Review on AKG K701 Superb Stereo Headphone - Premium Reference Class (Level 1) by Ada Lech (Ada Lech) ᠌

I advise everyone who loves not just to listen, but to enjoy music. Please note that these headphones are for home use only. Pros: There are headphones to work with sound, record music, and there are to listen to it - AKG K 707 for the latter. I chose for a long time (I rummaged through the entire Internet: reviews, articles), slowly, carefully listening to my sound material (classical, jazz, rock, electronic): Denon AH-D5000, Audio-Technica ATH-W1000, Sennheiser HD 650, Grado RS2 - something was missing everywhere, basically, a sound picture unfolded in space, like on a stage, I wanted the music to sound not inside the head, but surround it. Of all the above, I liked the Denon AH-D5000 the most, but still the sound was inside. For some reason I didn’t even think about AKG, I saw them by chance in the Mediamarkt and because. there they hung included together with others and all played the same thing, it was possible to quickly compare, without switching and without the help of the seller. Despite the fact that they sounded quieter than the others, the sound was transparent and voluminous, both in depth and in front. For another two weeks I thought about them, read about them on the Internet, and then I came with my CDs and listened to them on the Denon RCD-M37. I didn’t hear the best sound in headphones (I didn’t get to Stax). A very noticeable improvement after warming up (about 100 hours). The sound picture is no worse than in speakers (Focal Chorus 806 V). Different cons: Unless there is not enough power and, of course, there is no such sound insulation as closed ones, but thanks to this they sound! The complete opposite is Sennheiser HD 280 Pro, which has a powerful sound and excellent sound isolation, but after AKG you don’t really want to listen to music in them, but playing a synthesizer is what you need.