K701 touching down tomorrow! ! Ooooo I'm so anxious! !

Just received it! ! Smaller than my AD900... Gonna show it some tubey love after pink noise burn-in...

EDIT: I couldn't bear waiting..! Had a little sneak listen... The bass is a little shabby Need some reassurance - this improves with burn-in, yes?

This post has been edited by tz3ling: Nov 19 2007, 09:40 AM

Yeah, bass is there. But a little shy, doesn't make enough impact as of yet. I'm not too much of a basshead myself. =P

I'm stealing a few listens while it is burning in on my Musiland MD-10 headphone out la When it's slightly more burned in then only plug into my proper headamp. People on Headfi say Darkvoice 336i gives the K701 more kick! Can't wait till this burn-in is done, then can plug into my Darkvoice If I remember correctly, the SR80 bass is somewhat boomy. I'd prefer quality over quantity when it comes to bass - deep, impactful bass, mmmmmm....

The K701 sounds quite alike to my AD900 though, first impressions la.

Hehe, cannot la your sales pitch, putting down the product only..

That's right, I was using my sister's SR80 for a while when my SR60 was sent for repair. I think the bass the less than my MS2i though, don't really remember.

My darkvoice was meant to feed my MS2i, actually. Darkvoice with 650 is good, but I didn't like the signature of the 650 =P Tried it at a recent headfi meet. Heehehe I know, but wasting my tubes if i plug it into darkvoice for burn-in!

Still in Australia, but returning for holidays this weekend. The 701 I bought second-hand from US. Total cost about 300AUD la. RRP here is 699AUD

Yeah, cheapest local seller here also cost about 370AUD on ebay.com.au Hehe gotta love headfi's FS forum. No la, my sister got poisoned when she sent my SR60 back for repair LOL... The rest of the headphones are mine la.

NOS tubes very troublesome to source la, have to import from US and all, and expensive too. That's why slowly use la. Any suggestions where to buy tubes in Malaysia? For darkvoice 336i la.



Hehe, I think my problem is the bass as tight as i like it to be la. Hopefully improve more over burn-in la. Otherwise overall very good.

Oh ya... One more thing, I don't get why people rave so much about the soundstage... I think it's on par with the AD900 only... hmmmm someone with golden ears should come help me do an A-B comparison when I get back...

Yeah, That's what I'm doing man, throwing all sorts of classical pieces and soundstage stuff on, hoping to be impressed Oh, the bass resonance track on Chesky's Ultimate Demonstration Disc is superb on the K701. The 'twang' and reverb of the double bass is just 'wow'!
I just heard some bells on the FARR FARRR back reaches of the orchestra on my CD. Impressed by the details and depth of soundstage. Wow...

Will AB with ATH-AD900 after burn-in.

This post has been edited by tz3ling: Nov 20 2007, 04:47 PM

Haha cannot decide la, each of the upper-end ones have their own characteristics... But I think so far, from my headphones, the ranking is as so:

MX300<PX100<X3/SR60<SR80<AD900/MS2i/K701

Haven't really sat down to compare the K701 with the rest but liking it a lot so far. AD900 and MS2i have quite different sound signatures so can't really compare them, although I preferred my AD900 most of the time (except for more intimate jazz/rock tracks where I use the MS2i). It's really an under-rated headphone, the AD900.

I've also tried the RS-2, HD650, KSC75, K501, W1000, and D2000 during a recent head-fi meet here.

If include these, maybe the list will be something like this:

MX300<PX100<X3<KSC75<SR60<SR80

The other upper end phones, cannot really compare. But here's a little summary:
MS2i<RS2 - Overall improvement on RS2 in detail, bass quality etc
D2000/W1000/HD650 have a warmer/bassier presentation compared to K501/AD900 (not to my liking)

Oh yeah, and I tried Yuin PK-1 too... And I think it's over-rated. Not impressed at all

Just my 2cents.
Cheers

Difficult to maintain? How so? I had the impression that you just have to recable it, maybe make it balanced, and then get a good amp (it seems Darkvoice 337 goes well with it) for it. Is that right? Or are there other things you have to do?

I've never heard the ATH-A900 before. But the AD900 is significantly more pricey than the A900.

Head-fi is still down.... Sigh

Source - Musiland MD-10
Headamp - Musiland MD-10 built-in headamp (still burning-in la), Darkvoice 336i (RCA 6SN7, and Svetlana 6H13C tubes)

My SR60 has been left sitting on the table for quite some time now... Totally outclassed by the MS2i and other stuff

I wanna try the Canamp la, thinking of getting a solid-state. I haven't had much time with the K701 on the 336i yet. I'll let you know when I get back to KL and have a bit more time on the 336i. K701 doesn't sound that bad on the built-in module actually.

I'll be back tomorrow. Bringing all my cans back except for the PX100 Yay! Headphone meet!

Sorry la, busy this Sunday. Can't make it. Maybe next time la. I'll be around for the summer anyway

Mmmm K701... *drool*

Yeah...! Wouldn't hurt to have another one though! =P

Just bought an AKG K340 from a Headfi-er recently! Totally different beast from the K701!