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What are the Best Vintage Headphones? Pre-1980
Nov 25, 2008 at 11:01 PM Post #63 of 98
The correct answer is AKG K240 Sextett. Thread over.
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Nov 26, 2008 at 12:56 AM Post #66 of 98
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Style wise AKG k-180 is excellent and from '68 unfortunately sound like it came from the time before bass was invented.
The akg-180 looks like hyper stylized robot boobs reminding me of the female robot in Fritz Langs 1927 film "Metropolis".


I hope you are joking about mentioning them at all... the K180 are the worst pieces of crap I ever heard. (Yes, I can drive those 600 Ohm things properly on my Woo 6, it doesn't change anything.)

Sure love their looks, though.

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Nov 26, 2008 at 7:54 AM Post #68 of 98
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yes thanks, that's the place that canceled my order. <wink> they knew i wasn't a dj


Too bad, I'd really like to hear impressions about them. Around here, the 10R are not to be found (not even when they were in production).
 
Nov 26, 2008 at 8:12 AM Post #69 of 98
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Originally Posted by Fitz /img/forum/go_quote.gif
The correct answer is AKG K240 Sextett. Thread over.
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Thanks, but I am having difficulty finding info or pictures about this headphone?
 
Nov 26, 2008 at 8:52 AM Post #70 of 98
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Originally Posted by dfkt /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I hope you are joking about mentioning them at all... the K180 are the worst pieces of crap I ever heard.
Sure love their looks, though.


My post wasn't probably clear enough, I mentioned them in the context of the OP mentioning liking "severe Bauhaus style" and metal construction, the k180 came to mind for visual design reasons and not as a "best" sounding can.
 
Nov 26, 2008 at 9:17 AM Post #71 of 98
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Thanks, but I am having difficulty finding info or pictures about this headphone?


Can we stop this talk about the Sextett until I have been able to get a pair?
 
Nov 26, 2008 at 9:39 AM Post #72 of 98
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Thanks, but I am having difficulty finding info or pictures about this headphone?


http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/akg...fusion-372287/

Hehehe,

The sextett will be a good match for the Monitor 10...
I remember the 240DF, sound more clear, and very very flat, more like acoustic version of the sextett.
 
Nov 26, 2008 at 10:13 AM Post #74 of 98
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Gosh that was confusing. O.K. so the AKG K240, the original version from 1975, is the Sextett. Got it. Why is it called the Sextett? Sounds naughty.


Because of the six passive drivers in each earcup...
 
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