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Originally Posted by haloxt /img/forum/go_quote.gif Never heard, but I have much faith in what Acix says since everything he has said about headphones I tried matches my own experience. But my guess is that K701 drives like a racing car, and consumers buy them to drive on the street and wonder why they don't have all the amenities of luxury consumer cars AND WHY AM I FEELING ALL THE BUMPS ON THE ROAD?!?

I agree, I see the k701 as a Lotus. It does its job well, but it doesn't try to please everyone.

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Originally Posted by baka1969 Wow! You can just feel the love. LoL. I think most of the 70x hate is because if you don't hate the 70x you're not Head-Fi 'cool'. It's very hipster to dislike the 70x. Since I've always been a contrarian and never cared what others thought, I disagree with all the negativity. So my car is the Alfa Romeo Spider.

Agreed on all counts. Just like iPod hating, k701 hating is super cool on head-fi...

 

[logwed]

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Originally Posted by Head Injury /img/forum/go_quote.gif So, Team Mid-Fi? Man, this hobby sucks. You're a snob and a prick for buying HD800s and T1s and O2s, and a hipster for sticking with the KSC75s and SR60is and HD555s.

Eh, we just like to hate on noobs that buy top'o'the'lines because while us folks in Team Mid-Fi are really jealous and can't break into that price point, they're sitting there listening to their HD800s out of an iPod Nano. And if you're a really experienced dude who has them, you've been freed from Upgraditis and we're jealous of that. Lots and lots of jealousy...

 

[minimus]

The Ford Taurus. Reliable and can be bought inexpensively on the used market, but ultimatetly underwhelming relative to similarly-priced competition from Nissan and Honda.

 

[MomijiTMO]

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Originally Posted by baka1969 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Come on mate! The T1 was last month. Lmao. The HE-5LE is the next 'best ever' FOTM.

Wow I didn't even know these existed lol. I'm expecting to see more HE-5s listed in the Sales Forum

 

[ast]

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Originally Posted by baka1969 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wow! You can just feel the love. LoL. I think most of the 70x hate is because if you don't hate the 70x you're not Head-Fi 'cool'. It's very hipster to dislike the 70x. Since I've always been a contrarian and never cared what others thought, I disagree with all the negativity. So my car is the Alfa Romeo Spider.

dude, listen to yourself: you are making K70x more a religon than a hobby, hence lost all your objectivity. Seems to me it doesn't matter how K70x sound, you will love them anyway, because you perceive there is a conspiracy against them here on head-fi.

K701 was the very fist headphone I bought since I discovered head-fi in 2007, based on rave reviews here at that time. But man I was disappointed by the sound comparing AD2000 and HD650 came right afer. I have since owned almost all highend cans but K701 gave me the worst impression -- it sounds unbelievably 'plastic' and bland, ridiculous bad headphone especially as top of the line from a big manufacturer.

K701 -- pinto

 

[tamu]

Some loves it some hates it..

 

[baka1969]

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Originally Posted by MomijiTMO /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wow I didn't even know these existed lol. I'm expecting to see more HE-5s listed in the Sales Forum

LoL When's the last time you checked the sales forum? The 'old' HE-5 is flying off the shelves. Lmao

 

[baka1969]

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Originally Posted by ast /img/forum/go_quote.gif dude, listen to yourself: you are making K70x more a religon than a hobby, hence lost all your objectivity. Seems to me it doesn't matter how K70x sound, you will love them anyway, because you perceive there is a conspiracy against them here on head-fi. K701 was the very fist headphone I bought since I discovered head-fi in 2007, based on rave reviews here at that time. But man I was disappointed by the sound comparing AD2000 and HD650 came right afer. I have since owned almost all highend cans but K701 gave me the worst impression -- it sounds unbelievably 'plastic' and bland, ridiculous bad headphone especially as top of the line from a big manufacturer. K701 -- pinto

Dude! You might want to read through my posts on Head-Fi before you make that assertion. I'm fairly balanced. Just because it's not 'cool' to like the 70x and I do does not mean I've lost my objectivity. I've listened to and enjoyed different headphones with different amps and different sources and, for now, the 70x is my top choice.

 

[germanturkey]

from what i read (haven't heard them), they're like the Audi R8.

 

[cAsE sEnSiTiVe]

 

[minimus]

I heard the K701s at a meet a few years ago before settling on the purchase of my first "high-end" headphone. I walked up to the AKG table and listened to a couple of songs and the K701s just didn't grab me, even though everyone on Head-fi seemed to be frothing about this new flagship headphone. I had just left the Ultrasone table, a brand that is often maligned here, and thought their better headphones -- the 750s (?) -- sounded better than expected and better than the K701s. I was blown away by the HD650s, which sounded much better to me than the K701s.

I have no axe to grind. I am glad there are people who like the K701 above anything else they have heard. It means at a minimum that AKG will remain in business. AKG is a company that has produced some really excellent headphones in the past -- the K340 and the K1000. I even find my relatively inexpensive K271s to offer a better high end frequency response than my HD650s. That said, I wish AKG would go back to the design shop and come up with a new flagship headphone that addresses some of the K701s weaknesses, including sibilance and attenuated bass. I would buy such a headphone because I know what AKG is capable of as a company.

 

[rhythmdevils]

 

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