The AKG q701 is almost unbeatable at its price. I use a Modi as DAC and Magni as amplifier. They drive the q701 well (I am not sure if it is good enough). The sound of it is surely at a higher stage than the AKG 240 series.

Good Value; Great Sound; Stylish

Uncomfortable

It's a 2013 model, actually. First impressions, on comparing this to the Grado SR-125 the AKG's are replacing: It was readily apparent that the AKG's had an airier, sort of more crystalline sound.

The AKG Q 701s may be ludicrously big and green, but design isn't their real talking point (honest).

Big; open sound; Good for all types of music; Among the most detailed for their price; Very comfortable

Large to wear out and about; Rivals have more pep

I have been using the Quincy Jones signature AKG Q701 headphones for about a year now. You can purchase them in a few different colors. The style of them is what attracted me to them, they have a nice futuristic looking style and I actually think they look a lot better than Beats By Dre headphones...

honestly some of the best pro quality headphones on the market, straight out of the package the bass does suffer a bit, but after listening to the Beatles "Revolver" a couple hundred times the bass cleans up.

Superb sound quality

at least 100 hrs; required break in time

If you research these, they are basically the same as the K701 and K702 (one reviewer performs tests showing nearly identical response curves). I liked the option of having the detachable cables in two different lengths.

These sound great and compare favorably with my Sennheiser HD650s; They have a little more "sparkle" than the Sennheisers and are very clean and detailed; I'm using them with a Matrix M-State headphone amp which will drive them to ear damaging levels with no distortion.

The earpads are quite comfortable, and the overall fit is good, but the headband is pretty stiff and has bumps on it that dig into my head; I can actually feel corresponding bumps in my skin after a listening session.

honestly some of the best pro quality headphones on the market, straight out of the package the bass does suffer a bit, but after listening to the Beatles "Revolver" a couple hundred times the bass cleans up.

Superb sound quality

at least 100 hrs; required break in time

A quality pair of headphones i would recommend for some audio genres (mostly classical & jazz music), although it is more than fine for other genres too. Great sound stage, one of the, if not the best headphones for gamers (FPS sound imaging, combined with dolby&eax is superb).

Wow. The re-brand of the AKG K701s nets another fantastic set of headphones, endorsed by none other than Quincy Jones himself. If you’re prone to writing off cans that come with a household name attached, that’s a mistake: the Q701s are stone cold takers, they’re piggy bank...

In the Q701s, AKG has produced a truly excellent pair of Quincy Jones-endorsed headphones.

Excellent built quality; Great sound; Comfortable fit

Fairly expensive; Many equally good rivals