[akgfan]

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Which electric guitar are you talking about?

Six string, seven string, distorted, fender, gibson, ibanez, ...

 

[SP Wild]

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Don't expect the K-701 to sound like the K-1000. I have the K-1000 and owned the K-701 for a couple of years. The K-701 is voiced differently from AKG's previous headphones. I find the K-1000 to be very natural and never got used to the artificial vocals in the K-701.

Personally, I would have traded down to the K-501. Its presentation is similar to the K-1000, but without the soundstage and not quite as much extension. At around $100-$150 used, the K-501 would be a terrific choice. You'd get most of the sound signature you're used to. Another good choice would have been the Sennheiser HD-600. A little more relaxed than a K-1000, but it has excellent balance and tonality. A HD-600 will work well with any genre of music, as well.

 
IMO the K1000 with ears flipped and K701 have a similar tonal balance...yet somehow the exact same tonal balance comes off as a cavity resonance in the upper midrange in the K701, but the exact same frequencies on the K1000s can have the same amplitudes as the K701, but there is no cavity resonance in the K1000 as there are no cups...IMO, instead in those same upper mid frequencies on the K1000 is heard as "true" soundstage depth.  Its hard for me to explain, but because of the cavity resonance in the K701, the K1000 comes off as more linear in the frequency response, even though IMO they have the same response in the midrange.  In other words, I actually agree and disagree with your statement at the same time.
 

 

[Acix]

 
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IMO the K1000 with ears flipped and K701 have a similar tonal balance...yet somehow the exact same tonal balance comes off as a cavity resonance in the upper midrange in the K701, but the exact same frequencies on the K1000s can have the same amplitudes as the K701, but there is no cavity resonance in the K1000 as there are no cups...IMO, instead in those same upper mid frequencies on the K1000 is heard as "true" soundstage depth.  Its hard for me to explain, but because of the cavity resonance in the K701, the K1000 comes off as more linear in the frequency response, even though IMO they have the same response in the midrange.  In other words, I actually agree and disagree with your statement at the same time.
 

Yep... almost the same response in the mids, the K70X just kick a bit higher in the upper mids (for a better female vocals). The K-1000 are more flat/linear in the FR, with grainy resolution compare to the K-70X. Its maybe hard for me to explain, but I think the easy way is to listen to the DT-48E, just to get the right feel.

 

[SP Wild]

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Yep... almost the same response in the mids, the K70X just kick a bit higher in the upper mids (for a better female vocals). The K-1000 are more flat/linear in the FR, with grainy resolution compare to the K-70X. Its maybe hard for me to explain, but I think the easy way is to listen to the DT-48E, just to get the right feel.

I think it depends on the angle of the K1000 ear speaker.  At the maximum angle, where the "sound stage" is at its most expansive, the K1000 will sound peakier/leaner in the upper mids than the K701. Agreed with the K-1000 as having a grainy resolution compared to the K701 with all my amplifiers, and that I need to hear these highly acclaimed DT48Es.

 

[niranhopper]

There are talks in head-fi about a newer version of K701 which allegedly has more bass. It is true or can anyone confirm?  If so, has AKG also improved on the bumps on the headband?

 

[Syliano]

I bought mine 2 weeks ago, it has plenty of bass. As a reference, back in the days my go to headphones was a sony xb500, another reference, they have more bass then the hd600.