Blackmore
Headphoneus Supremus
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Maybe they go stats-dynamic instead, already have a name for them KHE1090
Originally Posted by JaZZ /img/forum/go_quote.gif You can drive every headphone with a speaker amp. For low-impedance types a voltage divider is recommended (to prevent overload), for high-impedance types it can be renounced. |
Originally Posted by stonyboys /img/forum/go_quote.gif wait, are you guys serious about wanting a remake of K1000 or is that just an inside joke? it looks like strapping two mics to either side of your head... and i cant imagine how uncomfortable it must be. |
Originally Posted by Slash47 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I hope they just make a more tonally accomplished K701. Soundstage, detail, dynamics, extension, placement, depth, etc. is all there, but they could do with a more pleasant (and more 'real') tone. Out of a neutral amp, everything sounds like it's recorded in a concrete room. That's not neutral, that's fake. So I hope they fix that, because I really like AKG's. |
Originally Posted by rds /img/forum/go_quote.gif This is one the most often repeated and patently false criticisms of the k701. Look at the freq response graph. You're calling +3dB at 8kHz a "spike in the high range"? By that rationale the hd800 also has a treble spike ...and actually a much larger one relative to the midrange. If +3dB is a treble spike then what do you call the rs-1's treble boost? Treble skyscraper maybe? |
Originally Posted by anetode /img/forum/go_quote.gif "Patently false"? Not at all. When listening to the K701s, in certain songs and certain passages the experience becomes painful, in contrast to other phones. The frequency response chart at headroom is not very accurate beyond 10khz, due to data smoothing and the testing ear apparatus which does not account for variations in individual listener anatomy. While I can't claim it is universally true, many K701 users report similar tics and annoyances, and listening to them for any period of time you begin to notice that something is definitely off, there are some strange peaks that shouldn't be there. I have the HD800 and the RS1, and while both could be subjectively described as "bright" headphones and while both the k701 and the RS1 cause fatigue, only the k701 crosses the line to annoying/painful. AKG can and should address these problems through rigorous product testing. |
Originally Posted by JaZZ /img/forum/go_quote.gif You know, there are a lot of K 701/702 proponents on this forum, so your impression isn't universally valid. Different ears are different, as you hinted youself. . |