#Lemo connector for akg k812 driver#
#Lemo connector for akg k812 professional#

#Lemo connector for akg k812 driver#

The driver housing is a short cylinder at the rear of the ear capsules, which is attached to the headband by a gimbal assembly. These headphones definitely do not isolate you at all from outside noise, but that's by design so no problem there. The rear of the ear capsules are acoustically open using a perforated plastic mesh on the exterior and a fabric mesh attached inside. I found this structure to work very well, and applaud AKG for this novel and practical design. The part of the earpad low and behind the ear has an extra large lip with the words 'Sound Sealing' imprinted upon, which intends to provide a better than normal seal in the troublesome spot where skull, neck, and jawline come together in a somewhat unpredictable manner. The opening of the earpad is actually narrower than the inside of the earcup, which is very spaciouspeople with large ears will have no problems whatsoever with these headphones. The earpads of the AKG K812 are protein leather over memory foam and are quite unique in shape. Generally I found the headband and pad very comfortable and prefer it to the 'rubber band' auto-adjusting of the K701 series. The adjustments are quite firm and it's not easy to make the size adjustment while the headphones are on your head, but once in place they remain firmly so. Head size adjustment is accomplished by detented adjustment slides on either side of the headband pad. The headband pad is suspended under the two arches, and is leather with a breathable mesh pad. The main headband arch is two metal bands covered in a somewhat soft synthetic covering, which appear to be very durable. The overall color scheme is gun-metal gray, black, and satin-finished metal. The K812 is a full-size, open acoustic, circumaural headphone. There is a lot to like about the build quality of the AKG K812 headphone. Lots of AKG fans in the enthusiast world clamored for a new AKG statement headphone.

On the other hand, lots of manufacturers were scrambling to place a product in the four-figure price bracket and it seemed AKG wasn't playing along. I don't think manufacturers should abandon a good product without good reason. Personally, I don't have much of a problem with thisthe K701 was a competitive headphone and subsequent variants did show incremental improvement. The title of his document: 'The State of Flagships: An Under-engineered Mess'Īs the curfuffle at the top raged on, AKG continued to produce a seemingly endless string of K701 variants in the K702, Q701, K702 65th Anniversary Edition, and K712. Put another way, SanjiWatuski produced a document looking at measured performance of flagship cans and came to the conclusion the most don't cut the mustard, and headphones like the HiFiMAN HE-5 ($500) represent performance exceeding that of most $1000+ headphones.

Or put another way, I haven't heard a +$1000 headphone that didn't have a sound that I could pretty much get for way under $1000.

I have not heard a +$1000 headphone that wasn't a waste of money in the long run. To quote Head-Fi member Beagle from this thread: The problem is, none of them are without flaw. In the years since, many new $1000+ headphone have entered the rarified air of ultra-high-end headphones, including: Beyerdynamic T1 ($1399) Audeze LCD2 ($1145), LCD-3 ($1945), and LCD-X ($1699) HiFiMAN HE6 ($1299) and a number of others.

In 2009, Sennheiser introduced the HD 800 at $1500 and pushed the price and performance ceiling of dynamic headphones to a new high. I prefer the HD600 with its warmer tone, but all three were, and remain, excellent headphones. In 2005 AKG introduced the K701 to much acclaim, and joined the Sennheiser HD600 and Beyerdynamic DT 880 250 Ohm to form the triumvirate of world class dynamic headphones at the time.

#Lemo connector for akg k812 professional#

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