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  1. Table of Contents
  2. Top
  3. Main Differences
  4. Design
    1. Style
    2. Comfort
    3. Controls
    4. Breathability
    5. Portability
    6. Case
    7. Build Quality
    8. Stability
    9. Headshots 1
    10. Headshots 2
    11. Top
    12. In The Box
  5. Sound
    1. Sound Profile
    2. Frequency Response Consistency
    3. Raw Frequency Response
    4. Bass Accuracy
    5. Mid Accuracy
    6. Treble Accuracy
    7. Peaks/Dips
    8. Imaging
    9. Passive Soundstage
    10. Virtual Soundstage
    11. Weighted Harmonic Distortion
    12. Test Settings
  6. Isolation
    1. Noise Isolation
    2. Leakage
  7. Microphone
    1. Microphone Style
    2. Recording Quality
    3. Noise Handling
  8. Active Features
    1. Battery
    2. App Support
  9. Connectivity
    1. Wired Connection
    2. Bluetooth Connection
    3. Wireless Connection (Dongle)
    4. PC Compatibility
    5. PlayStation Compatibility
    6. Xbox Compatibility
    7. Base/Dock
  10. Comments

AKG K702 vs Beats Solo Pro Wireless

Side-by-Side Comparison

Products

AKG K702
Beats Solo Pro

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AKG K702 Picture
Beats Solo Pro Wireless Picture

Variants

  • K702
  • Solo Pro (Black)
  • Solo Pro (Dark Blue)
  • Solo Pro (Gray)
  • Solo Pro (Ivory)
  • Solo Pro (Light Blue)
  • Solo Pro (Red)

Our Verdict

AKG K702

Beats Solo Pro Wireless

The AKG K702 are better for neutral sound than the Beats Solo Pro. The AKG are much more comfortable over-ear headphones. Thanks to their open-back design, their passive soundstage is perceived as much more open and spacious. On the other hand, the Beats are more versatile Bluetooth-only headphones. They have a much better build quality and an ANC feature that does a great job blocking out ambient sound. They're also more stable, so they're less likely to slide off your head during light physical activity like a walk.

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K702
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Main Differences for
Neutral Sound

Threshold 

0.10

Neutral Sound 

8.2
7.7

Passive Soundstage 
 

8.3
3.0

Bass Accuracy 
 

7.6
8.8

Full Comparison

Design

Style  

Design Picture 2  

AKG K702 Design Picture 2
Beats Solo Pro Wireless Design Picture 2

Type  

Over-ear
On-ear

Enclosure  

Open-Back
Closed-Back

Wireless  

No
Yes

Transducer  

Dynamic
Dynamic
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Comfort 
 

8.0
6.5

Comfort Picture  

AKG K702 Comfort Picture
Beats Solo Pro Wireless Comfort Picture

Weight  

0.65 lbs
0.59 lbs

Clamping Force 
 

0.9 lbs
1.2 lbs
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Controls 
 

0.0
7.7

Controls Picture  

AKG K702 Controls Picture
Beats Solo Pro Wireless Controls Picture

OS Compatibility 
 

No Controls
Not OS specific

Ease Of Use  

No Controls
Good

Feedback  

No Controls
Good

Call/Music Control  

No
Yes

Volume Control  

No
Yes

Microphone Control  

No
No

Channel Mixing 
 

No
No

Noise Cancelling Control  

No
On/Off

Talk-Through 
 

No
On/Off

Additional Controls  

No
Voice Assistant
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Breathability 
 

7.1
8.4

Breathability After Picture  

AKG K702 Breathability After Picture
Beats Solo Pro Wireless Breathability After Picture

Avg.Temp.Difference  

4 °C
1.7 °C
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Portability 
 

5.2
5.7

Portability Picture  

AKG K702 Portability Picture
Beats Solo Pro Wireless Portability Picture

 

8.3" (21.0 cm)
7.5" (19.1 cm)

 

7.3" (18.5 cm)
6.6" (16.8 cm)

 

4.3" (11.0 cm)
2.8" (7.1 cm)

Volume  

253.74 in³ (4,158.04 cm³)
139.00 in³ (2,277.79 cm³)

Transmitter Required  

No
No
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Case 
 

0.0
6.0

Case Picture  

AKG K702 Case Picture
Beats Solo Pro Wireless Case Picture

Type  

No case
Soft case

 

N/A
6.6" (16.8 cm)

 

N/A
5.2" (13.2 cm)

 

N/A
2.8" (7.1 cm)

Volume  

N/A
96.00 in³ (1,573.15 cm³)
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Build Quality 
 

7.5
8.0

Build Quality Picture  

AKG K702 Build Quality Picture
Beats Solo Pro Wireless Build Quality Picture
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Stability 
 

