AKG - K712 PRO

I had the DT990 before, but didn't like the soundstage and BD curve. I now have the AKG K712 Pro and use them mostly for single-player gaming. I'm really happy with those. The soundstage is great and they are very comfortable. They also sound great unequalized, if you don't like doing that.

Nerd here. I've been pretty impressed with super cheap shit on price/performance, but I would consider most of the stuff best buy sells to be toy grade. Normal headphones with clip on mics are in the $150 range have way better audio quality. Or they used to be..... I can out hear people in my squad without wearing any headset, but I have amplified (Schiit) open-back studio headphones (AKG712) With a standalone boom mic (AT2020). Not all want to go this way because the all in one gaming headset is way convenient and five times cheaper. But I will never go back to gamer headsets - its like 4k for your ears. I've gone thru the keyboard, mice and headset reddit trifecta and I am a changed (and poor) man.

I went from AKG K712 Pro to ATH-R70XA, I swapped for same reason as you did, really happy with these ones.

In fact, I would rate this one of the most comfortable headphones I have and can wear them for hours. Other one include AKG K712

After a good session of side by side testing between the HD660S2, HD650, HD600, HD490 Pro, AKG 712 Pro and the Audio Technica R70XA the HD660S2 came out on top for my listening purposes (music wise - post rock instrumental - ie Mono, Explosions in the Sky, Godspeed You! Black Emporer etc etc). I can imagine the 600/650 would be great from a vocal perspective and the 650 was a close second for me, but they didn't have the oomph and came across thin on the tracks that matter (mladic and nowhere, now here for example) . The 490 Pros were ... Weird ... Muddy but not. I can't quite figure it out still but the sound from them was way off what I like and were the first to be eliminated. The R70XA's sound profile might have been there but the fit and the material quality out me off from the start and I couldn't get past that. The 712 Pros were a little similar but more an issue for the size of my ears. Anyways, I'm already in love with these and the more I listen to, the more impressed I am.

Sennheiser HD700/800/800S AKG K612/702/712 Phillips SHP9500/SHP9600

Hello! I have the DX5 II. The computer is set at 100% volume, the amp is set to high gain, and the 490 PRO headphones are connected. To get a reasonable volume, I have to turn the Topping up to about -16db or higher. Also tried AKG K712 PROs, and the Topping had to be maxed out for those. Neither have this issue with the KIIO F11 R2R. What am I doing wrong?

I have AKG 712 Pro's which are very detailed and high end. I still use Sonarworks Reference with them though. I just find all cans have added colour and Reference takes care of some of that.

AKG K712, very lightweight, not a lot of clamp force and super comfy pads. Fostex T60RP are great for glasses wearers as the pads have a 'slot' to accommodate the arms and still provide a decent seal.

I replaced the ear pads on mine with velour pads from I think beyerdynamic as I recall. But I use the MDR 7506 for the artist vocalist and use M50X (which is *more* uncomfortable than 7506) as the engineer when tracking, for the superior isolation. For production and mixing and listening, I use AKG 712 pro (open back). They are incredibly light and comfortable, although they have some faint squeaky mechanical noise when you move your head from the way the headband is designed. They just don't have the isolation. Once the 7506s are broken in, they do feel a bit softer, but still sweaty until you change the earpads.