AKG K702 "Fields of Gold"

[FritzS]

Hi,
"my" AKG K702 is in the house

I named it "Fields of Gold" - so I listen Eva Cassidy "Live at Blues Alley" CD

My serious sessions begun only after 1 ...2 (!!!) hours of burning in (before I listen some of my Mahler CD's and PF "The Final Cut").
I know about recommend burning in time more than 50 hours, but I cannot wait

Eva Cassidy "Live at Blues Alley"
Recordings - Eva Cassidy Web Site
My feeling - the last curtain are falling - a new dimension of listening.
The K702 "likes" woman voices.

Marianne Faithful "Blazing Away" CD
Filmography
Very detailed, tiny nuances, "goose-flesh inclusive", drums and brass "solitary peak".

In advance I can say the AKG K702 is one headphone for studio recording and mixing - the sound engineers "must have" to create extraordinary results.

More coming step by step

Compared to my AKG K701 (used more than 300 hours).
Driven by Marantz SA7001 KI and GSP Audio Green Solo

 

[fraseyboy]

I thought the K702 was exactly the same as the K701 apart from the colour change and a detachable cable?

 

[JamesL]

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Originally Posted by fraseyboy /img/forum/go_quote.gif I thought the K702 was exactly the same as the K701 apart from the colour change and a detachable cable?

Thats what I thought as well..

 

[iQEM]

x3

 

[ClieOS]

Picture please?

 

[fhuang]

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Originally Posted by fraseyboy /img/forum/go_quote.gif I thought the K702 was exactly the same as the K701 apart from the colour change and a detachable cable?

some akg, ie k501, k340 has different version so you never know.

 

[ISALULA]

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Originally Posted by fhuang /img/forum/go_quote.gif some akg, ie k501, k340 has different version so you never know.

x2

 

[TheMarchingMule]

Before anybody jumps to conclusions, please note that the OP is just comparing for the heck of it. No where does he state that it sounds differently from the K701. Heck, perhaps just that burn-in time difference alone will yield differing results.

 

[stvn758]

Eva Cassidy sounds great on anything, I have 'Songbird' with that and 'Over The Rainbow' on, sublime.

 

[Kees]

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Originally Posted by fhuang /img/forum/go_quote.gif some akg, ie k501, k340 has different version so you never know.

x?
Has happened before in the AKG line-up.

 

[JMCIII]

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMarchingMule /img/forum/go_quote.gif Before anybody jumps to conclusions, please note that the OP is just comparing for the heck of it. No where does he state that it sounds differently from the K701. Heck, perhaps just that burn-in time difference alone will yield differing results.

Cor - rect. If he's no experience with a fully burned in pair of K701s there's no baseline for comparison. Though I will say his reaction mirrors that of any satisfied K701 owner - so draw your own conclusions. (Unless the Op would care to elaborate please?)

 

[kendal3334]

one of 702's features is the changeable wire
it looks like 701 + 601

 

[Zorander]

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Originally Posted by TheMarchingMule /img/forum/go_quote.gif Heck, perhaps just that burn-in time difference alone will yield differing results.

I believe that is the very intention of the OP, i.e. to compare a fully burned-in unit with a new one, not to argue over any sonic difference between the K701 & K702.

 

[QQQ]

Please don't create another myth, even in press-release akg folks stated that k702 is basically new look k701 with detacheable cable..

 

[vcoheda]

too bad the cable is not detachable on both sides for balanced use. that would make this headphone more interesting.