Headphones
AKG K701 Balanced Fat Pipe Upgrade
A long-time leader in high-end studio headphones, AKG presents the AKG K701, a top-of-the-line full-size open-back design with fabulous musical punch, an 'up-front' presentation and true competence across the audio spectrum. Rewired with HeadRoom's proprietary Cardas Fat Pipe cable, the K701 offers an extra level of refinement under balanced-drive. Nowhere near their acoustic potential out of the box, so patience and a long 300hr break-in period gets rewarded with incredible clarity. Top-notch world-class balanced headphone. 10ft balanced cord length.
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Product Features:
- Outstanding detail and impact from close tolerance aluminum voice coil design.
- Lightweight and comfortable, durable and well built.
- Re-cabled with Cardas proprietary "Fat Pipe" cable for balanced operation.
- Easily replaceable earpads for extended user life.
- Very well engineered by this excellent headphone maker.
Applications:
The AKG K701 Balanced Headphones by HeadRoom
AKG has brought their considerable audio engineering skills into sharp focus on their high-end dynamic headphone designs and produced an astonishingly great-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 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 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.
AKG K701 XLR Balanced Recabling
How to get it even better? Custom cabling on your AKG K701 will offer even richer detail and a more spacious sound. How do we do it? We start with a custom fabricated, highly upgraded 10-foot Cardas Fat Pipe cable exclusive to HeadRoom, specifically designed, trimmed, tinned and finished for AKG K701 headphones. Then we carefully disassemble the beloved 701s and completely remove the stock cable and connectors. Stereo left/right 3-pin Neutrik connectors for balanced amplifiers are then painstakingly attached. The end result is a completely professional and fully warranteed upgrade that will long serve your balanced headphone amp listening pleasure.
Balanced Headphone Amplifiers & DACs
Of course, you'll need a terrific balanced XLR-output headphone amp and, ideally, an excellent balanced source. We currently offer our superb made-in-Montana HeadRoom Balanced Ultra Desktop Amp ['The BUDA'] delivering world-class audiophile listening pleasure that remains unsurpassed in the headphone industry in our humble estimation.
More About HeadRoom Cabling Our HeadRoom connector cables are hand-crafted in our Bozeman, Montana plant by highly skilled technicians using only the very best materials available. No cheapo, noisy wiring here! The Cardas 'Fat Pipe' geometry is a four-conductor with braided shield cable featuring Golden Ratio, oxygen-free, pure copper Litz wire with pure teflon dialectrics just like the boutique stuff costing hundreds more. Connectors are terminated by hand using Cardas Ultra Pure Quadeutectic solder. All connectors are mechanically inert, isolated from electrical noise and completely resonance-free, producing a very quiet, musical and superbly accurate cable capable of beautiful sound reproduction. Don't forget about our own HeadRoom-designed & engineered XLR-to-1/4" Dongle Adapter suitable for using your XLR-terminated balanced headphones with any standard single-ended 1/4" headphone amp or audio source.
*The additional costs as seen above on this headphone are comprised of our in-house HeadRoom labor charges for disassembling the AKG k-701 hard-wired headphones, replacing with the new Cardas Audio Fat-Pipe cord, and restoring the 'phones to brand-new condition; it's a professionally finished & fully warranteed cable upgrade done by our best HR techs.
Specifications:
- Balanced: Yes
- Noise Cancelling: No
- Sensitivity: 105 dB SPL/V
- Headphone Type: Full Size
- Manufacturer Warranty: 2 Years
- Connector Type: Balanced XLR
- Weight: 235 g (8.3 oz.)
- Impedance @ 1kHz: 62 ohms
- Detachable Cable: No
- Cord Length: 10 ft. (3 m)
- Cord Type: Straight Left-Side
- Coupler Size: Large
- Ear Coupler Type: Full-Size
- Wireless: No
- Acoustic Seal: Open
- Microphone: No
- Driver Type: Dynamic
Additional Resources:
- Manufacturer's Website
- AKG
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- 6moons.com Frederic Beudot Apr 07
