cravenz
Headphoneus Supremus
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in storage at the moment but if I had to, jazz. It really isn't versatile in my opinion.
Is it just me or my HD650 does better in imaging than K701? Currently using O2 and ODAC.
What kind of music do you guys listen to with the K 701's?
What kind of music do you guys listen to with the K 701's? I'm loving classical or orchestrated music at the moment. The K 701's just give you the sense of a large stage with the orchestra playing. It's quite a grand sound if I may say so.
It's been a while Head-Fi. So I still haven't picked up any headphones. I posted a while back about how I was gonna get AKG K701. And so, I'm wondering is about $230ish a good price to get some used, they're burned in after about 100 hours or something? I'm still not entire convinced because how controversial a lot of headphones are.
I was also going to ask about how portable the headphones are.
It's been a while Head-Fi. So I still haven't picked up any headphones. I posted a while back about how I was gonna get AKG K701. And so, I'm wondering is about $230ish a good price to get some used, they're burned in after about 100 hours or something? I'm still not entire convinced because how controversial a lot of headphones are.
I was also going to ask about how portable the headphones are.
They're not portable at all. First because no portable player can make them sound any louder than a whisper, second because they're not built to be carried around and would break within half an hour in your backpack and third, they leak like small speakers.
Everything. Literally. I've grown so accustomed to the K701 sound signature I listen to everything from classical to hip hop and electronic. I prefer them to DT770 for electronic, I know, weird. I'm loving the Infected Mushroom Vicious Delicious album with them. Such an amazing bass punch, someone who thinks K701 are bass light would have a huge "What?!" expression on their face if they heard it.
Lately I've been listening to a lot of music on youtube....this channel is my favorite, TripleJ. I have to say, I've never heard a record of a piano and vocal sound as good and natural as this. They clearly add some DSP filters to the record, but it sounds real on headphones. So beautifully recorded, and so detailed. I can clearly hear her nails hitting the keys, every single detail is so beautifully recorded and its all musical, smooth without any sibilance. I wonder how good it would sound in lossless format off of youtube:
K701s + Schiit Valhalla + what DAC? (not Bifrost..needs to be USB and I don't want to sink an extra $100 bucks into it just for a USB pathway...)