but old in the headphone world, I started with a 600 Ohm AKG K240 monitor when a teenager, about 40 years ago. 
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What sorts of high impedance monitors have you found since that you liked ?but old in the headphone world, I started with a 600 Ohm AKG K240 monitor when a teenager, about 40 years ago.
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None. I haven't lived with many headphones either, Sennheiser, Kef, Grado... all of them small/portable. The ones I currently listen to more at home are AKG K702s. It's the most natural sound I've ever found. Above the Hifiman he400se that I also own. Although technically the Hifiman are better, they don't sound so natural to meas the AKG. All low impedance. I will borrow some Sennheiser HD600 from a friend, he has bought some HD800 and no longer listens to the HD600. Spending more time with them I might change my mind.
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Hmm googling those 702s I spotted what might pretty good deal on them?
https://www.guitarcenter.com/AKG/K7...mplate=0y7n73MAL4Km&cntry=us&source=4SOS0DRBA
($99 on sale from $429.00 for ref. after the sale ends)
Should I pull the trigger? Or is this a fake sale price
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I don't know that shop, sorry. I'm in the European market. What I can say is $400 seems a price quite old. That phones used to cost about 300 euros some years ago when they were maida in Austria, since they moved to China the price droped a lot. The regular price here is about 140 euros,
https://www.thomann.de/es/akg_k702.htm
And sometimes in Amazon gets even lower, as in this black friday days.
https://www.amazon.es/AKG-K702-Auriculares-diadema-abiertos/dp/B001RCD2DW
About the phones, if you pair them with a neutral or warm sounding amp, sound fantastic. Not completely neutral, but very natural. I found this comparison spot on:
https://homestudiobasics.com/the-5-best-audiophile-headphones-for-under-500/
Hmmkay yeah somehow I figured $400 headphones for $100 was too good to be true...
Anyway, $100 is a very good price for those phones. You can put them on eBay with almost no loss if they are not your cup of tea. Or if you leave them collecting dust, you wil have an icon of the last decade, alongside the Sennheiser HD600/650 and Beyerdinamic DT880. There was nothing better back then.
By the way, somebody asked for other high impedance phones i liked. The Beyer are high impedance and I found them horrible in the highs, and I listeneed to therm with tubes.
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