Snusk-Pelle
New Head-Fier
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- Dec 2, 2001
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I received my K501 a few days ago. I have used HD600 for a year. HD600 is the best headphones i have so i always compare headphones to HD600. I have a few other headphones, HD570, Philips HP890 and Sony MDR-CD480. None of them comes close to HD600 in sound quality. I decided before i bought K501 that if K501 were not close to HD600 i would stop buying headphones and only use HD600. First thing i noticed when i started to listen to K501 was that they were very detailed. I thought HD600 was detailed but this was even better. Next thing, K501 has less bass than HD600. The bass is not missing,but it is less than HD600. K501 does not sound as natural as HD600. This seems to be the biggest difference between HD600 and other headphones. HD600 is the most natural sounding headphones i have ever heard. A difference between K501 and my other headphones except HD600, is that they sound distorted. Sony MDR-CD480 is horrible, unnatural and distorted sound.
K501 is the second best headphone i have. It is nice to see that AKG can make headphones that can compete with HD600. I nearly had given up on finding headphones that was even close to HD600. I have only used my K501 for ten hours, maybe the sound will change or i will get used to the sound. Then they even could be better than HD600. Or a different amp could change the sound.
Conclusion
HD600 is better than K501. K501 needs more bass. K501 does not sound natural. K501 is amazingly detailed.
Here is what i use to drive my headphones
Musical fidelty X-CANV2
Hoyo DVD player
M-Audio Audiophile soundcard
Pioneer equalizer
K501 is the second best headphone i have. It is nice to see that AKG can make headphones that can compete with HD600. I nearly had given up on finding headphones that was even close to HD600. I have only used my K501 for ten hours, maybe the sound will change or i will get used to the sound. Then they even could be better than HD600. Or a different amp could change the sound.
Conclusion
HD600 is better than K501. K501 needs more bass. K501 does not sound natural. K501 is amazingly detailed.
Here is what i use to drive my headphones
Musical fidelty X-CANV2
Hoyo DVD player
M-Audio Audiophile soundcard
Pioneer equalizer