I would say K701 is more airy and prominent in the string vibration of electric guitars or pianos. Extremely satisfied by the guitar solo presented by K701.

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What aspects of the K701's sound did you like that the Q701 and K702 couldn't replicate? People will be able to give better recommendations knowing what you are looking for.

>Is there any alternative to AKG 701 with good build quality?

The HD 560S might interest you. Despite feeling somewhat cheap in the hands, they are surprisingly durable, and offer better bass extension than the K701/K702.

I'm afraid nothing is close to the K701 outside of other AKG models. The K612 Pro is really good, though. The K712 is also really good and I love it but it sounds nothing like the rest of the K7 or K6 line.

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On my AirPods, I love them. Especially since the Pro 2s added volume support

The problem is I left it in my hometown and couldn't get it soon.😢

You already own austrian k701's? Then what's the problem here? If not, just get an austrian one. They show up every now and again on used markets.

Ain't most of the companies try to make all of fhe earbuds compatible with IOS?

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Touch controls aren't my favorite.

For in-ear stuff, real estate is kind of at a premium though, and mechanical switches are much larger than capacitive ones.

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My setup is usually: one click = pause, two clicks = next track

So whenever I accidentally touch my earbuds, it just pauses music

just don't listen to too loud volume and you will be fine

They're a necessary evil, I suppose. The earbuds are so small, how else are you going to control them without touch controls? I can't imagine trying to work with physical buttons on something this tiny.

As long as they're sensitive enough to register a deliberate tap on the body, but not so sensitive that just adjusting/shifting the earbud in your ear triggers them, then they're ok for me.

no one answered your second questikn so here i am

a lot of audiophiles would not recommend the 599 because of its “muddiness”, where the bass obscures or distorts the rest of the audio’s detail. the clarity, soundstage, highs and mids are not very good compared to other headphones in the price range

but based on what you said it seems like the 599 would be a good fit for you. you seem like you love bass over everything else, and the 599s would absolutely satisfy you in that regard. their detail and clarity is still really great, good enough that they’d blow someone away who hasn’t heard anything better than skullcandy. i think they’d be more than worth your money

it’s always cool to see someone just getting into high quality headphones. whichever headphones you go with i hope you enjoy them !

love it

we calls those Plosives. clever name since plosive is itself a plosive

I'm going to give 16/44 a shot.

ahahah, you were looking for the variations too?

Okay this is scary, I was looking for these headphones and somehow Reddit( which have no allowance for AdsID) recommended these post to me the day after.

In case you don't know, all CDs are WAV files and 16/44. You can't add any more information than is already there so ripping at 24/96 is the exact same as ripping at 16/44.

The only real choices to make are whether to compress (FLAC or ALAC) lossless files or not (WAV or AIFF) or create lossy (mp3 or m4a) files for the smaller size. Honestly, I prefer uncompressed AIFF. Some people say they can't hear a difference; I can. But that's the real choice. Rip some things at AIFF and ALAC and A/B test them to see for yourself.

A lot of what I have is in alac. The cds wre ripped straight I think. I'm going to re-rip all from cd borrowed from my local library. I'll try some of my favs in 16/44 and 24/96. And if I can't hear a noticeable difference. I'll rip all in 16/44. Subtle differences won't count with me. As I'm not trying to hear studio mice farting. Just great playback thru my HP set up. And for when I stream it to my two channel set up.

Thanks for the advice.

nice one, thanks dude, appreciate the help!!