Yeah I did notice that while comparing. Thats one reason its really hard to compare because if I change the volume just a tiny bit the difference can be huge.
I did try to get them to the same volume while comparing.(and that's hard)
Easiest and generally as accurate as one can get without actually getting a response graph in a dead room would be to run a 1000hz sine wave and use a dB meter.
Also if you're not using an amp that can get the K702 to the same dB level without piling on distortion or noise, then you're not hearing the K702 as it should sound. That said, all the other considerations I posted are more likely the problems here. On top of that, you listen to EDM. As much as I can listen to some kinds of EDM on my HD600 and would do so on the K702, that's also because I would primarily choose these headphones for power and symphonic metal. Definitely not what I'd recommend to anyone who listens almost exclusively to EDM.
Probably. I mostly only listen to electronic(for example edm, melodic house, pretty much everything electronic)
Mostly music thats being uploaded on youtube by channels like SuicideSheep.
Some EDM have imaging but most of them don't. I mean, you don't even have a drum set that needs to pan left and right for drum rolls, which cymbal is getting hit, etc.
I did compare the 2 headphones on youtube music and flac files. Because most of my music is on youtube.
On youtube I liked the g430 much more while one flac files the K702 sounded clearer to me. Though the differences are so damn small.
It has a lot less to do with whether it's YouTube or FLAC and more with the genre and mastering quality. Convert FLAC or rip a CD to 320kbps and it's what you get from YouTube, assuming the one on YouTube is from the same album master. If it's background music I just use Spotify or YouTube, although the latter has video so if I want to watch live music or music vids (which is really helpful if what I'm listening to would also have
visuals like these).
I never had any speakers so zero knowledge about that
Basically the position of the instruments on stage need to be replicated relative to each other and downscaled in size on playback. For a genre that for the most part is more known for playback of prerecorded layers/tracks from a Macbook rather than live instruments (not even amplified guitars, much less a symphony), there isn't much to replicate really. There are exceptions, like how some vocal parts will be imaged to the back and off to one side, but for the genre in general there's really not much in the way of imaging.
Do you maybe have any recommendations on which headphones to get after the K702? I did think of K712 or Fidelo x2 but no one told me anything about Grado yet.
K712 will still be a lot like the K702 but with more bass. Maybe less of the deep soundstage but still essentially too similar even with those differences and bottom line, not what I'd recommend for EDM.
X2 is great with imaging but it does have a lot more bass. Easier to drive so as long as you don't have a problem with high output impedance or an outright crappy circuit you don't need to worry about power output vs distortion and noise.
Knowing now that you listen to EDM Grado might be great if you listen to the kind that has hard upper bass hits and can make do without a lot of very low freq bass, also they aren't really designed for imaging either. But I'd probably recommend the X2 more than any Grado except the RS2 and RS1, but these also cost way more than the X2. Or get the Superlux HD330 - it's like the SR60 but with a lot of bass, although its improved isolation is offset by higher power output needs vs Grados. Efficiency is on par with teh K702 although with a 150ohm impedance at least output impedance isn't a problem. I use this on my gaming rig. Overall still not as clean as my amp with my HD600 but I'm not as critical for that application.