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StardustNovaSynchron t1_j5ynran wrote

They are the endgame until you hear a AKG K702 and get stunned by the soundstage or Sundara/Edition Xs and kneel to their sub bass and detail 😂

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xtel9 t1_j5z7hkn wrote

I have to confess I have simply never heard of a soundstage that comes anywhere near the K702s - if that soundstage sensation is something that really is pleasing to your ear no headphones is it better than the 702s and I work in developing various forms of audio and DSP type software, and essentially have an unlimited budget of headphones that I can purchase and use the aid in developing for example, an app that can go on your iPhone, which can perfectly replicate a tube guitar amplifier by profiling even your own amplifier, using several complex artificial intelligence processes, and a lot of other audio trickery involving masking of frequency location-based or object based speaker designs that nearly always can sound like they’re in the center of the room so I said occasional listen to lots of headphones for lots of reasons IF soundstage. Is it AKG is definitely who call

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StardustNovaSynchron t1_j5zbvkd wrote

I have X2HRs so when I purchased K702 for just 99£ I thought they weren't going to be a much bigger improvement surely , I was definitely wrong because they have good imaging too so it adds even more to the sense of soundstage

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xtel9 t1_j627do8 wrote

Absolutely they really are a remarkable feat of headphone design as essentially they just should by all relative standards of sound design driver action - their open back construction be able to so precisely focus the attention of the listener to the most important element of any material that you evaluate them with & somehow the concept of what open back headphones allow for insofar as the allowance of space a sense of separation by function of their build somehow goes to a place where the most perfect sense of their actually being “true air” in the space that occupies a near perfect sense of the depth that is usually so minimal most never comment on the quality that all open backs should provide. And the AKG’s do it effortlessly and perfectly. It’s really a sense of magic in those headphones

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StardustNovaSynchron t1_j62urzl wrote

Really great headphones and surprised no one else is recommending them more often 🤔. Also I am having am issue with the pads, they are really stiff ,have you tried after market pads on the K702 ?

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xtel9 t1_j62wd5y wrote

I have not personally no.

In fact, one of the many reasons I am so totally thrilled about them is the stiffness of the pads particularly in direct opposite of every other headphone cup pad from AKG’s quite uniquely designed cups that run from the lowest their high range…

So I don’t want to speak for the 702, as I have not tried the aftermarket parts for those AKG’s particularly, however I have, having the exact opposite experience as your issue you used many different pad cups for various AKG’s other then the 702’s which are from what I can tell pretty much very similar if not the same quality options available for the 702’s - I regret to say I’m just totally blanking on the company that I preferred the most, and I know others have had good success with when I get my other office. I’ll do my best to try to track down the name for you and send you a DM if that works?

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