[Chris J]

Mr Noob here,  
I've been lurking for a while and thought I would throw in my 2 cents..............I have a pair of Q701s and am quite happy with them.
Not too sure what some people mean when they say these 'phone are bass shy, maybe the Q701s are different than the K701 and 702 but I find the bass is deep, full, tight and punchy.............YMMV
 

 

[scottiebabie]

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What cable did you get? Hwere did you bought it?
 

believe i bought the silver cable at ebay for $30 shipped. i thought What how can i lose for that kinda money even if its 'not' pure silver. however the upgrade in sound over stock cable, while not nite & day, is discernible within 1/2hr of listening. as mentioned, bass is tigher, more textured & with a meatier mid bass. mids smoothen out appreciably & treble grains is reduced to almost nil - well maybe slightly bothersome sometimes but mainly depending on quality of track.
 
bonus is the cable is super thin (almost IEM range) with zero microphonics & way easier to handle vs stock. infact im so impressed with this cable that i wanna contact the ebay seller to see if u sells the "jensen 99.997%silver" cable by itself so i can diy some for my iems.
 
regardless, for $30ish i cant see anyone losing on this. btw i also find the K702 slightly easier to drive with this cable, reaching doable db levels on a max sony E344 DAP unamped ofcos.
 
btw while i can honestly identify ppl bitchin the K702 has no bass, THAT IS DEFINITELY NOT THE CASE on my rig. maybe mid bass isnt as phat as the HD650, its certainly no slouch either & definitely trumps the senn in getting lower. as is with my rig, my K702 has no issues with lack of bass nor treble hotness. YMMV ofcos

 

[BournePerfect]

I've always preferred the K702's bass over almost every other phone I've heard. I just love that tight, impactful bass that goes well with it's sound signature. It's mostly subjective I'm sure, but system synergy plays a huge role with these headphones more than maybe any other I've heard.
 
-Daniel

 

[obazavil]

Well.. i'm driving my K702 with Lyr, and ppl that claimed it had no bass before (using E9) are just loving it

 

[BournePerfect]

Yeah I've heard great things about that combo...sounds like it might even be better for the AKG than even the m-Stage. I would love to try that combo sometime!
 
-Daniel

 

[reginalb]

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Mr Noob here,  
I've been lurking for a while and thought I would throw in my 2 cents..............I have a pair of Q701s and am quite happy with them.
Not too sure what some people mean when they say these 'phone are bass shy, maybe the Q701s are different than the K701 and 702 but I find the bass is deep, full, tight and punchy.............YMMV
 

I think that people mean that they lack a certain impact for their bass. Some rock, jazz, vocals are great from the 701 (I also have the Q, the bass isn't different). For hip-hop, you are lacking a certain volume to the bass. But for something like a double bass in a jazz ensemble? The headphones are perfect, the bass is deep and tight, and doesn't overpower the other instruments.

 

[Chris J]

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I think that people mean that they lack a certain impact for their bass. Some rock, jazz, vocals are great from the 701 (I also have the Q, the bass isn't different). For hip-hop, you are lacking a certain volume to the bass. But for something like a double bass in a jazz ensemble? The headphones are perfect, the bass is deep and tight, and doesn't overpower the other instruments.

 

totally agree on your bass comments...............I heard a pair of K701's a few years back and loved them, I just bought the Q701 because they came with two detachable cords of two different lengths
I gotta try these things on tubes someday............

 

[PelPix]

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Sounds great! Im getting really curious now

Well, here's the current iteration!  Music produced by Jonathan Coulton and distributed under the Creative Commons license.
 
Here is the original:
http://soundcloud.com/kylebloss/bigbadworldonesource
 
And compensated for the k701's psychoacoustic characteristics:
http://soundcloud.com/kylebloss/bigbadworldonepsych
 
 
It may take a few moments for your ears to get used to the new sound.  You'll need a GOOD amp for it to produce the sound of the corrected file correctly.  Just fair warning.
Notice how full the mids are and how the treble isn't completely masked by the mid-highs.  The bass is extremely full and well-controlled (more than a bit too full for my tastes, but that's just how this particular song is mastered.  I couldn't find a better song for it!  It's mastered to have booming bass, and the point of this project is to make a brutally honest set of completely neutral reference cans.  In this case, it happens to be brutally honest about how the song has too much bass 

)
 
However, it's said that balanced k701s have a LOT more bass, so another fair warning: I haven't listened on a balanced set; here's more than a good chance that this will sound even more booming.

 

[sh4w]

Sounds great And you're right, the song is kinda boomy but still ok This sounds kinda like my own EQ for the K701 but I guess u've put way more effort and refinement into this.

 

[VALIENTE]

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The headphones are perfect, the bass is deep and tight, and doesn't overpower the other instruments.

Yes the bass is so nice....the highs are really glorious.....why K701? You are such a nice headphone to ears as you grow old and older.....

 

[BournePerfect]

To this day...the K702 still hass the type of bass, not the BEST bass mind you, that I like for my music. And this is against Pro 900s, D2000s, DT 990s, AD2Ks. All of those headphones' bass is technically superior, and better even for games and movies and certain music---but **** it if the Akg's bass isn't exactly what I prefer in a headphone-properly amped and burned in, of course. If only the AD2K had the bass impact of the K702-I think it would be (subjectively) flawless to my ears...
-Daniel

 

[DomieMic65]

For those of you who are driving the 701s with the FiiO E9: do you prefer the low or the high gain setting??

 

[VALIENTE]

High Gain for me.

 

[genclaymore]

I use High Gain as well for my AKG 702s which are in fact 701's with that detectable cable.I still trying to get ahold of a hex key screw driver so I can change the OPA2134s to a some LT1364 or OPA2107APs.

 

[Arleus]

I use low gain on my E9. I'll admit, I've not sat down to analytically listen for the differences, but I figured there's less channel imbalance with volume control at 10 o'clock rather than 9 o'clock.