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

If we talk about sound quality, then further searches in more expensive models will not lead to any noticeable improvement. And in relation to models that are equal in price, these headphones stand out sharply in that they perfectly convey the scene not in your head, but as if in front of you; the sound is very transparent and detailed, but not analytically cold, but exactly what it should be in a room with people and various objects - it is difficult to convey in words. I have long had the famous and popular FOSTEX T50PR headphones ($260) among music lovers. So, after AKG K701, the sound in these FOSTEX seems to have passed through cotton wool, flat and inexpressive, sounding right in the head (due to the close approach of the membrane to the ear). The AKG K701 has a membrane that is very far from the ear, larger in size, and therefore provides such a wonderful three-dimensional sound picture. Low frequencies are soft, but clear and, as it were, "with a pull". HF is not intrusive, but very harmonious in the overall picture. They perfectly play both natural string instruments with an overtone in the overtones of wooden decks, and heavy electronic music. I haven't tried hard rock because I don't like it. Classics are generally heard as in a chamber hall. In concert recordings of classics, you can hear the rustle of clothes, the creaking of chairs at one point or another in space, which you can’t always catch through external acoustics due to additional reflections of sounds in the room. You can swing them from the computer's sound card, but the regulators will be at the limit or so - retribution for a lot of resistance. It is best to use these "ears" through a high-quality remote sound card and then through a good amplifier. You can also use the rendered sound. a card with a built-in headphone amplifier, but not powered by a USB computer or laptop! A bucket of tar in a barrel of honey is pressure on the crown of the headphone arc. As if the wheel of a bicycle had stopped on the head. I would like to come up with some kind of spring from the ceiling to the headphones to compensate for this heaviness.