cactus_farmer
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When I previously had the AKG K701 (I bought them new) - I distinctly remember when I removed the pads to reveal the drivers, one of the drivers had crinkling in it - as if it had been damaged. I don't know would have damaged them other than perhaps being driven by an iPod. I attempted to drive the K701's from an iPod - not loudly - but before I got a headphone amp. WOuld this have damaged the drivers as the iPod is too weak to handle it?
Anyway, if I am going to be using the K701 to mix some stuff that has not been mastered, and thus might be 'rough around the edges' and won't have extreme high frequencies removed and so on, will this material be damaging the K701? Or do I need the K702 - simply because they are the ones marketed as the 'pro' headphones. Will the K702 have better power handling and general driver durability than the K701? I am hoping that the K701 will have just as good driver durability and power handling as the K702, because they are available at a good £100 less than the K702 in the UK!!
Thanks in advance guys.
Anyway, if I am going to be using the K701 to mix some stuff that has not been mastered, and thus might be 'rough around the edges' and won't have extreme high frequencies removed and so on, will this material be damaging the K701? Or do I need the K702 - simply because they are the ones marketed as the 'pro' headphones. Will the K702 have better power handling and general driver durability than the K701? I am hoping that the K701 will have just as good driver durability and power handling as the K702, because they are available at a good £100 less than the K702 in the UK!!
Thanks in advance guys.