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AKG Q701 - These headphones just won't die (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 1 month ago by Kit to c/buyitforlife@slrpnk.net
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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.

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[-] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

I have Beyerdynamic DT990 Pros because they're so repairable. Changed the pads a few times and recently, after over a decade, I modded it to have a removable cable as the old cable's connector started to misbehave.

I used to use steelseries headsets but they kept breaking in similar ways and just wanted some decent quality, repairable headphones.

Can definitely recommend. Sound is amazing.

[-] UnderFreyja@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

When I was playing Counter-Strike a lot, I got into Steel Series because a lot of the players used it and EVERYTHING broke sooo fast... Like I would play around 30 hours a week so that was... a lot but still. My Steelseries mice would last me a couple of months, my headsets half a year. I would RMA them and the RMA would break super fast too... Only good thing about them nowadays are the XL Mouse Mats...

Nowadays, in terms of gaming stuff, I'm back to a mix of Corsair & Logitech.

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