now eager to see what a few hundred hours more of burning in could bring me.
For reference, before the K702, I've had a pair of Grado SR80, and still own a pair of AKG K271 Studio (with new Mk II pads), and a pair of Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro (250 Ohms). I plug the phones directly to the headphone amp output of my audio interface, TC Electronic Desktop Konnekt 6.