I picked up a pair of AKGs back in November on sale for $[...] to substitute my Paradigm Monitor speakers while I am not at home. After much scrutiny, I picked the AKG K271 MKII; while it is not the most recent model released by the company, it offers the same sound quality and more. To put it bluntly, I was extremely satisfied.To start, the most important aspect of headphones (aka cans) of this nature: sound quality. The general consensus is that AKG is very muddy in the bass while being very bright on the high end. While the stereotype may be true in some models, the headphones are fantastic at covering the entire spectrum from muddy to crisp. I will have to agree the highs are bright, but nothing that can't be fixed to your liking in an equalizer. When I first started listening to them, I experienced the "wow, I'v never noticed that cymbal hit before" symptom. I could (and have) lay on my bed listening to music for hours, completely enveloped in music; the downside is the drop in external perception leads to being very startled by visitors.While an impedance of 55 Ohms doesn't necessarily call for a headphone amp, I picked one up just to see the difference. The PA2V2 was recommended to me, so I emailed the gentleman over at Electric-Avenue.com and bought one. The K271 and PA2v2 pair nicely with each other: boosting the bass and bringing out the sound as a whole, without the amp I had most audio outputs turned very high up. The amp has also been nice to have for all my headphones, but more to come on that in the PA2v2 full review.The build of the headphones is solid and I don't feel like I'm going to break them. I quite enjoy the features that have been integrated into these headphones, from them turning off when you take them off, to a small slit allowing for easy earpad replacement. To begin, the auto adjusting headband: size fitting to everyone, the band being pushed up also enables the sound to come through the drivers. The K271 also comes with a detachable cable, so you can have the long studio cable, or the spiral stretch cable (and you don't have to worry about wrapping the cable around the cans). Lastly, the cans come with leatherette or velour eapads: I personally use the velour as they warm the bass and are very comfortable.After reading through hundreds of reviews for AKG, Grado, Sennheiser, and Beyerdynamic, I cut my final choice down to the AKG K271 and K272. The difference? A whole bunch of accessories, color, and price. The K272 retails at $329 on amazon, comes in black with a 1/4 inch adapter and Velour ear pads. The K271 MKII retails at $151 on amazon, comes in dark blue with a 1/4 inch adapter, Leatherette and Velour ear pads, detachable 3m cable and 5m coiled cable.After about 70 hours of listening these cans have burned in to sound even better than when I first got them, and I strongly recommend them if you're looking for this style. (Note: these headphones can't really be used for DJing)[...].

I paid $135 for these headphones, and I can say that they're definitely worth the money. First off, if you like bass, these aren't for you. There isn't a ton of bass present in the sound signature HOWEVER, the bass that is there is very tight and accurate. The overall sound signature of these cans is pretty neutral, with very detailed mids/highs. This also means that they have a tendency to put your music "under a microscope" and expose lots of little details. This is a good thing as long as you have well-recorded music, but poorly recorded/mixed albums won't benefit as much. Also, lower bitrate mp3 music will sound worse compared to cheaper headphones because of the detail.Earpads are comfortable, although the velvet pads seem to be for slightly smaller ears. Really minor though, as they eventually form to fit you better. The 55ohm impedance does mean that these won't be blaring on portable players, however I have never had a problem playing these loudly on my computer.Overall, I thought these were a pretty good bargain at their price. This is especially true when they really do sound better than Beats or Bose, and at a fraction of the cost.PROS-Very detailed sound-Comfortable, especially with velvet earpads-Good build quality-Auto-adjusting headband is convienentCons-Some might not like the lean bass-Exposes bad quality music quickly

