[DutchGFX]

In my opinion, the timbre of the piano on the Q701 is slightly off possibly due to frequency response variation up high and roll-off down low. I prefer the way Sennheiser and Audio Technica handle piano. I prefer AKG's rendition over Beyerdynamic, however.

To add on, if you google Bloated Bass, I think the first page would be the DT880 Pro. Just my opinion, beyers aren't great. The T1 however, is fantastic.

 

[Chris J]

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I don't want to go too long separated from this thread, so...
 
How does piano sound on the Q701s to you guys? I listen to (and play) the piano a ton, and its easily my favorite instrument

A little bright, you may find that you prefer something a touch more neutral like the Beyer DT880 for piano.
I assume you are listening to Classical music?

 

[daleb]

Nah, I don't like darkness. Even when I'm playing a 9 foot Steinway in real life, it just feels like it lacks too much treble.. and something else. I really need to figure out why I hate how real life sounds...
 
Anyways, so I was deciding on my color, and I remembered one of my college's color is green, and the hallways throughout the dorms are lime green. So, I have decided which color headphones to get!

 

[3X0]

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Anyways, so I was deciding on my color, and I remembered one of my college's color is green, and the hallways throughout the dorms are lime green. So, I have decided which color headphones to get!

I agree, the white/black looks rather dashing. 

 

[daleb]

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I agree, the white/black looks rather dashing. 

I'm more into the red ones, myself.

 

[Change is Good]

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I'm more into the red ones, myself.

Then you should wait for the K712. Wait, they're copper orange...I think...

 

[daleb]

How about rainbow?
 

 

[Change is Good]

OK... this soooo happened on the Annie thread, already 

 

[chicolom]

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I don't want to go too long separated from this thread, so...
 
How does piano sound on the Q701s to you guys? I listen to (and play) the piano a ton, and its easily my favorite instrument

 
 
I also play piano and listen to a lot of piano music, and love piano on the Q701s.

 

[daleb]

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I also play piano and listen to a lot of piano music, and love piano on the Q701s.

Great! I can't wait to get my pink Q701s!

 

[BobJS]

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A little bright, you may find that you prefer something a touch more neutral like the Beyer DT880 for piano.
I assume you are listening to Classical music?

 
Is this conventional wisdom?  I find the Q701 more neutral and the DT880 on the bright side....

 

[chicolom]

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Is this conventional wisdom?  I find the Q701 more neutral and the DT880 on the bright side....

 
Most people hear the DT880s as brighter.
 
But Chris J isn't most people...

 

[DutchGFX]

I heard the 880 as much darker. It seamed all bass to me

 

[Brooko]

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I heard the 880 as much darker. It seamed all bass to me

 
Sure you're not confusing it with the DT770?  DT880 is anything BUT dark .....

 

[daleb]

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A little bright, you may find that you prefer something a touch more neutral like the Beyer DT880 for piano.
I assume you are listening to Classical music?

 
Oh, I didn't even notice the question. I do love classical, but I don't often listen to true classical music, I listen to a lot of the more modern music that is often just classified as orchestral.
For piano related things, I listen to things like the NieR soundtrack, and sometimes things like Isaac Shepard's "Leaves in the Wind".
 
My most common piano-only type music, though, is people's reinterpretations of songs that aren't piano, especially Disney music and video game music.