solderdude
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Ok thx I will get it and try with my Mb but I will for good sale. Or do you another recommendation in this price range
For gaming the K702 is a good option, maybe better than K712.
Ok thx I will get it and try with my Mb but I will for good sale. Or do you another recommendation in this price range
I've got an MSI Z170A Krait Gaming motherboard and it sounds terrible driving my AKG K702....very muddy sound, I really didn't expect it to be that bad, almost sounds faulty. Yeah, so I've always used USB DACS instead. They are indeed good headphones for gaming.I think they are the same or with little EQ'ing the price difference because the cost to get made in solvika instead of China and the pads difference
And budget are tight so K702 will be better option
But my concern the amping . Can it sound good with modern onboard audio especially power. The dac is clean even with gpu load
You should read the actual review before jumping on wrong conclutions...Mariana trench
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Realtek® ALC1150 CodecWhat is your audio chip it's Alc1220 or 1150
And do you use amp or just a dac
Because my Mb dac sound clean with my Ksc75
But I was afraid about how much power it need and can Mb push it to listenable volume
Oh yeah, definitely, I've resoldered the wires in my right earcup 3 times already - at this point I have completely replaced all wiring & solder points in the right earcup so I'm not expecting it to fail again. This is a proper thing with the K702, you should be happy with a soldering iron if you're gonna buy them......although I taught myself with YouTube vids specifically when my K702 died the first time, so I had no experience, but I am persistent & technically minded, so not everyone will get the same result if you don't know how to solder.Take it for what it‘s worth (sample size of one, so not much probably), but my K702 died today. Had them not even two month, only stationary use, never fell down or anything, right side quit working. Not much of a problem if you buy them where you can get them warrantied easily (my replacement is already underway), but I‘m putting them (and similar models) on my „do not import“-list.
What headphones amp do use with itRealtek® ALC1150 Codec
Oh yeah, definitely, I've resoldered the wires in my right earcup 3 times already - at this point I have completely replaced all wiring & solder points in the right earcup so I'm not expecting it to fail again. This is a proper thing with the K702, you should be happy with a soldering iron if you're gonna buy them......although I taught myself with YouTube vids specifically when my K702 died the first time, so I had no experience, but I am persistent & technically minded, so not everyone will get the same result if you don't know how to solder.
JDS Labs Atom, but that's overkill.What headphones amp do use with it
I'm sure as hell not gonna repair it myself as long as it's in warranty, plus after the second failed attempt at repair/replacement (so if the third headphone fails within two years of purchase) I'm getting my money back from the seller. The German consumer protection laws are fairly good.This is a proper thing with the K702, you should be happy with a soldering iron if you're gonna buy them.
Yes, I wouldn't advise anyone buys K702 unless they're happy to go through warranty process and/or happy with a soldering iron. My own soldering has not failed yet since the past 3yrs or so, so they just don't do a good job of the soldering in the factory.And it's got a fixed cable, wich might or might not be a problem you'll have to fix in the long run ... if everything else lasts that long, that is.
I'm sure as hell not gonna repair it myself as long as it's in warranty, plus after the second failed attempt at repair/replacement (so if the third headphone fails within two years of purchase) I'm getting my money back from the seller. The German consumer protection laws are fairly good.
Let Amazon worry about that. I've never had a problem with returns there.
Thats one of the differences between it and the K612, yes.K702 doesn't have a fixed cable though, it's a miniXLR removable cable, if that's what you're referring to.
I had a made in Austria set around 10 years ago which I used almost daily for 2ish years. I then finished uni and couldn't use them so I sold them a few years later, they were still working when I sold them.Do you mean the wires connecting to the rods ?
I have had quite a few Superlux 'AKG copies' with the same issues.
Chalked it down to cheap labour force not giving a crap about good solder joints or having the wrong soldering equipment.
I wonder if the older Austrian made ones also have these issues.