the AKG k700 Series has been around for years at this point in its various k701
k702 anniversary edition Etc flavors in
fact I picked up a used pair of k702
months ago and I think they're great I wait a second hold on there lonus you've
had k702 for months and you never reviewed them why the heck not well I've
had aoto 360 for weeks and still haven't reviewed that either although that one
is coming soon so make sure you're subscribed but back on topic I haven't
reviewed them because I really didn't feel like I had anything to contribute
to the conversation their strengths and weaknesses have been well documented by
the audio file Community pricing has stabilized and other than very minor
cosmetic or sonic tweaks which aren't really enough to justify a review of an
old product they haven't changed much but today is different we get minor
cosmetic tweaks yes but we also get a little bit more Bas punch and more
importantly we get a fantastic price move on what is the first ever Mass drop
Edition headphone the
k7xx The Cooler Master nepton 240m features an exclusive pump design and
their new silencio fans to provide impressive near silent performance click
now to learn more so we'll kick off with the package
pretty run-of-the-mill except for the Mast drop first edition Badges and
messaging on it so I'll be sure to cover the tweaks to the product that make it
special as we go along inside the box you'll find the headphones themselves
with a pre-attached 8 in to4 in adapter and that's about it no fancy carrying
cases or anything like that so it's product T our time we'll start with the
headband it uses an elastic based suspension system that allows it to sit
exactly in place without any adjustment necessary for different head sizes and
do so without the vice grip effect of many of sennheiser's most popular models
great for long listening sessions my only issue with this system is its
long-term resilience it's likely AKG is
using a different elastic material than they did years ago when this one was
manufactured but I think I'd still prefer something else outright since
most elastics I've encountered whether they're on headphones or ginch will
eventually crack and dry like this one
the band itself is an improvement over the old pair though with the Derpy ribs
along the inside of it I mean what were who obviously they made that for all the
people whose heads are shaped like that I yes instead we get a smooth natural
leather strap that can be angled a little bit for the broadest possible
contact with your head now often I'll complain about thin unpadded headbands
but this design actually works surprisingly well and basically floats
without pressure points for me although one of our team members with a larger
head said that as the elastics engage the pressure increases so there you go
and I mean this is subjective I guess but while we're talking about the headband I think the black accents
instead of gray ones look a lot better
the only thing I didn't like about the headband was the little made in China
sticker compared to the made in Austria printing on my older
702 but that's the direction things are going and if they sound great and
they're able to put the manufacturing cost savings towards improved materials
in a lower price then I guess they'll sell the way that cheaper better hot
cakes are bound to won't they because they are better in some ways on the ear
cup we see more tasteful black accents in fact the whole headphone pretty much
is done in a sexy blackout style we've
got the same detachable three Pin cable system as before with a lock and the
biggest Improvement of all the ear pads on my old k702 are super thick but
appear to be made of the most rocklike foam that AKG could Source from phone
Planet s in the granite Galaxy well the
7xx M drop Edition has thinner pads but
they're made of some of the most luxurious memory foam that I've ever
encountered on a headphone these puppies are comfortable from day one with zero
Breakin period required gold star AKG and mass drop speaking of break-in
period I left them for 48 hours with random music playing at a reasonable
volume and did all of my comparative listening on a geek out since I didn't
have time to sit down and do it at home with my O2 and I got to say these sound
great side by side at 80 DB plus or minus about 0.5 according to my rs2 232
xtec sound level meter the most noticeable changes are obviously going
to be the plus 3 D base boost it gives them a little bit more life than the
predecessor but more importantly for me the reduction in brightness or Sparkle
that made the k702 a little hard to listen to for long periods for me yes
some folks who prefer a more analytical sound might lament the addition of a bit
of a veil but for me the extra Rumble is something that the k702 sorely and a
trade that I'll take every day compared to every high hat making me cringe a
little bit at otherwise comfortable listening levels speaking of veils
figuring out which I preferred between the k702 and the k7xx was the easy part
where I really ran into trouble was comparing them to the Sennheiser
hd600s these two headphones sound really
really similar sometimes I'd swap them and feel like there was a little bit of
extra Clarity in the mid on the hd600s and other times I'd be certain that the
K7 xx's had a bit more of a pleasing Rumble to them only to swap them out
again and not be able to figure out what I was hearing before then within seconds
my ears had adapted to whatever I was wearing and I could no longer hear any
significant difference at all but none of this is a problem with the K7 xx's if
anything it's very high praise indeed since the hd600s are one of my favorite
headphones overall and my favorite open design for sure with their great balance
of Comfort weight and sound signature so if I was shopping today it would pretty
much come down to how does it fit on your head and the price I mean
Sennheiser typically clamps a little harder but in the long term I think I
prefer a padded headband since there's nothing to fail on it um AKG has a
detachable cable though which is nice if you ever have the need to replace it and
I could probably go on like this for a while but for me between these two it's
six of one half a dozen of the other which is a pretty strong statement
speaking of strong statement Ting wants to make a strong impact on
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thing I don't like about Ting is that we don't have them here in Canada so uh yay
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