New AKG 81DJ ! - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

Popol · 07-26-2007, 08:08 AM

Hello everybody!

I'm just writing a little message to thank you all, because this forum, even if it cursed me (

), made me discover the true sound !

So, after reading pages and pages, I finally choose to make my first investment in cans, for the AKG 81DJ, packed from Germany for 48 € !

And... woh, after 2 years of Koss Porta Pro, I almost cried in the suburb, re-discovering again my good old songs !

the fact that they are closed cans is great for urban usage, you really are alone with your music in the street (And I can tell you, in the center of Paris, that's very rare!).

So, many thanks to you all, my Iriver H340 is slowly but certainly forgetting the old "Boomboom" for a soo better sound.

P.S : don't hesitate to correct me, the english lesson in France are quite far

kamal007 · 07-26-2007, 08:21 AM

great to hear that.. go away from here or you'll upgrade more and more

Blackmore · 07-26-2007, 08:23 AM

Congrats!

Buy Go-Vibe6 for your player and you will done for a while, at least with your portable set up.

Blackmore · 07-26-2007, 08:26 AM

Hey, and remove those thick screen foams as soon as you can

Popol · 07-26-2007, 11:34 AM

Too late, I'm already cursed !

Nice idea Blackmore, for the Go-vibe06; I was wondering which head amp I should take, if you're using these one, I'll give it a try !

.. but now I have to choose my home Hi-Fi...

.. come back, wallet!

cherepashka · 07-26-2007, 11:46 AM

Don't want to discourage you, but i don't think that k81 is that big of a jump from portapro. I think that Porta Pro is even better in certain aspects. Both a good cans tho..

Blackmore · 07-26-2007, 11:54 AM

K81 are closed back and that's kind of advantage, if you outside

Originally Posted by cherepashka

Don't want to discourage you, but i don't think that k81 is that big of a jump from portapro. I think that Porta Pro is even better in certain aspects. Both a good cans tho..

Blackmore · 07-26-2007, 11:57 AM

Not sure about the basic EQ settings from Iriver, but at least Go-Vibe can pump some extra juice through K81, which isn't that bad.

Did you removed the foams? Please do and you will hear less boomy bass and the sound opens a bit as well.

Originally Posted by Popol

Too late, I'm already cursed !

Nice idea Blackmore, for the Go-vibe06; I was wondering which head amp I should take, if you're using these one, I'll give it a try !

.. but now I have to choose my home Hi-Fi...

.. come back, wallet!

luidge · 07-26-2007, 12:03 PM

Congrats on your purchase, the K81DJ are such a fun can to upgrade too. There are numerous thing you can do to make them sound just better. Putting blu tak in the headphone cup, rewiring with better cable and connector (you can just wait for the connector to screw up it is really cheap with the k81 hehe), and the easiest removing the black foam pad and you can get GREAT portable headphone for the price. Welcome aboard your man watch your wallet he is soon to mutinate in these land.

Luidge

Popol · 07-26-2007, 12:04 PM

Yes, I didn't precise, but that was for an outdoor use, and the closed cans are really an improvment

!

Don't understand now how I could stay for that long with an open can outside !

You know, when you are close to stop people in the street, with open cans or crappy basic "no-mark" earphones, and tell them how much they could improve their sound sensations !