mike1127
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I don't know about recabling, never tried it, but my impression of my K702 vs my K601 is the opposite of a couple above. I just tried listening A/B to passages from a DVD of the ballet La Bayadere (Orchestra of the Opera de Paris) and a youtube video of luthier Wayne Henderson playing the Steel Guitar Rag on an instrument he'd built. My impressions of the two phones hold for both sources.
The 702 immediately impresses as warmer, fuller bass, more enveloping sound in general, and broader and deeper soundstage. The 702 also sounds significantly more powerful my amp that is not very powerful at all, but good for A/B/C/D comparisons == a Presonus hp4. (I'll be stepping up to something better before long.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFgw_pplZ-Q
The K601 may have an advantage of less insinuation of its own coloration. I've felt since I bought it last year that the musical source sounds somewhat more immediate on the 601 than the 702. However the highs on an instrument like the steel-string guitar are more likely to sound shrill or unpleasant on the 601 than on the 702.
I just tried another classical piece you can all access -- Beethoven's 9th.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAOTCtW9v0M&feature=related
The 601 sounds pretty good, but not when I put on the 702. The timpani right at the beginning knocks me off my seat on the 702, but while it's still powerful it doesn't compare on the 601.
Admittedly this may be partly an amp issue. I'm listening to the same passages on one of my K340s and can tell that the amp cannot push these cans adequately. I've heard them on a better amplifier and they knocked both 601 and 702 to their knees.