DjAmTraX
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The lowest price model is the K702. What would anyone spend more money to get the K701 or Q701?
The lowest price model is the K702. What would anyone spend more money to get the K701 or Q701?
I got the black ones. Very nice looking. Still have the green cable though. Cheap cable IMO. Quick impressions right out of the box, no burn in for the 'phones or the Valhalla, vs the K701's I had before with the Aune and Sparrow in my sig: still too bright (that "treble emphasis"), but yes, more (improved) bass (but still could use more). Even right out of the box, I prefer these to the K701's I had. More after I burn them in a while ...
The lowest price model is the K702. What would anyone spend more money to get the K701 or Q701?
Kevin,
Your last post on the Q/Vahalla combo is exactly the difference I heard with the Q/Lyr. I also have a Vahalla, but the Lyr gave the Q better drive and more detail. However, the Vahalla is still a good partner to the Q. I look forward to your opinion once you hit your target burn in. I found that after 50 hours I could hear a slight improvement, and after 100+ hours they really settled in nicely.
EddieE- Please post what you hear between them all. I am also the impression that the K701 is identical to the K702, but that the Q701 is quite probably different.
Quote:EddieE- Please post what you hear between them all. I am also the impression that the K701 is identical to the K702, but that the Q701 is quite probably different.
Forget the Q701. I once tested two different K701s and the K702 side by side. All three sounded different. Surprisingly, the one that sounded most different was one of the K701s!
The older model K701 (serial in the 1's) was a bassier and sweeter sounding version of the newer K701 (serial in the 4's). The K702 sounded closer to the newer K701 but was a bit brighter.
I am assuming whatever the Q701 sounds like, I am willing to bet it doesn't sound the same.
Incidentally, this might be why even using the Sparrow you aren't getting enough bass -- some K701s are bassier than others.
I hesitate to post this.
Really hesitate.
If some of you are familiar, I really disliked the K701's I had.
When I first got them, seriously, I thought there was something wrong with them, they sounded so bad to me. (No, there wasn't anything wrong with them, I just couldn't understand all the love they get here for how unbalanced they sounded to me. No bass, and that treble emphasis that to me made them sound waaay too bright. Fatiguing, harsh, brittle, you name it.)
There was a thread here a while back that stuck in my brain. I don't just burn in headphones, I pummel them into submission!!
So overnight last night, I let them play random tracks about 25% louder than I would ever listen. Quite loud in other words. But no, no danger of blowing drivers or anything. Just ... really loud. With the Valhalla because I wanted to burn that guy in too.
I took a quick listen this morning, and it was like a different headphone !! The bass was a little more up front, but the treble had really settled down.
I need to do some more listening tonight when I get home. I'll try them with the CKKIII, but that'll be next week in that I have that amp here at work.
I do plan to hook up with a buddy sometime in the next few weeks to compare the Q701's with his K701's. Will be curious ...
One question if you wouldn't mind: I am thinking about buying these headphones, and I will use them on my computer, iphone.... , my question is if these headphones have something like noise isolation, because I just wanted to hear the music