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the AKG k700 Series has been around for years at this point in its various k701

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k702 anniversary edition Etc flavors in

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fact I picked up a used pair of k702

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months ago and I think they're great I wait a second hold on there lonus you've

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had k702 for months and you never reviewed them why the heck not well I've

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had aoto 360 for weeks and still haven't reviewed that either although that one

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is coming soon so make sure you're subscribed but back on topic I haven't

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reviewed them because I really didn't feel like I had anything to contribute

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to the conversation their strengths and weaknesses have been well documented by

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the audio file Community pricing has stabilized and other than very minor

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cosmetic or sonic tweaks which aren't really enough to justify a review of an

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old product they haven't changed much but today is different we get minor

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cosmetic tweaks yes but we also get a little bit more Bas punch and more

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importantly we get a fantastic price move on what is the first ever Mass drop

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Edition headphone the

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k7xx The Cooler Master nepton 240m features an exclusive pump design and

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their new silencio fans to provide impressive near silent performance click

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now to learn more so we'll kick off with the package

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pretty run-of-the-mill except for the Mast drop first edition Badges and

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messaging on it so I'll be sure to cover the tweaks to the product that make it

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special as we go along inside the box you'll find the headphones themselves

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with a pre-attached 8 in to4 in adapter and that's about it no fancy carrying

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cases or anything like that so it's product T our time we'll start with the

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headband it uses an elastic based suspension system that allows it to sit

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exactly in place without any adjustment necessary for different head sizes and

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do so without the vice grip effect of many of sennheiser's most popular models

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great for long listening sessions my only issue with this system is its

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long-term resilience it's likely AKG is

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using a different elastic material than they did years ago when this one was

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manufactured but I think I'd still prefer something else outright since

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most elastics I've encountered whether they're on headphones or ginch will

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eventually crack and dry like this one

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the band itself is an improvement over the old pair though with the Derpy ribs

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along the inside of it I mean what were who obviously they made that for all the

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people whose heads are shaped like that I yes instead we get a smooth natural

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leather strap that can be angled a little bit for the broadest possible

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contact with your head now often I'll complain about thin unpadded headbands

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but this design actually works surprisingly well and basically floats

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without pressure points for me although one of our team members with a larger

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head said that as the elastics engage the pressure increases so there you go

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and I mean this is subjective I guess but while we're talking about the headband I think the black accents

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instead of gray ones look a lot better

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the only thing I didn't like about the headband was the little made in China

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sticker compared to the made in Austria printing on my older

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702 but that's the direction things are going and if they sound great and

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they're able to put the manufacturing cost savings towards improved materials

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in a lower price then I guess they'll sell the way that cheaper better hot

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cakes are bound to won't they because they are better in some ways on the ear

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cup we see more tasteful black accents in fact the whole headphone pretty much

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is done in a sexy blackout style we've

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got the same detachable three Pin cable system as before with a lock and the

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biggest Improvement of all the ear pads on my old k702 are super thick but

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appear to be made of the most rocklike foam that AKG could Source from phone

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Planet s in the granite Galaxy well the

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7xx M drop Edition has thinner pads but

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they're made of some of the most luxurious memory foam that I've ever

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encountered on a headphone these puppies are comfortable from day one with zero

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Breakin period required gold star AKG and mass drop speaking of break-in

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period I left them for 48 hours with random music playing at a reasonable

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volume and did all of my comparative listening on a geek out since I didn't

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have time to sit down and do it at home with my O2 and I got to say these sound

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great side by side at 80 DB plus or minus about 0.5 according to my rs2 232

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xtec sound level meter the most noticeable changes are obviously going

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to be the plus 3 D base boost it gives them a little bit more life than the

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predecessor but more importantly for me the reduction in brightness or Sparkle

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that made the k702 a little hard to listen to for long periods for me yes

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some folks who prefer a more analytical sound might lament the addition of a bit

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of a veil but for me the extra Rumble is something that the k702 sorely and a

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trade that I'll take every day compared to every high hat making me cringe a

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little bit at otherwise comfortable listening levels speaking of veils

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figuring out which I preferred between the k702 and the k7xx was the easy part

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where I really ran into trouble was comparing them to the Sennheiser

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hd600s these two headphones sound really

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really similar sometimes I'd swap them and feel like there was a little bit of

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extra Clarity in the mid on the hd600s and other times I'd be certain that the

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K7 xx's had a bit more of a pleasing Rumble to them only to swap them out

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again and not be able to figure out what I was hearing before then within seconds

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my ears had adapted to whatever I was wearing and I could no longer hear any

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significant difference at all but none of this is a problem with the K7 xx's if

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anything it's very high praise indeed since the hd600s are one of my favorite

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headphones overall and my favorite open design for sure with their great balance

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of Comfort weight and sound signature so if I was shopping today it would pretty

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much come down to how does it fit on your head and the price I mean

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Sennheiser typically clamps a little harder but in the long term I think I

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prefer a padded headband since there's nothing to fail on it um AKG has a

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detachable cable though which is nice if you ever have the need to replace it and

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I could probably go on like this for a while but for me between these two it's

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six of one half a dozen of the other which is a pretty strong statement

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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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America you guys get wireless providers

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that we don't have speaking of things we don't have I

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don't have time to tell you guys about

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CU they're on M drop but these ones or

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these ones pretty sure I have some in my

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pocket or these ones I think we're done here