IYAshike
100+ Head-Fier
Hi Evsshrug
Once you get a handle on them (and some sleep) I’d be curious on your K712/HD700 take.
After I picked up the 700’s my prior roster consisting of the AKG 701s (with bass port mod), K501, Grado SR325is and HD580/600s hit the chopping block.
The HD580/600s were the last to go but only after I acquired the K712s, which I felt were closest to them but with more extended base and a larger better layered sound field.
Then it came down to deciding if I really needed more than one phone so there was at one point a toss up between the 700s and the 712s, extended listening continually proved the 700s have much better micro detail retrieval and air but still richer (not warmer) overall than the AKGs and then there is the 700s damn comfort factor so the theK712s went up for sale, twice.
Still there is something about the 712s, or maybe it’s just me being sentimental as I’ve always have had AKGs around for the last thirty years or more, at home and in the studio.
Suffice to say I now alternate between them and the 700s, now just to do a bit of surgery to get them configured for a balanced connection like my 700s.
Then......... come the new year I really need to try some planars from Audeze and HiFiMAN,........who am I fooling when I say we only need one pair of phones.
Hello Rob80b,
l'm just curious: would you mind to tell me the differences you find (if any) between the HD-700 SE and balanced? l will reterminate the cable of mine, and would just like to have your impressions, if you happen to find some time for it. Thanks in advance!
By the way, very nice 'hi-fi corner' you have there! l like it's very colourful