Mar 22 2012, 10:59 PM
I'm an owner of the K142 HD.
First thing to talk about is comfort. It clamps on your head like a teenager squeezing that pimple that won't pop: IT HURTS. even after about 8 months of usage, it is still quite tight.
Details and timbre are good for its price range (i bought this pair in July 2011 for about RM550 in Sweden. "Made in Austria" version
) I notice nowadays they are made in China and significantly cheaper. I would like to comment that "made in china" does not equal low quality, but I dare not comment about their sound because I haven't tried any of those before.The sound on this pair (fully burned in) is very gentle. It does not hiss and high vocals are carried out smoothly and with great texture. However, I feel the low bass is slightly too strong and boomy, that it muddens up the entire spectrum a little bit. This is bad for me because I prefer it to be colder and analytical. Maybe it's because of the semi-open design? It feels more open than closed, in my opinion. But it does not leak a lot of sound unlike well-known open-backed phones like the AD700 or MS1i. Despite that, I have learned to enjoy how it sounds so deep yet very detailed, and the sound signature has an elegant feel to it. Audio is a weird world to live in.
Recently I visited Jaben SS15 to check out the K701 and learned quite a lot about it thanks to yuheng. That thing about enough volume but still not enough power to bring out the full balance of the k701. Then he suggested a couple of amps to go with it. Crazy lah! I didn't expect to spend that much when I thought to audition the K701 so I gave up and decided to listen to music instead of sound and do not buy headphones until I'm much richer. Suddenly, BAM sky high bundles. Now I really want to audition the beyer T70. I hate you Jaben.
This post has been edited by flurkoneko: Mar 22 2012, 11:04 PM
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