AKG K240 Semi Open Studio Headphones

Manufacturer: AKG Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours List Price:$159.00 Our Price:$98.70 Features: 55 ohms impedance, plug-in cable Self-adjusting headband for optimum fit Single cable for ease of use Semi-open, circumaural design Description:

Reviews:

Great Headphones for the price.
I like everything about these headphones except that the stitching is starting to come out a little & they are a month old. Real Nice. Other than that, they are good.


Finally a product where 'Studio' in the name is more than marketing hype
These are considered the studio standard in circumaural open back headphones for good reason. The sound reproduction is excellent, with clear bass and midrange and a very balanced profile through the entire frequency spectrum. It makes me angry at how much I've spent on speakers and studio monitors, these do a better job at a fraction of the price.

They are circumaural they fit OVER your ears. I guess some people don't like that. I think they might change their mind if they tried these. If you're looking for a SUPRA-aural design look at the AKG K141

I find them extremely comfortable. I have literally forgotten I was wearing them more than once. The suspension system adjusts automagically and is excellent. At first I felt a little unsure about the security of the hold, I've been using these mostly as monitors while recording guitar and bass parts, but they've made it through some pretty enthusiastic headbanging without getting dislodged. It also prevents almost all the banging and noise you normally hear when handling your headphones.

The ear pads are soft and comfortable and have a nice synthetic cover which feels like glove leather and has just the right combination of grip and smoothness.

They are semi-open. In this case it means that with no sound coming out of them they are basically aurally transparent but when they are on it takes a pretty loud sound outside to be noticeable. They are excellent at the job I use them for, monitoring a master track while laying down new parts, because you can hear yourself and the room sound pretty naturally and still have a high quality monitor with no bleed through to the mic'ed amps. If you are intending to use these for monitoring during vocal track recording you might want to consider a closed back design, these can be a little loud close up, The K271 is an excellent option with an ingenious auto-mute feature that work off the same magical suspension system.

Other Cool Features:

mini-xlr connector on cord - replace your mangled cord or make your own!
fully rebuildable and modular - any component can be replaced if neccesary

Gripes:

It ships with a 3m mini-xlr to 1/8 cord w/ 1/4 adapter, I think most people would prefer the coiled cord which they sell as an option.

The suspension may 'feel' a bit insecure at first, and the pads may wiggle a bit if you shake your head really hard. a manual tension adjustment on the suspension might be a nice addition.

You really need a case for your studio headphones. As far as I know there isn't one available for these.


These are great
Quality is awesome, using them as a home theater headphone. Great bass response without sounding flat or muffled.


Great Fidelity, Increadibly Comforable.
I have dawned to these from a connection of AKG K66' s that recommendation much alive from a friend had come with one. Franc, has been displeased with the 66' s for that what I have considered a general lack of fidelity, even if gleans it was decent. These of other part are all that the 66' s have not been. They are clear, croccante, incredible. The 66' s they were and they have been interested extremely well approximately these, but those worries have been placed in order to rest while the characteristic of K240' s a similar head-strap with action of the automobile-assembly (than it never does not go of new to it must record the caps in order to go on my head) and I would really consider these most comfortable ones, as the strap is made from a material more motivatings force. They low have dynamic different that a 66' s, less heavy, than really it supplies that what I would consider a more natural sound. The port all the every day day on the job and I could not be happier.


Best bang for the buck!
Great sounding headphones and very comfortable. Bought these to replace my Sony V6's of 10 years (broken due to my nephew sitting on them), which were still in great shape. So, $150 was my maximum amount that I was willing to spend on a pair of headphones for home, since I already have my pair of Shure e5's for when I'm out-and-about. I decided on these after reading a whole bunch of reviews and after trying out several headphones (Sony V6's/MDR-V900's, Sennheiser HD-280's, Bose Triports), but the K240 stood out as the clear winner for me, even next to the more expensive K271's. The headphones are extremely comfortable and were made even more so when I added a set of Nice Cans headphone covers (the stock pleather ones got a little sweaty and sticky when I wore them for more than an hour). The suspension system is pure genius taking the weight and tension off the ears and putting it on the top of my head, even after wearing for 4 or more hours. Also, if the cord ever get's destroyed or develops a short, it can be replaced by unplugging the existing one and putting a new one on. As a matter of fact, each individual part can be bought from AKG and replaced if one wears out (which I highly doubt). All in all, after a month of use, these have completely left the V6's in the history books. As time goes on and the drivers loosen up even more, the sound gets better and better! They do need a little time to sound as good as their potential, like my Shure's, so have a little patience. I would recommend these phones to anyone, especially if using an ipod or any other low power audio device. Great phones and enjoy!


