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AKG K271 MKII Headphones
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(4.5 out of 5)
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Best sub-300 closed headphones
(5 out of 5) by J. Dormont on May 24, 2009 (New York City)At first I hesitated to give these 5 stars. There are headphones that sound better, including this one's older, more sophisticated (and open) brothers, the k601 and k701. But here's where this one wins:
1) With a fairly high efficiency, it sounds great whatever you plug it into. This isn't so with most hi-end 'phones. Usually you need both a very high quality source and an equally expensive ($200+) dedicated headphone amp (not to mention a Digital-Analog-Converter if you use your laptop a lot).
2) It isolates sound very well. I live in a great apartment, but unfortunately others think so too, and so they're building an enormous rig outside of my building. I come home, pop these on, and I'm in my own listening sanctuary.
3) They have AKG's best-in-business mids. Since most of what you listen to is the middle of the spectrum, this is huge, especially if you like any kind of acoustic music, like jazz, folk, rock, or classical. I can't really speak about house or electronic or even rap, but they still sound good on my R&B, soul, and hip-hop charts.
4) 2 cables > 1. If you're on the go, they've got a great expandable, but relatively short cable. And if you need to reach across the room, they have a standard 3m cable that will get you most places.
5) They have a mini-plug. Since you'll most likely be listening to this from your laptop or mp3 player, this is good as it avoids unnecessary bulk.
6) I've compared these phones with a lot of others (including Senn HD595, K701, Grado, ATH A700) and at least for my musical preferences, these come in second only to the K701 (which at 300 for a pair, plus 300 for an amp, plus at least 500 for better source = a problem).
Buy em if you want closed, really good sound.
1) With a fairly high efficiency, it sounds great whatever you plug it into. This isn't so with most hi-end 'phones. Usually you need both a very high quality source and an equally expensive ($200+) dedicated headphone amp (not to mention a Digital-Analog-Converter if you use your laptop a lot).
2) It isolates sound very well. I live in a great apartment, but unfortunately others think so too, and so they're building an enormous rig outside of my building. I come home, pop these on, and I'm in my own listening sanctuary.
3) They have AKG's best-in-business mids. Since most of what you listen to is the middle of the spectrum, this is huge, especially if you like any kind of acoustic music, like jazz, folk, rock, or classical. I can't really speak about house or electronic or even rap, but they still sound good on my R&B, soul, and hip-hop charts.
4) 2 cables > 1. If you're on the go, they've got a great expandable, but relatively short cable. And if you need to reach across the room, they have a standard 3m cable that will get you most places.
5) They have a mini-plug. Since you'll most likely be listening to this from your laptop or mp3 player, this is good as it avoids unnecessary bulk.
6) I've compared these phones with a lot of others (including Senn HD595, K701, Grado, ATH A700) and at least for my musical preferences, these come in second only to the K701 (which at 300 for a pair, plus 300 for an amp, plus at least 500 for better source = a problem).
Buy em if you want closed, really good sound.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Best headphones I've ever bought
(5 out of 5) by B. Litman on Mar 24, 2009 (Los Angeles)The headphones are the most comfortable headphones I've ever bought. They are perfect to wear for long periods of time and don't irritate your ears like some previous ones I've had. The sound cut off switch works great in an office environment and nobody can hear a thing when I am listening to them. They don't get distorted at high volumes either. Great headphones.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Quality sound
(4 out of 5) by Ray Carrender on Mar 9, 2009 (Lenexa, Kansas)Some of the best freaking headphones I've ever worn. The sound is absolutely amazing, great highs, great lows, pretty good mid. My one and only problem though is the right earphone is coming off (actually now it's fully come off) and I can't seem to find a replacement for it and I have doubts in my skills to re sow it.
Don't think this will happen to everyone, I'm a little hard on my headphones. I am a consultant and I have to pull them in and out of my bag a bunch in really tight spots (see: plane). I must have caught something which pulled the string and since then I've been looking for how to properly replace them.
Don't think this will happen to everyone, I'm a little hard on my headphones. I am a consultant and I have to pull them in and out of my bag a bunch in really tight spots (see: plane). I must have caught something which pulled the string and since then I've been looking for how to properly replace them.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Very comfy, crisp sound
(5 out of 5) by B. Litman on Mar 24, 2009 (Los Angeles)The headphones are the most comfortable headphones I've ever bought. They are perfect to wear for long periods of time and don't irritate your ears like some previous ones I've had. The sound cut off switch works great in an office environment and nobody can hear a thing when I am listening to them. They don't get distorted at high volumes either. Great headphones.
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
I Can Live With or Without It
(3 out of 5) by 50unitedstates50 on Sep 23, 2009 (Virginia)I bought these headphones because they had the highest rating at the time for pro-studio AKG stuff (which is what i hear is the most poplar name brand in professional studios). For my purposes (Garage Band) you will not notice any difference between a $20 pair of headphones bought at Target or whatever. I am not an audiophile, so maybe I don't really know how to take full advantage of these headphones. I think maybe the sound quality would be more noticeable over a cheap pair of headphones if you had a preamp or some kind of stronger amplification rather than a plain old, no-frills iMac computer (as I do). But, I don't. So, the only way I have to test these is through my iMac and they are just ordinary sounding headphones that way.