K702 Reference Studio Headphones - Over Ear, Black with Wired Connection

This is my first akg product, I'm blown away by the sound quality of these headphones, truly hifi audiophile grade headphones for sure. Having owned the hd598,hd599,hd6xx,dt770/880/990,t1-1stgen, amiron home and many other headphones but I can safely recommend these and I will admit that these are my favourite all rounder for various genres of music. But remember, you will need a dedicated hifi headphone amplifier with a good DAC to run this at their full potential. My setup is still average but it somehow does the job but somehow I believe the sound will scale up with more better equipment. These have low impedance only 62ohms written on the box but don't get misleaded by that. You cannot get even 50% sound quality(not loudness) out out these by using cheap amp/dac or portable amps so kindly forget about using these with smarphones(not even iphones) and laptops. Build wise the headphone feels a bit fragile compared to my sennheisers and beyers(coz it does not have a solid headband structure) but its not too bad either. You have to take good care of it and it will last for a long time. Believe me guys, people nowadays are hating too much on made in China stuff whereas most all around products that are widely used are made in China and guess what they all work fine and so is this one. Don't read believe everything you believe online or at least go for someone who has in hand product experience like I have. These are overall flat sounding headphones - natural and neutral but is still very musical headphone. The timbre quality is very realistic and life like. Unlike some headphones this headphone is not screaming music into your ears and doesn't demand your attention, rather the music is being played all around you so u just sit in the centre and enjoy the music and relax. I feel the bass is slightly boosted and has very good extension with a good body and a slight thump. It is not at all overpowering and never bleeds into the mids or interferes with other frequencies and destroy the musicality of the audio track unlike some headphones. People have been complaining about the lack of bass from these headphones which is not true at least with my hearing experience on my particular pair with my setup. These have proper audiophile quality bass which I instantly appreciated out of the box but it is not a bassy headphone so bass lovers stay away from it, u might consider the beyerdynamic dt990 if u want bass. These definitely have more airy sound presentation than the senns hd600/hd650/hd6xx and beyer dt880 and slightly more than the beyer dt990. But soundstage is not ultra wide and lost like some ppl described online. Vocals still feel imtimate and full bodied but not as foroward and initmate as the sennheisers but not very distant or far away as some reviews have stated. Very few headphones can beat the senns in the vocal department so if u want really lush nd smooth and initmate vocal presentation then go for the hd600/650/hd6xx. The K702 has just the right amount of vocal presentation which is neither recessed nor too close or shouty like other headpones(especially with the senns hd/600/650/6xx the vocals can sound a bit shouty on some tracks) but is very balanced and neutral. The timbre quality is very realistic and life like their is no doubt about that. Vocals still feel slightly warm and not dry and the extremely analytical like the beyers except for the amiron home which a different type of beast. The dt880/990/t1 are not dry sounding or bad its just in comparison the akg I think the k702 does better. Treble extension is not bad but is not exceptional like the beyerdynamic t1. Treble is present but its neutral and definitely not at all a brighter headphone at all as mentioned in some reviews on hradfi/reddit. Beyers are definitely brighter(except for amiron home) than the k702. But in comparison to the hd650/6xx yes it might feel brighter cause the later is a very darker sounding headphone. Although the treble can be a bit sibilant and over pronounced with some tracks. idk if this headphone is having a treble spike on a particular freq but its mostly the fault of the track which is badly mixed/mastered or u r listening to bad quality mp3. Unless you have flaq, spotify,itunes or other loseless audio or really good quality mp3 its useless to get these because u will never realize their full potential. Detail wise these are on par with senn hd600/650 and beyer dt880/dt990 lineups but I do find the beyers to be slightly more detailed which maybe due to their extended treble response. Soundstage is quite big and airy but lacks the pinpoint precision imaging of the beyerdynamic dt 880/t1. In terms of imaging the beyers and senns are slightly better by a slight margin but in no way the akg is bad. You can distinguish instruments playing left right front center of you basically as if you like you are sitting in a concert hall. Now lets come to a absolute deal breaker thing of this headphone which is the current pricing as of late 2024(when I bought these). If you do a bit of research online then you will know that these are compared to the senns hd6 and beyer dt line ups and all of them are having a minimum price of 15k and upwards till 22k and above for the senns which makes the akg and incredible value for the price at which I bought which is only 9k ! Both sennheiser and beyerdynamic counterparts cost at least 9k-10k more than the akg so it is an incredible value at the current retail which is 10k or slightly below that. Just make sure you have a proper headphone amplifier before u get these. If you dont have an amp or a small dac/amp setup, better get the hd599 or hd560s. They will run fine out of small/portable setups. If u r listening to classical, jazz,acoustic, live perfomances and some rock then these do pretty good. I may update this review furthur on as I experience and compare it with other headphones.