Akin it's golf counterpart, the AKG 271MkII is the Big Bertha driver of headphones, more forgiving in its reproduction of a much wider spectrum of recordings (player capabilities), more tolerant with lesser quality recordings (drives) in terms of quality and genre. Like all AKGs, it features patented Varimotion speakers that provides realistic sound with a wide frequency response. Comfortable as the headset is self-adjusting to fit most.These closed-back headphone have great sound isolation and its auto-cut off is a useful recording feature....preventing sound bleeds during recording or if used in close proximity where privacy is required. Comes with two screw on stereo adaptor jacks - gold-cladded (1/8" & 1/4"), two sets of donuts (one velvet, the other leatherette) and two sets of headphone connectors - one 5m coiled, the other 3m cable which is attached to/detachable from the left earpiece of the headphone - connectors/port are robust. This allows for a cable upgrade/ replaceable to survive more rugged long term studio use.**UPDATE**: Having used this sparingly in the past year for the clavinova, it had not had the chance to burn in. The past 3 months however, my nephew borrowed it and presumeably he must have left it running for hours, it came back, sat back in the drawer till I took it out last week for a relisten. AND... I was simply amazed at what I heard - I have a dramatically different pair of headphones. Without comparing to my higher end cans, I can say this could become my default listening pair. At the unboxing, the K271MKII was dull and unremarkable, I had instantly regretted my purchase. However, the headphones have really "opened up", I can literally hear the 3D soundstage, layer and different instruments that I couldn't before coming together beautifully. The bass resonance unlike the K702 is beautiful, natural and has depth. I had originally been a little disappointed though it served the purpose of a closed pair but NOW, I'd be listening to it a whole lot more. Sounds brilliant with most repertoire: classical (be it orchestral, ensemble, chorale to opera), Buble, Black Eyed Peas, Hromek's Celtic Guitar, Sting, Amici. Quite the all rounder close behind Sennheiser HD598 if not at par already. RECOMMEND FOR THE PRICE. STEEPLY DISCOUNTED. ONE DOESN'T NEED TO CHASE THE LATEST MODEL, THESE SUPERCEDED ONES ARE A REAL DEAL.Sound performance ... still trails the K702 but still a great pair of hps - losing out a little in the spatial soundstage and sound separation category. But has fuller thumping bass unamped. It delivers for some...good design & utility. Some have said it's really AKG's legendary 240s in closed form. And some have mentioned preferring the semi openness of the 240s. Where one requires a closed back set, this is it. Or if you listen to a lot of legacy or other recordings of lesser or varied quality and want an all rounder pair from AKG without paying much more on headphone amps, DACs or the like.First look, great AKG packaging from the outside. The item itself is lighter than expected but that just means it's more comfortable to wear. Touch, look and feel ... well I bought these hps steeply discounted, so can't really complain... ... the (attempt at a)"3D" logo & L/R marker buttons have an aberrated iffy look (fr an angle) which has an overall cheapening visual effect and the edge of the leatherette headband feels just a tad rigid and sharp to the touch unlike the softness of leather. I have no doubt however that this is based on AKG specification and endorsed, I might add. The dbl wire-frames allow the hps to be hung-up. A great quality look overall if you don't look too hard.Put it this way, AKG clearly decided chinese manufacturing has come to its own, or decided for the volume churn making the chinese line accesible to the masses at half to a third the cost of its austrian counterparts... I believe that with a co like AKG everything is made to specification - on purpose. hm. If AKG edicted, I believe the made in china lines can also be made to look, feel and sound the same as its made in austria family members. Remember... it's all about perception and marketing. There are those who buy the brand there are those who buy the utility - and a lot of us in between. This provides a choice across the market spectrum.This is accessible utility riding on a reputable "snob" tag. Perhaps that is also why the MKII studio lines are made in china whilst manufacturing of the higher end lines "K700"s (where more perceived uberness is required) are retained in Austria and built to that set of spec. All up a great pair for the studio at amazon special prices. Just wished AKG would do something about the logo/badges which could have a better finish.Personal headphone ranking: 1) AKG K702; 2) Sennheisser HD598; 3) AKG K271MKII

Chegou antes da data prevista, muito bom esse headphone, testado e aprovado!

Estos audífonos todavía funcioanan como nuevos.

