The AKG K701 has a fantastic sound, like you're listening to speakers. However, fresh out of the box they may sound cheaper to begin with. This is because with this type of headphone, the diaphragm needs to be "broken in," generally for a period of around 300 hours of audio.
The K701 has lush mids and EXCELLENT bright highs, to the perfect balance. These headphones' soundstage is soft and airy. The bass is very accurate though not extremely pronounced. I've noticed the AKG K701 studio headphones reproduce a more "acoustic" sound making them great for classical music, live recordings, acoustic and folk music, etc. They capture voices very well too. Extremely nice detail from these studio headphones.
I enjoy listening to rap, metal, drum and bass, etc on them as well, but when I'm looking for a THUMPING, HARD bass sound I look for different headphones. But not everyone always wants that hard bass. I don't all the time either.
The velour cushioning is soooo nice and comfortable, the K701 are very comfortable headphones.
The final word on the AKG K701 is: if you have the patience to break them in for 300 hours to get a BEAUTIFUL sound for the money (generally $270), and listen to music that doesn't rely heavily on pounding bass, these are SUPERB and I wouldn't recommend any set over the AKG K701 studio headphones for you.
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