New AKG line - Page 13

All their headphones, not sure about other equipment, made in China as well, except K701/702, I believe, so, they are not much differ from the rest in that regard.

 

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Originally Posted by Acix 

AKG are famous for the mics line, they are not only hps company. BTW, most of the hps on the market are made in China and AKG products are still made in Austria.

My pair of AKG K240 MKII were made in Austria. I think some of their Chinese headphones are the ones more targeted towards consumers, such as the 142 /272 and earbuds.
 

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Originally Posted by Blackmore 

All their headphones, not sure about other equipment, made in China as well, except K701/702, I believe, so, they are not much differ from the rest in that regard.

 

 

I haven't heard the EMIT tweeters, but I own the Infinity Beta series, which are CMMD. To me, the CMMD have a very good sound, and I picked mine up refurbished from HK's online ebay shop. It should be noted that the CMMD was a trickle down technology, and can still be found in the Revel Concerta series.
 

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Originally Posted by daltonlanny 

Yeah, after Harman took over Infinity Systems, Inc.,

Infinity went from the revolutionary planar EMIT tweeters and planar EMIM midranges to CMMD speakers for the mass market.

Granted, they did have a couple of high-end designs such as the Prelude, etc., that were well reviewed.

The CMMD drivers, [ceramic metal matrix diaphragm], do have some advantages over polypropylene, paper, kevlar, and plain metal diaphragms, but they still cannot match the speed, detail, clarity, and openness of the older Infinity EMIT tweeters and EMIM midranges, IMHO.

The Harman brands, owned by that company

http://www.harman.com/EN-US/OurProducts/Harmanbrands/Pages/AKG.aspx

and some details on the company

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harman_International_Industries

When a company has a history of buying and selling brands as and when it suits the owner and commercial conditions, I do not think that it driven in the same way as a company such as Musical Fidelity which is a brand on its own run by its founder.

Cool, thanks for clarification, I to thought more that direction which you mentioned.

 

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Originally Posted by blackzarg 

My pair of AKG K240 MKII were made in Austria. I think some of their Chinese headphones are the ones more targeted towards consumers, such as the 142 /272 and earbuds.
 

 

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Originally Posted by Prog Rock Man 

The Harman brands, owned by that company

 

http://www.harman.com/EN-US/OurProducts/Harmanbrands/Pages/AKG.aspx

 

looks like who is who in the audio HiFi business

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Originally Posted by blackzarg 

My pair of AKG K240 MKII were made in Austria. I think some of their Chinese headphones are the ones more targeted towards consumers, such as the 142 /272 and earbuds.
 

 

my AKG K271 MKII are made in Austria too

My K44s are the only ones which do not say Made in Austria on them.

When I saw these Quincy line few days ago I was really disappointed and have sent an email to AKG asking what were they doing all these years, did they just painted K701. They forwarded my question to Croatian distributor and few minutes ago I got reply. He is saying changes are not only in cosmetics and that himself gave a Q701 good listen at the IFA and that sounds was noticeably different in behalf of Q701.   Seems like we should hold our horses for a while. Just because there's no announcement of a new revolutionary driver doesn't mean they didn't do anything to K701.  

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Originally Posted by Dexon 

When I saw these Quincy line few days ago I was really disappointed and have sent an email to AKG asking what were they doing all these years, did they just painted K701. They forwarded my question to Croatian distributor and few minutes ago I got reply. He is saying changes are not only in cosmetics and that himself gave a Q701 good listen at the IFA and that sounds was noticeably different in behalf of Q701.   Seems like we should hold our horses for a while. Just because there's no announcement of a new revolutionary driver doesn't mean they didn't do anything to K701.  

thats because he wants your money LOL

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Originally Posted by Frank I 

thats because he wants your money LOL

Are you saying this from personal experience? You realized there's nothing revolutionary in T1 compared to DT880?

Just kidding.

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Originally Posted by Dexon 

Are you saying this from personal experience? You realized there's nothing revolutionary in T1 compared to DT880?

 

Just kidding.

Only for people who cant buy them

just kidding

Harman announce a paint job and famous name sponsorship for some of their AKG range, but fail to mention a new driver? What and miss out on that sales opportunity? Rubbish!

Everything seems to be conspiring to chip a way at my sanity.  AKG, renowned Austrian make of headphones and microphones has stooped to the lowest common denominator and adopted Monster business plan.  For the love of god, why alien blood green!?  Why?  That color is actually painful to my eyes.  It makes Monster's headphones look tasteful and refined.  Most Skullcandies too.  I didn't know that was possible.  I didn't want to know that was possible...

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Originally Posted by maverickronin 

Everything seems to be conspiring to chip a way at my sanity.  AKG, renowned Austrian make of headphones and microphones has stooped to the lowest common denominator and adopted Monster business plan.  For the love of god, why alien blood green!?  Why?  That color is actually painful to my eyes.  It makes Monster's headphones look tasteful and refined.  Most Skullcandies too.  I didn't know that was possible.  I didn't want to know that was possible...

At least you won't be spending any money on the new cans, so something good has come out of this.