AKG Headphones for Kronos

[hammondcuni]

Are these headphones a safe bet? Will Kronos handle them well? I know its been discussed before but Im trying to decide.
AKG Quincy Jones Signature Series Q701 Premium Class Reference Headphones

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[Diego5150]

I have the AKG K271 MKll And they are excellent. They are comfortable, they have both the 1/4" TRS jack adapter for the Kronos and the smaller jack that fits an MP3 player. I love my AKG's.

[MrDuke]

The Q701s receive a bit of a mixed response from people, it might be worthwhile to read some of Amazon's reviews: http://tinyurl.com/ady7c4s

The problem with AKGs in general is that the sound is often really flat and neutral, often there isn't any bass to speak of. I'm not talking about needing a booming hip hop bass, but there should be some.

I have the smaller headphones from the Quincy Jones range (Q460) and they're quite good. The only problem is a ridiculously short cord.

[.Jens]

Are these headphones a safe bet? Will Kronos handle them well? I know its been discussed before but Im trying to decide.
AKG Quincy Jones Signature Series Q701 Premium Class Reference Headphones

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I own a pair of AKG K240 Studio and use them regularly with my Kronos - absolutely satisfied. At least these do have enough bass - sometimes it's already a bit too much for my taste, but in general I agree with MrDuke: they are quite neutral in the best sense. Not recording engineer's 'neutral', but listener's 'neutral' ...

[jimknopf]

I use the K702 with the highest possible degreee of satisfaction. They do not only sound neutral in a very detailed way, they also have much less of the "in ear audio image" effect, which normally makes headphone sound a bit unnatural and tiring, compared to speaker monitor listening. With the K702, I can listen to mixes, synth playing or music for hours. The K 701 are very similar.

[ChrisP]

I've been using AKG 220 MA for over a decade. It sounds great and I use with Kronos to my fullest satisfaction. Recently i got a gift - Bose AE2 and I was surprised that kronos sounded thin and very different.

However, the beauty of that headphone was that it clearly sounded some of the notes I could hardly hear with the AKG. I enjoy listening through AKG but for the purposes of mixing and correcting notes, I prefer the Bose (I doubt if anyone uses Bose for serious work).

I'm happy with both of them actually as they suit different needs. In fact i've got a stereo jack spiltter plugged to the K's headphone jack so that Ican check the recording with both of them.

[Francois]

I had the K701, which I sold to buy the Q701. I haven't looked back since.

There are other good heaphones out there, but I cannot see myself change for anything else, particularly when you realise that the K701/702/Q701 are incredible for the money !

I just love them. Confortable (to me anyway) and great for mixing. The reveal stuff you didn't know was there.

I would happily recommend them.

[AlchemistMusicStudio]

I use AKG 271 Studio - sound is very authentic. I recommend this model.

[hammondcuni]

AMS and yours are half the price compared to the 701's. Good deal..

[Francois]

Actually, since the K702 and the Q701 are the current models, I've seen crazy prices on teh net for K701. If you can live with the fact that the cable is hardwired as opposed to changeable like that of the K702 and Q701, then the K701 can be a cracking buy.