AKG 702 and Solo UL

Jon,

I have a pair of K701, though my Solo is older than Miguels.

As I have noted elsewhere, it was a long, long time before I was happy with them.

If you are familiar with the sound of a cold cartridge before it warms up then that would be fairly close to how I heard the K701 for a long time.  Stiff, unrevealing of subtlety, truncating decay - as if the driver were stopping too soon and not allowing the flow and nuance to develop.

Well broken in now, they are no longer like that.  

IIRC, Francisco on here somewhere, is using K701 with the UL and more than happy.

I also recall a professional musician with whom I have conversed at times, stating that the K701 provided him with the closest thing to what he hears when performing.

I would expect the UL (as also the SRG & SRGII) to make the K701 more palatable from new than my "green" Solo which, while very nice with the easy load of ATH-W1000, really needed a good twist to bring much from the new K701.  It does much better with them nowadays.

It's not for me, I've got LCD2's and Solo UL. It was a pm from a fellow HF member with 702's and wanting to know about using them with Solo UL. I think this will be really helpful for him, thanks again guys.