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popularZorba1446 posted Yesterday 05:57 PM
popularZorba1446 posted Yesterday 05:57 PM

AKG K-701 Ultra Reference Class Open-back Headphones $167 at Amazon

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Guitar Center and B&H sell these for $600!

AKG offers a very accurate and neutral sound---if you think one-note BOOM-BOOM-BOOM 🤣🤣🤣 Beats headphones are God's gift to audio, these are not for you.

Painless returns since they ship from Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/AKG-Ultra-...000EBBJ6Y/
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Guitar Center and B&H sell these for $600!

AKG offers a very accurate and neutral sound---if you think one-note BOOM-BOOM-BOOM 🤣🤣🤣 Beats headphones are God's gift to audio, these are not for you.

Painless returns since they ship from Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/AKG-Ultra-...000EBBJ6Y/

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DaMexicaYesterday 08:04 PM
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Very nice find, beats are trash
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cheebong
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Buy now, think later.
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eduardmcYesterday 09:17 PM
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remember buying this for $70 from akg site like 4 years ago. I actually returned them cause they felt so cheap. Biggest regret now
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600 is craycray price lol
i bought them for ~$230 back in 2009'ish
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tmaxx123Yesterday 09:59 PM
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Ok price if you really need them but lukewarm otherwise imo
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Zorba1446Yesterday 10:03 PM
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Quote from dcpoor :
600 is craycray price lol
i bought them for ~$230 back in 2009'ish
2009 was still a relative age of innocence: long long before pandemic inflation, tariff inflation, and (latest arrival) Iran war inflation. $167 for these right now is a small miracle, considering all that.
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tmaxx123Yesterday 10:14 PM
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Quote from Zorba1446 :
2009 was still a relative age of innocence: long long before pandemic inflation, tariff inflation, and (latest arrival) Iran war inflation. $167 for these right now is a small miracle, considering all that.
Fair point, either way thanks for the post op! Headphone deals are always welcome. Repped!

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Quote from eduardmc :
remember buying this for $70 from akg site like 4 years ago. I actually returned them cause they felt so cheap. Biggest regret now
$70? Was it brand new?
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VioletTable8119Yesterday 11:57 PM
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Are these made in China now?
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LavenderLlama3232Today 12:27 AM
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Quote from VioletTable8119 :
Are these made in China now?
Yes. Unless the headphone/strap says "made in Austria", they are made in China, under Harman.Here's a link to a review comparing the k-701 Austria vs china models. FYI: I did not read or vet this, so if it's garbage 🤷

https://www.audiosciencereview.co...ade.30900/
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Quote from LavenderLlama3232 :
Yes. Unless the headphone/strap says "made in Austria", they are made in China, under Harman.Here's a link to a review comparing the k-701 Austria vs china models. FYI: I did not read or vet this, so if it's garbage 🤷

https://www.audiosciencereview.co...ade.30900/
tl;dr: ASR: "I can't recommend either version of AKG K701 without EQ. With EQ, they are fine."
I concur. I had them, returned them, and paid more for something else. But I wouldn't say the K-701 is bad for the $.
Guitar Center is currently $400. Amazon is often $167. I think $167 is fair, but not SD.
Funny Beats story. I was in a Beats store years ago. I auditioned one of their best (although I didn't realize this at the time). The salesperson asked what I thought, and I said, "Do you have anything good?" The store became silent. I quickly made my exit. Never listened to a Beats since.
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eduardmcToday 02:05 AM
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Quote from cheebong :
$70? Was it brand new?
Yeah theres was a deal with a stackable coupon that would drop the price to like 85%. Bought a bunch of stuff from them for cheap (coupon was a company error. Was never suppost to stack with other coupons). But mostly everything got shipped.

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