Hello, I just joined, primarily for the audiophile products. Looking at purchasing the NHT C3 speakers for our new living room. Space is about 15 feet wide by 33 long and they will fire long ways. Space is just for general listening, music room with all equipment is downstairs, so hoping they will fill it with sound nicely. Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024
http://www.head-fi.org/t/655082/akg-q701-vs-akg-k702-65th-anniversary-comparison-review
From my testing I've determined that the sound differences between the two headphones can be attributed to the pads. The actual sound of the underlying headphones and drivers themselves are the same. If you compare both the Q701 and K702 anniversary while they are both wearing the same type of pads, they essentially sound identical. So this review is mainly a review of the two sets of pads, and how they modify the sound...
Considering this gets you the pads and the comfy headband for only $50 more than the Q (or the same price if you look at a new Q today), I'd say this is a pretty good way to go if you want to upgrade.
That said tho, I didn't feel like I needed to upgrade the pads after I did the bass port mod to my Q's. You might want to just save yourself some cash and try the (easily reversible) bass mod.
Personally the bumps don't bother me, but I can see how getting something to wrap around the headband would improve the feel for people.