All about comfort!!
These headphones are extremely comfterable after hours of use, even if you wear glasses like I do. After watching movies for 5 hours, I forget I even have them on.

Another big thing I was worried about with the semi-open design was that it might leak out to much sound, and be annoying to my roomates. In a small, quiet room, if I turn them up really loud, my roomates can hear them a little. But with "normal" listening volume, they did not hear anything! This is great for people who don't want to disturb anyone.

The sound is realy something you fall in love with the more you listen to them. The quality is so clear, I can now hear parts of songs I never knew exsisted! Listening to orchastrel pieces, it really comes alive as I can now hear every finite detail of complecated pieces. Intially I thought the bass was lacking, but I find it is actually just more true to what it really sounds like. I actually find using a flat EQ produces the best sound, but if you like more bass, just change your EQ to bassbosster and it will provide very clear, strong bass.

They only reason I didn't give it a 5 star rating was because when I first got them the left side wasn't working. I played around with it a little, and it started to work again, but I'm afraid it could be a problem in the future. So far this has not been the case, but many people seem to have this problem, so I would use care with the phones.
Overall they are the perfect headphone, and highly recomended.


Good Build Quality and Open-Air Style Maximizes Sound
I have four connections of the caps that cost between 20-50 dollars, comprised such Marches like Sennheiser, Logitech, SONY and Eton. They are all able caps but they are style of closed-back, which, while they maintain the sond external, it is moreover harder on the ears and which, I have read, sound of compromises. Therefore for my emergency of the ear and for a greater sound, I have opted for the AKG K24. Here it is that what I appreciate: Good quality of configuration, great comfortable cups of the ear of the gel of the ear, measures of the microjack in the iPod without needing an adapter (to align of all mine other caps). The sound is good, uniform large, but I would not up to now go to say that they produce "the factor of speed distortion." However, it is informed of the fact that pompo very high on the volume because I do not wish to blow up mine eardrums. Is worthy the price? That one is a subjective question. For that they wish to spend less on a cap of Apr-Orecchio without compromise sound, task more I will be happy with the Audio-Technica caps of Apr-Orecchio of 20-dollar ATH-MZX.


Great!
I really love these, I use them for everything from editing music to playing Half Life 2, they have great response through all the ranges, even good bass, which is abnormal for Studio phones, but nice! 2 of the best features of these are the self adjusting headband (makes them very comfortable), and the removable cord (allowing you to upgrade your cord, get a curly cord, or a higher grade cable). I don't get sweaty ears wearing these, which is what I usually hate when vinyl covered ear pads, and they are comfortable enough to wear for long periods of time without taking them off-I've had them on for 6 hours or more some times. the cord is nice and nice, overall these were exactly what I was looking for in my headphone purchase.


tough to beat at the price
These are the telephones to buy for 95 bucks. They polish with the medium expiration and have rolled outside of triple in order taking care itself of odierne hard recordings. However, it gleans it storcerà if them turns in on with the heavy cliff. Earcups the circulars really seize my ears on the extremities even if have small ears. Otherwise, they are well. These are better than Sonys of the equivalent price, but if wished gleans it to come through to high volume and shirts healthy more open and refined I they would suggest the ironed one of the 60 dollars to discounted Sennheiser HD580s.


Wow.......
These are large...... I as soon as they have decided to obtain some new caps, my SR-60s Degree were falling to part. I have made one great choice, these caps are clear, music I think in on front-without overwhelming. I can say to that these have made the caps large in order to stir, poichè really you have a sense of the disposition spaces them of the sounds when listened to music with these. In order not to point out the fact that is really well, to mala famous uniform pain them. Not task that you find more best the survey of the caps for 100$ of under.


Natural, Clear Sounding Headphones, At Last
These caps are narcotic, the sound think as it is playing around you, I can feel all. When in the first place I have seen these caps, I have wished as soon as to buy it for their looks, they are varied the back. The quality is good pure, the bands around to the telephones is covered plastic metal, fact in Austria, moreover is a lot much good, can carry them for the hours, records to all the graded head also, has attachable cable, but they are not taken care, the cable they stop and they remain over grips, they come with the adapter. Technical characteristics - loudspeakers of the xxl of varimotion for last exactitude. Healthy croccante also to the levels of the high volume. High efficiency and wide dynamics range, a good choice for portable use, higher levels than sonorous pressure. Range of frequency - 15hz to 25khz, sensibility (dB/mW, dB/V*)91,104 *, feeding in income of entrance maximum (Mw) 200, 55 satisfied Ohm for - (SA)CD, DVD(A), DAT, MP3, CD, MD and PC/laptops. Over all one cap of the geat.


