For the K701 am very happy with ist openness and airyness. And i do like the quality of the bass, i just think it needs more of it. So I am not very keen on chnaging too much of its character. I dont need it to be a firend to all music cause not all music is that well recorded. When in In...

Am I the first one to try annie pads on an k701

No one tried this?

Trying my luck there. Couldn't finsd any usefull hits in the search field and plouging through 200 pages means war in the house. (already chocked full of hifi)

Hi all, Has anyone tried K702 65th Anniversairy pads on a K701. I'm content with it but if I can add some bass punch with the new pads it would be a worthwile tweak. I play wit a Graham Slee Solo Ultra Linear head amp and Sony SCD-555es player or Metrum Octave DAC.

Anyone? No one tried K702 65th Anniversairy pads on a K701????????

I would really like to know some experiences on annie pads on ak701

thanx!   will buy it because it's affordable and it will play 95% of my flac files. i'll have to downsample the high rez stuff to 16/44 flac.

any news?   will it play high rez 24bit/96khz FLAC?

hi guys,   looks good. I'm considering buying this player.    What hapens if I put a 24bit/96khz FLAC track on the player? will it play it?

recovering from heart problems after seeing price. not something you would want beside the pool then    sandisk clip. does it play high rez flac?

thank you all for the good advice.   it seems there are a lot of players that wil play a high rez flac file, albeit downsampled.    looking into the dx100 for native playback now.

hi all,     I'm looking a portable player that plays my growing collection of FLAC music from HD tracks and some ripped DVD-Audio's. - support for FLAC files in resolutions ranging from red book to 24 bit/96 khz. - NATIVE playback of high resolution files, so no downsampling. - no...

I recently took the plunge on a simaudio Moon 300D DAC. Very satisfied with the results so far. I still feel I do not grasp the concept of building a good PC setup to enjoy all current high rez files (up till 192khz). Even after reading up on the internet I'm still at a loss. I'm sure you have...

Nice topic.   Skylab, I have recently taken the plunge into tubed amplification. You mentioned purple haze. See the picture below of my Graaf GM50 (KT90 tubes).     Question: should I worry? 

Nice write up.   I have similar experiences with the Solo Ultra-Linear (comparing it to (tube rolled) Darkvoices). There are more rock recordings that I can listen to now on K701's. They used to sound more glaring and edgy. It's become more listenable now without going soft on me. Instrument...

  As often. I infected a buddy of mine with the dark art of Head-Fi. Not long after I bought an AKG K701 and the GS Solo UL, he had to have a good head fi set. Tatstes being similar he went for the AKG as well which are selling for very reasonable prices in the EU.   He was looking for a...

Shamu144   No noise issues here either. The Solo UL amps my AKG K701.   I did have noise at one point, but not a lot (not noticable during music). This was due to badly isolated interconnects (Silver Qab). They were picking up hum from nearby transformers and even the my yamaha AV...

That looks SWEET. Nice analogue front end. And I love those tubes in the pre amp. What's the digital front end?    With a little luck I will be having a mini head-fi meet soon to answer some tube vs ultra linear questions. The setup is thus: Graham Slee Solo Ultra-Linear, Darkvoice 336SE...

Thanks Kachui. I wish I had more technical expertise so I could have done the upgrade myself. Here's the head-fi set now.         The Solo Ultra-Linear has settled down after the 300 hour mark. The burn in period of the Solo Ultra-Linear should convince all non-believers that it...

Hi Mike,   I can't comment on the Concerto as I haven't listened to it yet.   But the Solo Ultra-Linear has been doing its stuff very nicely indeed. The extended bandwith does wonders for cymbals and things stay nicely focussed/unstressed when the music goes wild. Also there is a lot...

Quote: Wow. Another Solo Ultra-Linear on head-fi. I was beginning to think I had a one off from Graham Slee I came from a Solo 2007 and the Ultra-Linear was a marked improvement in sound quality.   I don't know if it's press blurb or not. Couldn't care less what componemnts are used...

5 month since first contact with Head-Fi.org. Still no signs of reduction in addiction...   Look what you made me do!     K701 led to headphone amp choice: Graham Slee Solo and then to wonderful Solo Ultra-Linear. This led to a new source. Marantz SA8003 which lead to new...

Actually they don't sound bad.   The Headphone out of my Marantz surprised me by producing nigh on equal performance in the highs as the Solo (2007 pre SRG). I had picked the Solo for its superior performance in high detailing vs Heed's Canamp. It actually drove the K701 quite well up to...

Solo Ultra-Linear drives the K701 very nicely indeed.