Roll Call for Team AKG - Page 48

I'm definitely in:

AKG K 1000  -  AKG-501  -  AKG-400  -  AKG-240 Sextetts  -  AKG-140

P.S. - I'm still looking for the dynamic/electrostatic K-340's (Bass Heavy Version) ...anyone selling theirs?

Nice collection

Not exactly a Fitz-level achievement in quality nor quantity, but a cupboard of vintage AKG in any case. (Excuse the blurry photo, not enough light for my old camera and hands not steady enough for long exposures.)

On the top row there's the Philips SBC 3178 (which is more or less a K 260); the middle row contains the K 160 (whose name plates are somewhere on the floor) and the K 250; and on the bottom row the lone K 141 (which has hurt its cable).

The same cupboard also used to house the K 601, the K 501 and the Sextett, but those are long gone.

Never enough pictures of the vintage K 141. In my opinion one of the best-looking designs AKG made (and they made some really terrible ones too).

The silver paint came off the L when I washed the plastic parts, but one day I'll get around to re-painting it.

They look really sexy when worn too, which is very rare for headphones, even the nice looking ones.  (R-10 *cough*)

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Originally Posted by charliex 

I'm definitely in:

 

AKG K 1000  -  AKG-501  -  AKG-400  -  AKG-240 Sextetts  -  AKG-140

 

P.S. - I'm still looking for the dynamic/electrostatic K-340's (Bass Heavy Version) ...anyone selling theirs?

I'm selling mine but they ain't cheap because I paid a lot for them NOS from Germany.  I also have a mint K270 Playback for sale at some point.  Even rarer than the NOS K340!

Here's something to talk about to girls you don't know when you go out drinking this weekend.

AKG's original rectangular line of headphones! Meaning phones released around 1979-81 that had rectangular side plates rather than the ubiquitous round ones.

Less formal:

(Do ignore the fact that the plates on the 340 have been put on backwards.)

As far as I can tell, there were only these three models from that time that had rectangular plates, although some of the older models had something resembling them and some newer models have had other rectangular designs. (And the K 290, which seems to have been a 100 % copy of the K 141.)

Add the K270 Playback back to my list. I needed some proper closed phones for late night music listening, as well as isolation when I'm streaming horror games, and Whitney was kind enough to hook me up.

The grandfather of all the "K" studio series.

New here- mid 70's K140s - not yet modded. K270s for monitor duty. Looking to add K240 Sextetts in the future as soon as I build a suitable amp. 

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Incidentally, I plugged the 140s in to this old Marshall head the other day and they sounded better than anything else I've heard them on. Now I just have to figure out why and replicate it.

I haven't had the K 140, but the vintage K 141 is a really great pair of phones. I rarely listen to them, but they always sound so mellow and nonsibilant – yet never boring. I dig the slight depth to the soundstage as well. They're not the greatest thing ever, but really neat for what they are, and I don't think I'll ever sell them. I also finally gave them a pair of hair elastics, so getting a good fit again.

Here's some graphs of the K 340, with 1/3 octave smoothing:

Red line is for the K 340 with pleather pads and no cotton in the cups. Blue line is with pleather pads and some amount of cotton in the cups (maybe a third of what was originally there on my pair). Green line is with velour pads and the same amount of cotton as for the blue line. Measurements were taken with a home-made artificial ear, and each line averaged from three different ear positions.

The red line was measured about a week ago, and may not be totally comparable with the other two, which I measured today. But it should give an estimation.

I think my pair may be bass-heavy, or in any case probably not bass-light. The way I got them, with pleather pads and a whole lot of cotton in the cups, they sounded really bassy and quite dark. I took out all the cotton, which helped make the phones less dark, but they still sounded veiled in the highs. I've had a lot of trouble finding suitable cans for my pair of AKG velour pads, considering how much they emphasize the treble, but I think the 340 I have is pretty good with them. Pleather pads seem to deaden the sound compared to velours on this 340, and I suppose the energy difference around 10 kHz is what does it.

Anyways, try velour pads if you find your 340 too veiled. I personally think the velours fit the look of the 340 really well, and I like the sound, too.

Got a K501 and K400 here. Love them both to death, especially the K501.

I was wondering, due to several production circles and almost every old AKG sounding different.

Which headphone of their HiFi-calss K 4/5/6/70X has the fullest and warmest sound?

I had several and was quite surprised after rading several reviews over here. My findings just look quite different.

Bass quantity (hence, these findings might differ quite a bit from what you have experienced)

Q701 > K701 > K400 > K601 > K501

I always thought that the K601 is said to have the most bass... so listening to them shocked me quite a bit

also,treble peakiness

K601 > K701 > K400 > Q701 > K501

what's was wrong with my pair of K601, they sound like an early K701 (bought the 601 late 2011, don't know the serial anymore, sold 'em)

K701 and K1000. Dig it.

Extended my own collection a bit since my first K340 :).

K240 sextet MP - K240M - K260 NOS (non pro, but looks like it was made yesterday and just out of the box) - K271 MKII - K280 - K290 NOS - 2X K340 (1 custom cable & 1 NOS) and finally my K702.

Still looking to complete my collection with a pair of 250's and 270's. Damn hard to find for non insane prices in EU. If anyone has a pair they are willing to part with (EU based), hit me a PM!

Almost had a K145 but forgot to check the ebay auction on time ..

Some older pictures : ( K340 - K280 - K240 ||  K702 )