5.5
7.0

Stability Picture  

AKG K702 Stability Picture
Beats Solo Pro Wireless Stability Picture
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Headshots 1  

Angled Picture  

AKG K702 Angled Picture
Beats Solo Pro Wireless Angled Picture

Side Picture  

AKG K702 Side Picture
Beats Solo Pro Wireless Side Picture

Headshots 2  

Front Picture  

AKG K702 Front Picture
Beats Solo Pro Wireless Front Picture

Rear Picture  

AKG K702 Rear Picture
Beats Solo Pro Wireless Rear Picture

Top  

Top Picture  

AKG K702 Top Picture
Beats Solo Pro Wireless Top Picture

In The Box  

In The Box Picture  

AKG K702 In The Box Picture
Beats Solo Pro Wireless In The Box Picture
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Sound

Sound Profile 
 

Frequency Response  

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Bass Amount 
 

-4.24 dB
0.95 dB

Treble Amount 
 

0.02 dB
0.19 dB
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Frequency Response Consistency 
 

7.7
7.7

Consistency L  

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Consistency R  

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Avg. Std. Deviation 
 

0.46 dB
0.45 dB
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Raw Frequency Response 
 

Raw FR L  

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Raw FR R  

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Bass Accuracy 
 

7.6
8.8

Bass  

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Std. Err. 
 

3.23 dB
1.68 dB

Low-Frequency Extension 
 

64.42 Hz
10 Hz

Low-Bass 
 

-6.13 dB
2.72 dB

Mid-Bass 
 

-1.54 dB
1.73 dB

High-Bass 
 

2.03 dB
0.75 dB
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Mid Accuracy 
 

9.0
9.0

Mid  

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Std. Err. 
 

1.32 dB
1.28 dB

Low-Mid 
 

1.46 dB
0.23 dB

Mid-Mid 
 

-0.43 dB
0.66 dB

High-Mid 
 

0.87 dB
1.46 dB
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Treble Accuracy 
 

7.1
7.4

Treble  

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Std. Err. 
 

4.24 dB
3.85 dB

Low-Treble 
 

2.85 dB
2.57 dB

Mid-Treble 
 

3.75 dB
2.41 dB

High-Treble 
 

-5.79 dB
-2.82 dB
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Peaks/Dips 
 

7.4
7.9

Peaks/Dips Graph  

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Peaks 
 

1.84 dB
1.43 dB

Dips 
 

0.83 dB
0.74 dB
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Imaging 
 

9.1
8.6

Group Delay  

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Phase Response Mismatch  

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Weighted Group Delay 
 

0.18
0.15

Weighted Phase Mismatch 
 

2.4
3.02

Weighted Amplitude Mismatch 
 

0.29
0.68

Weighted Frequency Mismatch 
 

1.49
2.33
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Passive Soundstage 
 

8.3
3.0

PRTF  

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PRTF Accuracy (Std. Dev.) 
 

1.74 dB
3.46 dB

PRTF Size (Avg.) 
 

4.38 dB
0.7 dB

PRTF Distance 
 

12.42 dB
5.75 dB

Openness 
 

9.4
2.3

Acoustic Space Excitation 
 

8.2
1.9
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Virtual Soundstage 
 

0.0
0.0

Virtual Soundstage  

AKG K702 Virtual Soundstage
Beats Solo Pro Wireless Virtual Soundstage

Head Modeling 
 

No
No

Speaker Modeling 
 

No
No

Room Ambience 
 

No
No

Head Tracking 
 

No
No

Virtual Surround 
 

No App
No

Weighted Harmonic Distortion 
 

8.7
8.2

Weighted Harmonic Distortion  

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WHD @ 90 
 

0.067
0.215

WHD @ 100 
 

0.110
0.073
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Test Settings 
 

Firmware 
 

No Firmware
Unknown

Power 
 

Passive
On

Connection 
 

Wired
Bluetooth 4.2

Codec 
 

PCM, 24-bit, 48kHz
SBC, 16-bit, 48kHz

EQ 
 

No EQ
No EQ

ANC 
 

No ANC
On

Tip/Pad 
 

Default
Default

Microphone 
 

No Microphone
Integrated
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Isolation

Noise Isolation 
 

1.7
7.7

Noise Isolation  

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Isolation Audio 
 

Overall Attenuation 
 

-4.96 dB
-23.18 dB

Noise Cancelling  

No
Yes

Bass 
 

-0.25 dB
-11.23 dB

Mid 
 

-0.41 dB
-23.13 dB

Treble 
 

-14.01 dB
-36.34 dB
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Leakage 
 

2.4
8.3

Leakage  

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Leakage Audio 
 

Overall Leakage @ 1ft 
 

60.55 dB
31.54 dB
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Microphone

Microphone Style 
 

Integrated 
 

No
Yes

In-Line 
 

No
No

Boom 
 

No
No

Detachable Boom 
 

No
No

Mic  

No
Yes

Recording Quality 
 

0.0
5.6

Microphone Frequency Response  

AKG K702 Microphone Frequency Response
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Recorded Speech 
 

N/A

LFE 
 

N/A
687.92 Hz

FR Std. Dev. 
 