Disappointed



Excellent !!!!!!
I have tried many headphones & returned them all . they all lacked one thing "comfort" .Some headphones were just too heavy , you would have to remove them off your head every 5 minutes just to relief the weight on your head . I have tried Ultrasone proline 550 , 650 , Sennheiser hd595 , hd555 .any many more . They don't come close to the AKG K240 . First is "comfort" they are very light in weight , the sound is awesome . I am using creative sound card on my pc , nothing high end . they sound great . By the way the plug in wire on the side is very rugged no worries if you are concerned about that , i think it's better than the screw in type where i have seen people screw them in the wrong way damaging the thread. I recommend 4 hrs of breaking in time just to experience the full spectrum of these headphones .Enjoy


Spectacular
I've had a pair of 240's for the last 8 years. About 2 years ago, I ran over the cable with my office chair, and basically ruined the headphones. I mended the cable, but they never really sounded right again.

So, I got a pair of Shure E40's, and they've been quite good. Yesterday, I finally realized that the jack on the AKG's was broken, not the wire. So, I replaced the jack, and for the first time in about two years, am using the headphones again.

The sound quality is leagues better than anything else I've used in the last two years. Better than the Shures, better than the Sennheisers I got through work. There's a huge amount of detail that I'd been missing with the other headphones. I'm not an audio professional, or even a hardcore audiophile, but I've been a musician since I was young, and have a good ear.

For the price, I haven't heard anything that even comes close to these headphones. Just watch the cord.


There is no equal
I am using the caps of AKG from the halves of years 70 in which I have begun to see it on the witness of every presentatore in the atmosphere of the study of recording in film and television. That has said the volumes to me approximately the acceptance from the real professionals. It has bought my posterior first part of connection then and they have had it in the course of the years, occassionally dawning to the model more new technology. They have seemed to be in the posterior part of transactions of the discotheque then and I have bought AKG for use of DJ in all and six of ours randelli during the country. These are fantastic with complete range of natural sound from the low levels to the highs. It does not color the sound and it really gives of soccer if connected them in circuit with EQ. It is not the nothin ' better. So as to they are put out of order that to times I prefer to listen to concert DVD with these on rather than "the complete room" listening with my audio system well name domestic member much expensive one and. And occassionally I go of new to mine entirety originates them of AKG bought in 1976 and still they play impressive, even if the paraorecchie of rubber have been rather hardened and dull them port for along. Mine only claim approximately this new connection "around of the telephones to the ear" is that you stretch sudare one aims after the use they with a film. Moreover I have with of the reasonably recent model 141' s that it is "the smallest model of the relief on the ear" with the soft rubber reliefs piuma much and I must say that probably I prefer them to maximum the recinzione of the ear, for that reason. Except that one, you cannot strike undisputed champ in the sound of the cap and to a point the narcotic of prices for the quality of the sound.


Music with Renewed Clarity
The free croccanti notes are dived in the acoustic perfection. Listening to music on the acoustics of AKG Semi-Apre the caps are like falling in the love for before the time. You can begin to think breathless while the notes are washed through the soundscapes reveal to you in the moments of pure stupefazione. That beauty these caps reveal. Every note is arranged perfectly in a musical clarity that reveals a harmony and a perfect depth while the swollen sound and is broken off and removed in all the senses like the universes of the sound. That is a esagerazione not, but rather an admission of the fact. Lascili just opinion that if a friend gave these to you, you it would always love to them in order. If the caps can render you the tact weak person in ginocchia... the these. The AKG caps are moreover amazingly comfortable and to read. Review Di Rebecca Of The ~The


I love these headphones
It eliminates, not hard sound, answer of flat frequency, which the means are large to stir with. They are much durable and they are extremely well. They are here to buy according to connection.


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The AKG K 240S is the rimontaggio for the K240M. The stiffness has been reduced from 600 Ohm to 55 Ohm. The low answer is extensive and the medium expiration is more flat in the answer. Only the connector of the cable proposes a problem upgrades them for for use. The domestic customers would have to consider this an article of 5 stars.


As a long time AKG owner
I have had older 240' s for many years in which I have dawned to these. I have paid $200. to that time. They seem to need ampère perfect to play of right. Difettano of the low and good definition. Also with a cap to ampère, on mine ipod that they play "off".


