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Graham Slee ![]() Admin Group ![]() ![]() Telling it as it is Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Location: South Yorkshire Status: Offline Points: 12974 |
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Out of the blue whilst researching something else on the web I found myself reading about AKG headphones, and the AKG K240 Studio caught my eye. Good things were being said about them in professional circles so I thought I'd take a look at the price.
At £56 I was quite taken aback! Obviously they can't be much good for that money?! Wrong! I'm impressed! Using them with a Bitzie playing FLACs from my PC, volume set to 3 o'clock position, so far I cannot fault them. Imaging is, dare I say it, first class. Tone is spot on. Timing good. And I'm hearing things my trusty HD250 II don't let me hear. Fantastic bang for the buck (as they say). Hope they don't bed in badly. |
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Fatmangolf ![]() Moderator Group ![]() ![]() Joined: 23 Dec 2009 Location: Middlesbrough Status: Offline Points: 7409 |
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At that low price I may buy a pair, please keep us posted Graham.
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Jon
Open mind and ears whilst owning GSP Genera, Accession M, Accession MC, Elevator EXP, Solo ULDE, Proprius amps, Cusat50 cables, Lautus digital cable, Spatia cables and links, and a Majestic DAC. |
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Graham Slee ![]() Admin Group ![]() ![]() Telling it as it is Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Location: South Yorkshire Status: Offline Points: 12974 |
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Two weeks with the AKG K240 Studio headphones, and they are revealing much more. Digital recordings seem to be reproduced better and the newspaper sound on Jean Michel Jarre's Aero is incredibly real. Vinyl can sound a little muddy if the volume is too high. This is distortion of sorts, but reducing the volume a little makes everything clean and clear. Tonal balance is far better than the K701 and much less fatiguing. Pink Floyd's live album Delicate Sound of Thunder sounds slightly restrained in places but between songs you can just about make out conversations in the crowd with pinpoint positioning. They pull off the ground shaking bass quite well too. Obviously the ground isn't shaking at all, but that's how it can be perceived on a good headphone performance, either that or I'm from another planet (possible...
![]() They are not the last word in comfort by a long shot, and they are adorned with raised resin stickers for cheapness (as is an expensive amplifier I think), but for £56 I am not complaining. If you can spare £56 give them a try. |
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mal4mac ![]() New Member ![]() Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Status: Offline Points: 38 |
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What Hi Fi tend to give AKG budget headphones good marks, some 5/5 and "best buy", but this only gets 3/5:
"Play I Am Arrows' Nice Try and they're initially very pleasing, offering-up a smooth and fluid performance that bounces along to the chirpy tune. The vocals are clear and direct, but there's a very pleasant airiness to the overall presentation, and the tonal balance is very even. There are flaws, though: that smooth fluidity comes at the expense of the drive, punch and detail that the best are capable of producing, and they also lack the insight and dynamic subtlety to deliver the low-level nuances" Can you really get a decent headphone for £50? How do these compare to top rated £300 headphones (e.g., Senn HD 650) when using a decent £300 headphone amp (Novo!) and CD player (Nad 5420, or maybe a more modern thing like Marantz CD6005?)
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oldagetraveller ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 23 Nov 2009 Location: The Moorlands Status: Offline Points: 367 |
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"Can you really get a decent headphone for £50?"
Yes. You could have bought a very good headphone for $34 before they were discontinued. https://www.gearbest.com/on-ear-over-ear-headphones/pp_306291.html They really are much better than their price indicates. The reviews back that up. Edited by oldagetraveller - 13 Feb 2018 at 4:06pm |
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Peter
P T- LPT/RB300/G1042, Pink Triangle Tarantella/Nima/Ortofon 2M Black, SL1210II, Naim CD5, NAC112, NAP150, Flatcap2, Proac SC1, GS SoloUL,GS Accession , Senn HD250 & HD540. |
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Ash ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 18 Mar 2013 Location: Dorset Status: Offline Points: 3886 |
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Sennheiser HD600/HD650 aren't particularly high fidelity (they're not precise). I would not personally select them for professional applications. Price is meaningless; marketing is an entirely different world to sound engineering. For precision and closed-back monitoring, I would go and get a Sennheiser HD250.
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Fatmangolf ![]() Moderator Group ![]() ![]() Joined: 23 Dec 2009 Location: Middlesbrough Status: Offline Points: 7409 |
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Agree with Ash and Graham's long standing recommendation of HD250/II's. Sadly long out of production unless you know someone like Ash who takes the time to refurbish them.
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Jon
Open mind and ears whilst owning GSP Genera, Accession M, Accession MC, Elevator EXP, Solo ULDE, Proprius amps, Cusat50 cables, Lautus digital cable, Spatia cables and links, and a Majestic DAC. |
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