Awesome precision product at a great price

First off, the Q701 has the same manufacture specs as the K702, most especially the flat wire coil and Neodymium magnets. This is not a rebranded K701. This upgrade makes for a powerful and compact speaker motor and makes for a flat frequency response. These are very good reference quality headphones. I use them for voice work to pick up fine sonic detail that studio and home quality headphones would lump over or miss. That is what you are paying for in a reference quality headphone. Oh yeah, these can be had for sub $200. A great value for money. Totally stoked. Other:- Some people say that these headphones need to be broken in for 100+ hours. Since I have only used them for 3 days now, and am delighted with their neutral frequency response, as per spec, I can only say that people might be used to lesser quality or phonicly colored headphones and so need their own ears to break into the new sonic experience these phones afford. I haven't found any precision comparison as to how the FR curve of these phones change over time. One expert who uses $1000+ precision reference phones, and whose ears are obviously acclimated, did say that these get better with age. Regardless, these are great on day 3, and so my $180 investment will only get better going forward. BTW:- I use other AKG products and they deliver on their specs.Read full review