Very transparent headphones with a nice soundstage, better than most other headphones. I'm using these with Schitt Modi 3 DAC and JDS Atom amplifier. Pros: Very very transparent - I don't understand the treble heavy comments by others. Very good bass response - I think people's hearing has been corrupted by bass heavy systems hence the lack of low end comments. Cons: Will reveal every imperfection with your recording which is a pro if you think about it. It does however make me hate certain badly recorded tracks (making me love the well recorded ones). They are a bit delicate. I always equalize by reducing frequencies instead of increasing the needed ones (keeping the max at 0db) to eliminate square waves (distortion) which works well with this headphone only when you're using an amp powerful enough to compensate for the reduced amplitude. Summary: If you have good recordings/tracks, this is probably the best headphone at this price point. Go for it blindly. Recommended for everyone except bassheads.

Very good

Connect it with a good quality amplifier. You will feel you are listening very very high end audiophile headphones. I am using now with dragonfly cobalt.

Nice crispy sound. Bass is a bit lower, mide base and tereble is good. Build quality is good. Good vale for money.

Excellent headphones. Very pretty as well. But one must be aware that these are reference headphones, and as such, are designed to be 'flat'. These are primarily meant for studio environment for mixing and monitoring. However, they are great for music as well. But definitely not for bass-heads or treble junkies. Some people do state that these are bright, but I did not find it unpleasant. These are very comfortable and are not fatiguing during long sessions. They should be long lasting if taken proper care. And they are without doubt a bargain (at least when I bought it) against the mostly similar AKG K712s. Overall, I loved it.

Dont expact too much from this , its tough to make mixing and Mastering decisions with this pair but they are flat sounding so use Full for critical listening

Very low volume. Even with an headphone amp. Almost no base , muddled sound i have seen cheap roadside headbhones that sound way better . I have owned a made in austria pair that were amazing. This made in china pair is worthmess i even had a replace ment and cant return as amazon clised the return window

Słuchawki wiernie oddające dźwięk tyle i aż tyle.

ふと在宅ワークで良い音で音楽を聞きたくなり、一人暮らしなのでオープンエアーにしようと思ってたどり着きました。 最初は、PCに直刺しと、Toppingのデジタルアンプに刺して使ってみました。確かに音はクリアで良いのですが、迫力足りない。 そこで、Fiio K11 R2Rを導入してみたところ、本当に感動です。高い解像感、無理にブーストしてないベース、いつまで聴いてても聴き疲れしないフラットさ。 もともとテクノなどの電子音楽も好きでしたが、このヘッドホンだとやっぱり生楽器が聴きたくなるので、サブスク配信でジャズやロックなど漁って聴きまくってます。 QOLが爆上がりしました。

Es un audifono muy plano, aunque le falten graves es ideal para mezclar. Los medios tienen mucho cuerpo y precision. Los agudos son extendidos y para nada fatigantes.

