[stukovx]

Been reading a lot about these headphones as of late. I plan to upgrade my a-500s to these. Looked around google and such and came up with some sites from pricegrabber stating they were 299, but when I clicked on the link, all it showed was 399.

Also, people who have upgraded from my price ranged headphone(110$) to k701's, what was your reaction to them? I'm going from closed sets of cans to open so I'm guessing its going to sound pretty different.

I'm not a bass-head but I do enjoy a lively, clear, crisp sound. Already planning on what amp to pair this with =( as of now I am using gary's pa2v2.

Sorry for askin so many questions.

 

[steaxauce]

Hello. headphone.com sells them for $299, including shipping. Just give them a call. I bought mine there towards the end of April, and coming from the midrange-heavy Shure E4, they were an amazing improvement, although I'm now trading them for a Sony MDR-SA5000. The K701 is by far the best headphone I in my limited experience have ever used, but they were lacking a fullness or punch with rock. It still beat the E4 in this regard by a huge margin. I can't say too much about which amp to use with the K701, as I've only used a penguin amplifier with them, which I found offered no improvement over the ipod's internal headphone amplifier. I just recieved an SR-71, which has greatly improved the sound of the E4. It gave it that punch and fullness that was lacking, so it may do the same for the K701.

 

[brn80]

I bought mine from headroom from the B stock inventory for $259 shipped. I noticed they have one left still.

http://www.headphone.com/products/b-stock/

 

[device manager]

I bought my (brand new) K701's from Headroom for $299 shipped FedEx saver last week using a special coupon code during checkout. PM me if you want the code since I don't think they'd want it posted on the forums.

If you do a search for K701 you'll find a lot of feedback on them.

 

[stukovx]

thanks for the replies. With open cans like these, does a lot of sound leak compared to closed cans? Reason I ask is personal

 

[device manager]

Yes. My fiancee in the other room can hear me jamming out.

 

[Fitz]

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Originally Posted by stukovx thanks for the replies. With open cans like these, does a lot of sound leak compared to closed cans? Reason I ask is personal

Oh do they ever!

 

[stukovx]

Guess I gotta wear my ep-630's when viewing....ahem.....yeah

Ill try and read up a little bit more about the 701s before I go ahead and make the purchase. Still undecided between some a900's or 701's.

 

[Fitz]

Quote:

Originally Posted by stukovx Guess I gotta wear my ep-630's when viewing....ahem.....yeah

Yeah, you definitely don't want to wear open headphones for that.

 

[lostbobby]

Quote:

Originally Posted by stukovx thanks for the replies. With open cans like these, does a lot of sound leak compared to closed cans? Reason I ask is personal

Um, you watching Barney movies? Peewee Herman? The stooges, Madonna, Britney Spears?

 

[humanflyz]

I have owned the A900s, and currently own the A900LTDs, which is a limited, collector's edition of the A900s, as well as the K701s. From personal experience, the jump from the A900 to the K701 is huge. IMO I think the K701s is in a different league than the A900s. So my two cent is that the K701s is well worth the price increase.

 

[Patwo]

AKG K701 costs $259.12 on this site:

http://www.thetwistergroup.com/produ...%20D32285.html

but I have never bought something from them so I don´t know how good customer support etc. they have.

Another store $274.37
http://www.ambientweather.com/dbk701.html this store ships only for those in USA I believe.
Dont´t know anything about this store neither.

 

[d-cee]

there's a seller on ebay selling them for $279 + shipping if you just search for "akg K701"