AKG K240 Sextett--Grado'd AKG? - Page 62

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Originally Posted by vid 

The Sextetts never had foam on the baffle as far as I know. If foam is mentioned in connection with the Sexes, it's usually the foam that's inside the cup. Also, metal guard? We are talking about the baffle, right?

 

The K 241 (or, at the latest, K 250) and onward came with foam on the baffle (unlike the auction pictures of naked baffles would lead one to believe), though it seems that the type of foam changed from an early version that was quite light to a later and modern version that was/is thicker.

Yes, excuse me for my weird wording I did mean the baffle :>. The foam was mostly just for experimenting with the sound and for comfort, I knew from the start it would probably do more harm than good but I wanted to test none the less.

I was too lazy to wait for my ebay aquarium foam to arrive so I stole some plain old black rubber hairbands and put my LPs back together - WOW!

Can this rub shoulders with a K701?  YES.  Can it do better?  ... maybe not.

These are SO AKG... lovely vocals, detail masters, and a thumpy, but polite, bass.  I even detect some decent bass extension into the sub.  Treble is just shy of being aggressive which is exactly what I want.  Very airy... as in a nice wide soundstage.  I wish I had a K701 here right now.  I don't know why the theme has been that the LP is bass light.. these are not bass light.  They are also not bass heavy.. they are bass perfect!

Will post a pic later, but I have these non-stock DIY pads so I sock-modded them.  Don't ask me what brand of sock, but they're comfy!

I missed out on the ones I was looking at, ebay. Ill have to keep looking. I continue to look at thrift shops but I never see any stereo equipment worth more the the tag that's on it, let alone any headphones....ever. I also cant fine a shop around here that has any used audio equipment. 

Bought a pair of DT880's (250ohm) today and I prefer them a lot more than my Sextett LP's.  Even out of the box, and not broken in.  I haven't done a ton of comparisons yet but they aren't any brighter than the 240's.  I guess it depends on the amp too, of course.

One thing about my LP's...I did extensive comparing against a pair of EP's which were only played a few times.  My LP just blew the EP away.  Much better bass and sound stage.  Now unless LP's are really considered better, I honestly believe these K240's are tweaked differently and it's a crap shoot on which one you get.  That may explain the varying comments in this thread.  Now to be fair my LP's were broken in more but there's no way the EP's (which were still in the original box) would have ever sounded as good.

Question to the experts:

Does it make more sense to buy an entire new K240 Studio and raid it for its parts rather than order parts for a Sextett?

I see on the parts list that the elastics are the same, as are the pads, and inner foam.  I could even swap in the headband, detachable cable if I wanted to.

Drivers look different though.  I think I just convinced myself to do it.  Thanks!

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Originally Posted by inline79 

Question to the experts:

 

Does it make more sense to buy an entire new K240 Studio and raid it for its parts rather than order parts for a Sextett?

I see on the parts list that the elastics are the same, as are the pads, and inner foam.  I could even swap in the headband, detachable cable if I wanted to.

 

Drivers look different though.  I think I just convinced myself to do it.  Thanks!

No.

The parts which set the Sextett and other notable K240 variations apart are the baffles and drivers.  These are no longer sold by AKG so you would have acquire them used.  

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Originally Posted by tdogzthmn 

 

No.

 

The parts which set the Sextett and other notable K240 variations apart are the baffles and drivers.  These are no longer sold by AKG so you would have acquire them used.  

Sorry, should have clarified that I'm restoring a Sextett LP and needed pads, foam, headband, elastics.  Pads alone are $25. a new K240S is $61 right now...

I say go for the new K240 for parts. You never know when the leftover pieces will be useful for something else as well. 

Some of them are even closer to 35+ years old! My father bought a pair in 1978 and is still using them as his main headphones 35 years later!