What are you amping the K701 with?
Nov 22, 2005 at 5:51 AM Thread Starter Post #1 of 103

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Just curious what new owners are using to amp the K701s? Plan on the SR71 myself. The 62 ohms impedance/105 dB/V efficiency should indicate a lot could be used with it.
 
Nov 22, 2005 at 6:09 AM Post #3 of 103
was using my 701's on my pimeta, not so great, then i used them on my dynalo, much better... and now my dynahi (aka a half done dynamite lol) and it sounds awesome
 
Nov 22, 2005 at 9:03 PM Post #6 of 103
I haven't used them, but I've heard several people say that they require a lot of juice (including jamie from headroom): it doesn't seem like their published specs could be right.
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Nov 22, 2005 at 9:09 PM Post #7 of 103
105 dB/V at 62 ohms corresponds to 93 dB/mW, which obviously is better comparable with the K501's 94 dB/mW.
 
Nov 22, 2005 at 9:23 PM Post #8 of 103
Using a Corda HA-2 MkI here... I can't say very well how it would compare to some of the more esoteric amps out there, but suffice it to say I'm perfectly content with the results I'm getting from it.
 
Nov 22, 2005 at 11:08 PM Post #9 of 103
I'm using a Headsave Classic. I tried them with my Perreaux SHX-1 0.5, and it didn't work well at all. It sounded quite bassy and lacked detail. I may be looking for another amp at some point, because it seems like the K701s are more sensitive to differences in amplifiers than my Sennheiser HD600s.
 
Nov 23, 2005 at 2:26 AM Post #14 of 103
Woo Audio 3. I'd heard that the 701's needed a lot of power, but my Woo has no problem driving them, and they also played very loudly with no sense of strain when run through my AV reciever and a lowly boombox.
 
Nov 23, 2005 at 2:45 AM Post #15 of 103
I am currently running them with a Grace m902, which only has two hours on it.

Prior to that I ran them with a Ray Samuels XP-7.

With the m902, I listen from 65-80, depending on source.

With the XP-7 I listened at about 10-11 o'clock.

Both do well, but have a very different voicing.

Jay
 

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