AKG K701 with HeadRoom Fat Pipe Upgrade

AKG has brought their considerable audio engineering skills into sharp focus on their high-end dynamic headphone designs and produced an astonishingly good-sounding pair of cans in the K701 model. Getting it absolutely right at this demanding level of reference-grade audio performance is tough and the K701 gets pretty darn near perfection. These cans deliver a dynamic and punchy sound, articulate and clear over the full audio spectrum. Bass lovers should appreciate the clean punch and tightly focused bottom-end control of these headphones. Classical and acoustic music fans will likewise love the fact that the dynamic control moves right on up the frequency range to distinctly articulate every finger pluck and rosin-on-gut string texture in the sound mix. About the only thing that we can possibly say bad about these headphones is that those who like a very laid-back, mellow or heavy bass presentation might want to look elsewhere since these are certainly highly refined, audiophile-oriented headphones that deliver a smooth impact, textural detail and liquid immediacy that demands your attention. And…oh!...what a lovely demand it is.

Cable Upgrades:

So how do we get it to sound even better? Upgraded custom headphone cabling on your AKG K701 will offer a richer musical soundscape with improved timbral/tonal detail, wider dynamic range extension, and a more spacious overall soundstage image. How do we do it, you may ask? HeadRoom starts with a custom fabricated, high-tech Cardas Audio 10-foot cable length, specifically designed, trimmed, tinned, and finished for AKG K-701 headphones. Then we carefully disassemble the 701s and remove the stock headphone cord. In the process, we get rid of a couple of extra connections and solder joints and join the new Cardas Fat-Pipe cable to the headphone driver terminal blocks. The end result is a completely professional and fully warranteed headphone upgrade that will long serve your audiophile listening pleasure.

More About HeadRoom Cabling: All HeadRoom cable jobs are hand-terminated in our Bozeman Montana plant by highly skilled technicians using only the very best materials available. No cheapo, noisy wiring here, babe! The Cardas Audio 'Fat Pipe' geometry is a four-conductor with braided shield cord featuring Golden Ratio, oxygen-free, pure copper Litz wire with pure teflon dialectrics just like the stratospherically-priced big boys. The connectors are individually terminated by hand using Cardas Ultra Pure Quadeutectic solder. The connectors are mechanically inert, fully isolated from electrical noise, and completely resonance-free, producing a very quiet, musical and superbly accurate headphone cable capable of beautiful sound reproduction.

*The additional $100 costs on this headphone as seen below are comprised of our in-house HeadRoom labor charges for disassembling the AKG k701 hard-wired headphones, replacing with the new Cardas Audio Fat-Pipe cord, (in the process removing some internal earcup wiring contact points), and restoring the 'phones to brand-new condition; it's a professionally finished & fully warranteed cable upgrade done by our very best HR techs.

Already Got Headphones? If you already own a pair of AKG's and you're interested in sending them to be recabled, please visit our Upgrading Existing Headphones page.