Oktyabr
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K712 or K7XX for female vocals/instrumental/OST music?
Consensus seems to suggest that the K7XX is a continuation of the K702 65th and both should be more similar than different, compared to the K712, which *might* have more mid and bass (and possibly a different driver). Since I got my K712 I've been listening to them almost every free moment I have at home. I don't think they are as "airy" as my K701s were but they definitely have more below 1K Hz, overall feeling perhaps more balanced to my ears.
For my female vocals I have enjoyed listening to the following, for reference, and these headphones don't leave me thinking they are missing anything:
-- Diana Krall ("Live in Paris" sounds like a very intimate venue with seating close to the stage)
-- Ana Caram "Blue Bossa" (one of my few HDTracks 24/96 recordings) has her voice set further back into a very well rounded sound stage with great placement
-- Mary J. Blige "Breakthrough" is a very bassy album with the K712 but when the producer let's her voice become the star, they shine beautifully
-- Little Dragon (Yukimi Nagano), "Little Man" and "Forever", live, really let her voice splash playfully up and down the scale, and is easily the featured instrument on these tracks.
Instrumental: Most of my listening would be pretty instrumental intensive, from jazz to classical (I own multiple recordings of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, for example), to electronica. Alan Parsons, Pink Floyd, Sphongle, Kroke ("Live At Home" is one of my favorite live recordings), all sound awesome.