Head-Fi.org › Forums › Equipment Forums › Headphones (full-size) › How it's made: AKG Headphones
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

How it's made: AKG Headphones

post #1 of 40
3/17/10 at 7:31pm
Thread Starter 
Originally saw the link on abi. Thought people here might find it interesting. And hopefully seeing that even high end phones use things like regular old solder and wires will silence some of the recabling crowd.

YouTube - How It's Made Headphones
Reply
post #2 of 40
3/17/10 at 7:46pm
Great video.

The headphone is AKG K702.
Reply
post #3 of 40
3/17/10 at 7:49pm
I enjoyed this episode... so neat to see how these can are made. My kids loved it.
Reply
post #4 of 40
3/17/10 at 7:57pm
Oh, I haven't checked ABI in two days or so, I'll have to go there again. Thanks for the link, I'm certain it'll be great and interesting (If only I can get sound working in youtube. Perhaps I'll switch to the 32-bit plugin temporarily over the 64-bit)

Thanks for the post!
Reply
post #5 of 40
3/17/10 at 8:01pm
nice!

I wonder how does grado do it .... I doubt they would even make the casting for the show
Reply
post #6 of 40
3/17/10 at 8:05pm
thanks for this =)
Reply
post #7 of 40
3/17/10 at 8:24pm
Nice video, cheers!
Reply
post #8 of 40
3/17/10 at 9:47pm
does anyone else think the background music was terrible lol
Reply
post #9 of 40
3/17/10 at 9:52pm
Very cool to see how my cans were made. Thanks for posting the link!

Bill
Reply
post #10 of 40
3/17/10 at 9:57pm
Nice video, Thank you
Reply
post #11 of 40
3/17/10 at 10:03pm
"...the choice of music will be silent to all but the one wearing the headphone..."

Uh-huh, except that they're open headphones.
Reply
post #12 of 40
3/17/10 at 10:37pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kayito-san View Post
"...the choice of music will be silent to all but the one wearing the headphone..."

Uh-huh, except that they're open headphones.
I was thinking the same thing :P

I suppose they did a headphone montage at the end which included some closed designs lol
Reply
post #13 of 40
3/17/10 at 10:40pm
nice that'll give some idea of how to mod the headphone as well, very nice video.
Reply
post #14 of 40
3/17/10 at 10:47pm

Great video...

Thanks. I usually watch How it's Made, but I must have missed this episode. I've worked in manufacturing (from the engineering perspective) for over 15 years now since graduating and really appreciate the layout of the factory, tooling and subtle mistake proofing that was incorporated in their manufacturing process. Must be why we don't hear too many complaints of AKG headphones that crap out.

What a difference when comparing it to Grado's mom and pop shop.

But in the end, I still prefer the Grado sound (but still very much appreciate AKG's sound as well).

Too bad they don't have a factory in Canada.
Reply
post #15 of 40
3/17/10 at 11:24pm
I felt the video was nice, as everyone want to know more on grado labs
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Headphones (full-size)
Head-Fi.org › Forums › Equipment Forums › Headphones (full-size) › How it's made: AKG Headphones