I chose to buy the AKG Q702 headphones after a lot of research. Headphones are a difficult purchase because it's hard to audition them due to the difficulty of finding a retailer who stocks a wide range and also because retailers are reluctant to let people try them due to health and safety concerns around cleanliness. My research was threefold. Firstly I looked at reviews by hifi magazines and websites. Then I consulted hifi forums and lastly I looked at product reviews on sites like Amazon from people who actually had purchased items. All opinions gathered in this way have to be treated with some caution because the views are subjective and, to be frank, some people do have favourite brands. The opinions I took the most notice of were from people who like the same type of music as me, which is mainly classical. These came out heavily in favour of AKG headphones and the Q702s in particular. I also took price into account. I was willing to spend rather more than the roughly £250 the AKGs cost but there is a law of diminishing returns in hifi and everything I read made me think that, whilst I could get better headphones, I would probably be satisfied with the AKGs. Ok so they come in a nice enough box. There is no case but that is not a concern for me as they will only be used at home and I have a convenient shelf for them to sit on. They have a tubular metal framework with a leather strap which goes on top of your head. The bodies are made of plastic and they have foam ear-surrounds. They are pretty light, 360g on my kitchen scales, including the cable, which is detachable. They are "open back" which means that they don't insulate you fully from external noise nor indeed do they protect others from your music. So they are for use in private! I have found them very comfortable. As mentioned, they are light so there is no problem there and I didn't find that my ears got hot even after a couple of hours of listening. Some reviewers have said that they found the ridges under the leather strap uncomfortable but to be frank I didn't really notice they were there. (I wonder if people have been pulling the phones hard down onto their scalp?) In terms of sound quality this is an early review. Some reviewers say that they need hundreds of hours to "run in" but I found them excellent straight out of the box. Some reviewers also say that they are much better with a dedicated headphone amp but I haven't tried that. In fact so far I have only tried them using the headphone socket on my Marantz CD6004. I will in due course try them using the socket on my Marantz PM6004. I've listened to a wide variety of music but the main ones to talk about are: * Grieg Lieder - Ann Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg - DG437 521-2 * Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto - Kyung Wha Chung, LSO, Previn - Decca 475 7734 * Allegri Miserere - Tallis Scholars - Gimell CDGIM 339 * Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds - Columbia DPCD96000 (I think!) * Jennifer Warnes, Famous Blue Raincoat -20th anniversary edition - Shout 826663-10490 * Prokofiev Symphony 5, SNO, Jarvi - Chandos 8450 The Grieg is rather special, being a Penguin Guide Rosette winner and a former Gramophone "record of the year". The performances by both singer and accompanist are outstanding and the digital recording is demonstration quality. It is a tough test for any piece of equipment. The AKGs shone here. Von Otter's voice was captured in all its beauty and in some ways even better the piano was beautifully reproduced, all the notes perfectly represented to my ears. The sound staging was also excellent and by closing my eyes I could easily envisage a live performance. The Tchaikovsky is a much older (1970) analogue recording and I included it in the test not only because it is a wonderful performance but also I wanted to be see how the AKGs handed a non-digital recording (albeit a well-regarded one) and how they would integrate a soloist with a full orchestra. I'm pleased to say that all was well and indeed it was so good I played it through twice. The Allegri is also an old analogue recording but you wouldn't guess that. This is also a really tough test because the key thing is to be able to reproduce the acoustic of the venue, actually the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford, and to set the voices properly in perspective in it. This is hard because the solo group and the main choir are located at opposite ends of the Chapel, so to get it right you have to recreate a huge 3-dimensional sound stage. The distant and often hushed voices of the main choir have to live in harmony with the much closer solo group and Alison Stamp's wonderful treble has to soar above everything. I was quite stunned at how good the AKGs were at achieving this. My KEF Q500s do it better but you would expect that as they have the whole volume of a room to achieve it in. To make it realistic with headphones is excellent. The "War of the Worlds" is an old favourite and includes some excellent sound effects as well as some punchy popular music, with the added bonus of Richard Burton's wonderful narration. Burton really came alive through the AKGs and indeed everything sounded great. The "unscrewing" of the Martian canister sounded fantastic, I won't say realistic because that would be the wrong word, and it conveyed a wonderful impression of what was happening. It was so involving that I listened to the whole CD rather than the first 10 minutes as I had intended. Jennifer Warnes is one of "the" voices of the late 20th century in my opinion and her versions of Leonard Cohen's songs are highly prized. As Cohen himself said of her singing "I stand by my original astonishment". I won't go through the tracks but the AKGs didn't stumble and of particular note they handled with ease the rather difficult live version of "Joan of Arc", which can sound dreadful on cheap equipment. I chose the Prokofiev because it is highly percussive and I wanted to see if the AKGs could separate out all the various percussion instruments that are employed. In addition I wanted to know if they could convey the great excitement and drive of the final movement. They could! I could identify all the instruments and when I closed my eyes it took me back to a live performance I saw in the Albert Hall many years ago. To summarise, the AKGs performed well on all the music I tried. They were particularly good at presenting a realistic sound-stage; the performers seemed to be there in front of you. The Allegri was particularly impressive. I have read reviews that say the AKGs lack bass. I don't think that is right. I think they are neutral and reproduce what is there. If you want bass to be boosted these are not the headphones for you! They are rather analytical, i.e. everything is separated out and put into place, and people who like a smoother sound might find that wearing. I simply think it is realistic and I think the more you listen to these headphones the more you will appreciate the analysis. Overall I am very pleased with my purchase!

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