Upgraditis

I used to spend a ton of time on a variety of guitar forums, the jazz guitar forum, tdpri.com, and of course the gear page. There was a term, GAS, short for gear acquisition syndrome that came up pretty often. On head-fi.org, however, the term I see used a lot is upgraditis. I have a case of upgraditis right now for sure!

The headphone I chose to get myself going on this audio journey was the AKG k601. It is well reviewed as being a solid all rounder, particularly good at classical/jazz/acoustic types of music, is comfortable. It isn't great with rock although I wouldn't say it is bad at this. It just doesn't thump so the music is missing something. Naturally, in the last few weeks AKG have come out with a new flagship, the 65th Aniversary Edition K702. The thing looks stellar!

They are getting really solid reviews on head-fi and it seems like they would solve my bass problem but also preserve much of what I love about the k601 (mainly soundstage and imaging). Of course they are $500!! And while they probably sound better than the k601 that I have, the probably don't sound that much better... But, I will probably end up with them eventually! That is the nature of this audiophile hobby. Lots of stuff that you don't really need that you somehow figure out how to justify. Pretty fun!