Soy un consumidor final particular. Tengo un buen equipo de música por componentes. Y en mi ordenador instalé hace unos años una tarjeta de audio dedicada, la Asus Xonar Essence.La Xonar la adquirí en su día, también en Amazon, tras investigar mucho. No es una tarjeta profesional, no. Pero sí que sus calidades están diseñadas para un cliente audiófilo. Me hice de ella pensando en dar el "salto" a unos auriculares de cierta calidad. Pues tiene amplificador de auriculares que, para unos cascos como estos, resulta imprescindible. El amplificador de la Xonar es un TI TPA6120A2, excelente y capaz de soportar 600 ohms de impedancia con una distorsión menor del 0.001%. La Xonar también tiene conversor D/A de gran calidad, el conversor Digital/Analógico Burr-Brown PCM 1792ª, capaz de convertir la señal con un SNR de 127dBs.Vengo de unos cascos inalámbricos Sony, que han colmado mis expectativas desde hace años. Les tengo mucho cariño. Con los MDR IF410 venía escuchando música tipo rock, clásica, jazz fusión y, sobre todo, me resultaban muy cómodos para la escucha de películas.¿Por qué decidirme entonces por los AKG K271 MKII? Sencillo: la diadema de pasta de mis Sony de toda la vida se ha rajado tras muchos años. Y aún los seguiré utilizando para películas, si consigo recuperarlos.¿Y por qué decidirme, en concreto, por este modelo, existiendo una oferta tan amplia en el mercado? Sencillo. Referencias de primera mano, bastante fiables de familiares músicos. Tienen estudio profesional y utilizan esta marca como referencia. Me hablaron de este modelo K271 MKII, por su excelente calidad precio. Pero no lo tenía del todo claro.En un estudio precisan hacer las mezclas con "referencia verdadera". Esto es, "sonidos no coloreados" en graves ni agudos. Si la referencia no es correcta, no es "plana", es "coloreada", crees que has grabado A. Y cuando escuchas el resultado en altavoces o cascos de referencia, "planos", "sin colorear", como estos AKG u otros similares, escuchas B. Algo completamente diferente a lo que se pretendía crear. Sonidos menos vivos, menos atractivos. Eso ocurre porque se graba con referencia falsa.Mi duda era si las necesidades de un estudio coincidían con las mías. Si no me eran más interesantes unos auriculares que realzaran graves y agudos. ¿La solución? ¡Probarlos! Y me llevé mis Sony y otros Bose in ear a un estudio y los comparé con unos AKG. ¡Y claro que coincidían mis necesidades! La calidad es poco opinable. Simplemente, se siente. También los probé sobre la Xonar y más de lo mismo. C A L I D A D.¿Qué noté? Lo que he notado cuando me han llegado y he podido dedicarles algunas horas a la escucha de mi música y películas favoritas. He redescubierto la música y el cine que me gusta. Escucho sonidos y matices nuevos, información auditiva donde antes no había. Lo que me hace pensar que, dado que los profesionales dicen que “no colorea” los sonidos y yo capto más graves, agudos, riqueza, información, profundidad, separación, la diferencia fundamental ha de ser motivada por la calidad AKG y sus componentes.Amazon, como es habitual. Perfecto. Llegó la caja protegida en un sobre de plástico. Y la saqué sin marcas. Perfectamente nuevo, sellado y precintado. Impecable.Pongo algunas fotos del contenido en caja. Los cascos, con un conector en el auricular derecho de tres pins. Y dos cables con conector de tres pins, por un extremo, y jack estéreo de 3,5 mm, por el otro. Uno de ellos recto cilíndrico de aproximadamente 3 m (que no se aprecia en la foto porque ya está instalado y he hecho la revisión días después). Y otro de espiral de aproximadamente 1,5 m. Así como un adaptador hembra de jack estéreo 3,5 mm a jack estéreo 6,3 mm. Y un juego de almohadillas de terciopelo. Las que llevan originalmente los cascos son tipo piel fina.En resumen, muy contento con la decisión de compra y muy satisfecho con el producto. En estos días que llevo utilizándolos, mi experiencia de uso es inmejorable. Ningún clic, como he leído en alguna revisión. Ninguna pega. Plena satisfacción. Calidad. Ojalá me hubiera decidido antes.

At the 80 CDN price tag I got them for, they were a real deal. They are comfortable and sound great. As noted in other reviews,the bias on these is neutral; everything shows up on stage and is measured. Not for the "deep bass" experience.