IMPROVED VERSION OF K240 MONITOR AND A REAL THREAT TO SPEAKER SUPREMACY
In the first place, lascilo they declare that these telephones deserve 5 stars, if they are going to be used in the country. Poichè for person that audio I must ridurlo to 4 stars if for job is your planned use, had a durevolezza edition to which I will obtain. In the second place, even if the old and new K240 telephones encircle your ears, are unload to you. The ambient noise is not reduced them remarkablly consequently, but this design improves the healthy quality. I have used the telephones from 600 Ohm K240M from 1986. The new 55 K240S are of Ohm that render they much more compatible with the gear more low tension than today. Still better, this new design gives the deep answer low that I have not never thought I was possible from the telephones. Also an arrest of the organ of the tube of the bomb dropping gears from the 32 feet enough real sound, even if you will not think the room to churn. Listening to a transducer through these new telephones of K240S Hertz gives an impression of forms ears down powerful at least to 40. The old 100 K240M falls outside inferior to Hertz. A light dive from midrange(K240M) has been filled up, making the survey more to align than K240S. It is the new versions that old reproduce the voices operatic without "increased metallic noise" that it can be much abrasive. The years that I have begun for means of the telephones in order to judge the voices on the recordings choral, ago recurrent to the loudspeakers in order to only judge the sound of the organ. The loudspeakers can render a sure sound beautiful of voices nasty. The producer John Culshaw has documented this in one of its books on the recording of the ring of Wagner. The open design of the air diminishes the ear that suda while it gives more an open perspective. "in your" effects heads remarkablly telephones soppressi confronted to the many the type sealed. In watching work DVD I do not find conflict between the perspective of the telephone and the screen of the TV on DVD that are stirs to you well. The sound orchestral is excellent, as it is flat. To my ears, these telephones give an equilibrium of tonal and perspective that is much neighbor to that what I feel myself to symphony the Corridor de Boston, when I am based in the second front part of the balcony. These centers sporgono the phase. When song in choir, a perspective in tension is also more neighbor to that what the telephones produce, if my position on the phase is reasonably centers them. That is, in my opinion, one perspective heals valid, even if is enough different from the sound that concentr of tenth row I aim at when I construct the loudspeakers. The executory ones to times do not have difficulty to accept this initially fine one perspective, only because it does not have familiarità. Many other telephones give one perspective that is too much near for comfort, a good reason to avoid the low extremity. It is good to consider that the various ears are only in the figure and that the telephones are assign to you in order to work "to an ear standard" made with one medium figure. The telephones want give the different curves of reaction according to as yours pinnae and channel of the ear it differs give from that "figure of the ear standard of the laboratory". People with the small witness will have difficulty to maintain the telephones over. That even if this problem is known for the years, nothing has been made to correct this. AKG has not changed to some parts that touched your ears and head, a movement much test. Some you leave are interchangeble, poichè have the same number of reservoir on lists of the AKG parts. Unfortunately AKG of in delay has been hard to take care itself of, rendering the purchases of the part difficult. My greater one reinforces is the connector badly planned, than while improved to a sure point in the phase it begins them, still the comfidence does not inspire. Various of old K240M that has not had a detachable cable, these telephones can be broken off if planted in a toolbox in full load of the vocal signs, tester, driver and whichever other thing that of the screw has taken with me behind in those days in which I have recorded and sung in the same performances. Hour that I do not make the recordings, this is not one worry for me. Obtaining this level of healthy quality for therefore low price it suggests that it would not have to be protested too much approximately quality of configuration.


29 years and still as good as new
I bought my set in 1977. What can I say. I haven't needed another pair of headphones all these years.


Luvin' the K240s (REVIEW IN ENGLISH!!!!)
I love these caps that I have had to them for approximately a week and a listend to they approximately 2hrs every day so as to I know of that what is able. They are and they record automatically for measure your head (characteristic extremely well pleasant). The healthy clarity is excellent I has found that I could feel the sounds in the songs that I could not before. I listen to many different kinds of music and can say that the 240' s they are large for qualche.cosa. It has hardly gleans for the dry blow and techno and enough clarity and feeding for metal enough. If your estimate is around $100 for the caps highly I would suggest that these make all potrte to ask for they. Moreover they come with one guarantee from 2 years. The ONLY THING that NEGATIVE I can say is that they come with a cable crappy, I a lot rather than it has had a developed cable to spiral. The cable is thankfully detachable so as to I will buy they a better cable for. Therefore if yours within market for that they said, it buys them.


Audifonos dignos de un cirujano
He probado aqui en el estudio bastantes tipos de audifonos para masterizacion y mezcla, algunos alcanzan como bien sabran hasta los 300 dls, la diferencia es notable entre uno y otro, mas estos headphones dan una respuesta real y mantienen un nivel dinamico ideal para el trabajo prolongado con frecuencias altas.
Comodos, resistentes y buen precio, los recomiendo ampliamente.




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