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AKG Q701 - These headphones just won't die
(lemmy.blahaj.zone)
I replaced the pads on my AKG Q701 headphones today for the 4th time. It made me realize that I've used these headphones for at least 40 hours a week for 14 years straight. I've had to repair the left side speaker solder joint a few times, but they're designed to be easily torn down and repaired. Truly BIFL headphones.
I've heard that the newer AKG K702 headphones are identical but I can't vouch for that. They go for around $250.
Plot twist: they listen exclusively to Russian shortwave numbers stations.
Close. I originally got them exclusively for ASMR listening, when ASMR was a brand new concept.
That was a lot longer before 10 years ago.
The term ASMR was coined in 2010. I think it didn't really catch on until 2011.
I see. I was thinking of binaural audio. My mistake.
I would have sworn you were wrong, but I guess I assumed that it was around long before I learned the "correct" term for it. Turns out I just learned it at the same time everybody else did, basically.
Did you also burn your tongue because you ate pizza before it was cool?
Huh?
It's a joke about you being a hipster since you hopped on ASMR "before it was cool".
The full joke goes "Why did the Hipster burn his tongue? He ate his pizza before it was cool."
I recalled that joke from a teenage memory long ago. You're 100% right
Oh. :( That wasn't very friendly.
I was just goofin', friend :)
Fwiw, as a fellow long time listener to ASMR and fan of good headphones, I think you're cool!