AKG K81 headphones

b0ld · #1 (**permalink**) Sep 10, 06

So I officially killed the sony mdr-v500's.... it broke in an area where its virtually unrepairable.... even though you can glue the plastic together it would keep on breaking. So today I went downtown and went to tom lee on grandville. Tested out multiple headphones.... Including the Denon HPC-1000... Technic's...Pioneer headphones as well as Sennheiser... And then I came across these small little headphones which are the AKG K81. I looked at it and snickered a little bit because I already tried the Sennheiser HD25SP and at first I thought "OK this AKG company is trying to immitate the HD25SP".... Boy was I wrong..... I plugged these headphones into the mixer they have setup and was amazed of the durability and the amount of abuse that these headphones can take. Infact to me these headphones beats the HD25SP by a long shot. My jaw dropped however when I asked what the price was..... $79.00.... . The sony mdr-v500's can't even compete with this and the v500's go for $100.00..... I looked at the structural design of the AKG K81.... So far so good... The hinges are rubber like... no flimsy plastic at the hinges where the v500's are known to break at. These k81's are fuckin LOUD... The guy at tomlee said he has sold alot of them.... infact he only had a display model that he was willing to sell to me for 60 dollars... those headphones has been a demo for 3 weeks however I am having him order me a brand new pair.... So to all you people who get frustrated with your broken sony's however you want something that produces bigger sound but is physically smaller.... Get these headphones.... I can't wait when it gets delivered to me....

Here's are some spec's....

Efficiency 115 dB/V
Frequency range 16 Hz to 24 kHz
Rated impedance 32 ohms
Max. input power 2,000 mW
Cable 99.99% oxygen-free cable, 2.5 m (8.2 ft.)
Net weight (without cable) 150 g (5.3 oz.)
Special features 3D-Axis (folding mechanism)

Pennywise · #2 (**permalink**) Sep 10, 06

where exactly did they brake? Wyatt broke mine.

mapleleaf4ever · #3 (**permalink**) Sep 10, 06

Since a certain someone broke my V300s I've been looking for new ones.

I'll have to check these out. Thanks for the Tip! :)

b0ld · #4 (**permalink**) Sep 10, 06

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Originally Posted by Pennywise

where exactly did they brake? Wyatt broke mine.

The arm that holds the left cup.... Well right in the center its broke. The thing is is that the cable is fished through that area as well. cable is not pinched or anything...... The drivers on the mdr-v500's are fine, its just the cosmetic shit is broken...

tiedye · #5 (**permalink**) Sep 10, 06

I'm killer at fixing headphones joe.. bring em by one day

b0ld · #6 (**permalink**) Sep 10, 06

Quote:

Originally Posted by tiedye

I'm killer at fixing headphones joe.. bring em by one day

lol these headphones are way to broke man.... I think what I am gonna do is take the driver out and find an old phone handset and install it into that. Then sell it to someone so if any dj would buy it.... it will look like there on the phone while behind the decks...
lol

prozac · #7 (**permalink**) Sep 10, 06

nice. my bf's headphones are all torn and I was looking around for a pair for his birthday. I'll check these out.

anewlife · #8 (**permalink**) Sep 10, 06

i was really disappointed with the akg's k27i and k26p...
...sent them back and got a koss porta pro instead, which i love!

but yours are another, higher price class of course...they look great...

whatitdo · #9 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 06

The top range AKG units are very good. good find at the price too.

cubed · #10 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 06

are they big enough to wrap around your third chin?

Jonny Dubbs · #11 (**permalink**) Sep 12, 06

hrm, i had the exact same thing happen with my mdr-v700, never buying those again... not good on the ears either, i want to get senns but thats out of my range until i get sorted with a new job et all, did some research today and came across lots of positive reviews for the AKG K81, defianlty seems like a good value and would hold me over... has anyone here tried these in a club/party setting at all?

FireWire · #12 (**permalink**) Sep 13, 06

Hey Joe - I went to Tom Lee the next day and bought the demo model (for $10 discount) after you told me about them, lol. It didn't take me long to decide to get these headphones after trying about 10 other headphones that were on demo in the store - they simply kick ass.

I recorded a mix with these new headphones today and WHOA do they ever sound fuckin' nice and make a big difference in my mixing... I can actually hear the bass now (I was using Sennheiser HD-40 until now, lol). They also feel really nice and have a perfect fit.

They are rated 2000mW and for $79 you CAN'T go wrong (compared to the $199+ Sony MDR-v700's which are 3000mW and don't make much of a sound difference).