[jhenderson010759]

ReDVsion -

You are right on all counts. I'll use them for a few weeks and see what happens.

 

[ReDVsion]

Your sig is fantastically geeky, btw.

 

[fewtch]

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Originally Posted by Jap [size=small] I love high clarity (that is, details!, details! ) with great frequency balance and transparency. Soundstage, or as Darthnut more accurately says, headstage, with three dimensional characteristics is a growing interest of mine now that I am starting to focus more on home phones rather than portable ones. When phone manufacturers can correct for most of these features fairly well within the same phone, it will result in a reasonably accurate phone (e.g., the Joe Grado HP1/2, although their headstage is not nearly as impressive as other phones). The K701 may be one of the few special phones which come close to scoring high on my criteria. [/size]

Check out the Beyerdynamic DT-880 as well! Soundstage-wise it's very, very satisfying (to my ears anyway).

 

[Bill Ward]

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Originally Posted by diablo9 they should arrive at Headroom early this week, according to one sales rep. so they should be shipped by the end of the week...

Got mine from TTVJ this afternoon.

BW

 

[discord]

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Originally Posted by Bill Ward Got mine from TTVJ this afternoon. BW

Thoughts?!

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

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Originally Posted by discord Thoughts?!

Ah, yeah, I'd like to hear what he's got to say as well, he's got a real way with figuring out these cans

 

[Bill Ward]

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Originally Posted by discord Thoughts?!

Too early yet. Give me a little time to listen and I'll post some impressions.

BW

 

[Jap]

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Originally Posted by fewtch Check out the Beyerdynamic DT-880 as well! Soundstage-wise it's very, very satisfying (to my ears anyway).

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I've heard the DT880's before and liked it as an all-around phone. Yet it lacked the clarity of the AKG K501, which I was about to put money down for when the K601/K701 announcements broke. I know the K501 was low in bass quantity without a amp having sufficient beef. However, my new Pocket Reference II (PR) amp obviates any concerns of the K501's bass or that of similar phones. This tiny amp has power to burn!, and anything less than a K1000 should be sufficiently driveable.

In any regard, it would appear that the K701 amends some of the K501's bass concerns and also fixes the soundstage/headstage depth problem of the K501. The K501 is famous for its wide but shallow soundstage. If the K701 is as balanced in the frequency range and is as three dimensional as a few experienced members have noted, and if it possesses the glorious crystal clear midrange of the K501, then it should be relatively easy to tweak its deficiencies.
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[wakked1]

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Originally Posted by ReDVsion Your sig is fantastically geeky, btw.

Except I fail to see what bitshifting would achieve...

 

[jhenderson010759]

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Originally Posted by wakked1 Except I fail to see what bitshifting would achieve...

<< is overloaded as the streaming operator too. That's how it is used in this context.