Audiophilia

[Sforza]

checked out Egghead at Robinson Galleria today and found they had an AKG K701 out for testing. tested it and found the soundstage way too big, and the sound too..i dunno..flat. pretty sensitive and precise tho, just didnt have oomph. parang malupit na ice tea na sobrang sarap pero walang amats. anyway, they had other models out, most of which were too bright for my taste, save for the K540. the latter tho seems lacking in bass, and electronic songs weren't as crisp as they should be.

I'm glad you noticed. A bunch of new headphone releases by the large manufacturers have built in treble peaks which sound piercing and painful at times. They did this because they're trying to fool consumers into thinking "moar treble = better clarity!" when that's not the case at all. Grado is guilty of it as well, but AKG is really pushing the limit of what's acceptable and frankly as a consumer, I find it quite insulting. Sennheiser is also guilty of producing utter shit like the new $1k HD700 which you might have seen at Egghead.