N/A
3.5 dB

HFE 
 

N/A
7,671.33 Hz

Weighted THD 
 

N/A
54.571

Gain 
 

N/A
3.21 dB
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Noise Handling 
 

0.0
7.0

SpNR  

AKG K702 SpNR
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SpNR 
 

N/A
13.86 dB

Noise Gate 
 

No
Always On

Speech + Pink Noise Handling 
 

N/A
7.0

Speech + Pink Noise Audio Sample  

N/A

Speech + Subway Noise Handling 
 

N/A
7.0

Speech + Subway Noise Audio Sample  

N/A
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Active Features

Battery 
 

0.0
7.2

Battery Type 
 

No Battery
Rechargable

Continuous Battery Life 
 

N/A
24 hrs

Additional Charges 
 

N/A
0.0

Total Battery Life 
 

N/A
24 hrs

Charge Time 
 

N/A
1.2 hrs

Power-Saving Feature 
 

No
No

Audio While Charging 
 

No
No

Passive Playback 
 

Passive Headphone
No

Charging Port  

None
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App Support 
 

0.0
4.5

App Picture  

AKG K702 App Picture
Beats Solo Pro Wireless App Picture

App Name  

No App
Beats

iOS  

No
Yes

Android  

No
Yes

macOS  

No
No

Windows  

No
No

Equalizer 
 

No
No

ANC Control 
 

No
On/Off

Mic Control  

No
No

Room Effects 
 

No
No

Playback Control 
 

No
No

Button Mapping  

No
No

Surround Support 
 

No
No
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Connectivity

Wired Connection 
 

9.9
0.0

Cable Picture  

AKG K702 Cable Picture
Beats Solo Pro Wireless Cable Picture

Analog Audio 
 

Yes
No

USB Audio 
 

No
No

Detachable 
 

Yes
No

Length 
 

9.80 ft (2.99 m)
N/A

Connector 
 

1/8" TRS
No Wired Option

Latency - Analog 
 

0.2 ms

Latency - USB 
 

N/A
N/A

Recorded Latency 
 

Recorded Latency Connection  

Analog
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Bluetooth Connection 
 

0.0
7.1

Bluetooth Version 
 

No Bluetooth
5.0+H1 chip

Multi-Device Pairing 
 

No
No

NFC Pairing 
 

No

Quick Pair (Android) 
 

No

Quick Pair (iOS) 
 

No

Line Of Sight Range 
 

N/A
277.00 ft (84.43 m)

Latency - SBC 
 

N/A
216 ms

Latency - aptX 
 

N/A
N/A

Latency - aptX Adaptive (High Quality) 
 

N/A

Latency - aptX Adaptive (Low Latency) 
 

N/A

Latency - LDAC 
 

N/A

Recorded Latency 
 

N/A

Recorded Latency Codec  

No Bluetooth Audio

AAC Support 
 

No

PC Latency (aptX HD) 
 

N/A

PC Latency (aptX-LL) 
 

N/A

iOS Latency 
 

88 ms

Android Latency 
 

101 ms
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Wireless Connection (Dongle) 
 

0.0
0.0

Line Of Sight Range 
 

N/A
N/A

Latency - Dongle 
 

N/A
N/A

Recorded Latency 
 

N/A

PC Compatibility 
 

Analog 
 

Audio Only
No

Wired USB 
 

No
No

Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

PlayStation Compatibility 
 

PS4 Analog 
 

Audio Only
No

PS4 Wired USB 
 

No
No

PS4 Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

PS5 Analog 
 

Audio Only
No

PS5 Wired USB 
 

No
No

PS5 Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

Xbox Compatibility 
 

Xbox One Analog 
 

Audio Only
No

Xbox One Wired USB 
 

No
No

Xbox One Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

Xbox Series X|S Analog 
 

Audio Only
No

Xbox Series X|S Wired USB 
 

No
No

Xbox Series X|S Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

Base/Dock 
 

0.0
0.0

Type 
 

No Base/Dock
No Base/Dock

USB Input 
 

No
No

Line In 
 

No
No

Line Out 
 

No
No

Optical Input 
 

No
No

RCA Input 
 

No
No

Dock Charging 
 

No
No

Power Supply 
 

No Base/Dock
No Base/Dock

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Standard
K702
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B&H
Dark Blue
Solo Pro
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K702
BestBuy.com
Ivory
Solo Pro
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Light Blue
Solo Pro
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AKG K702

Beats Solo Pro Wireless

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