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well clearly you're an 'oldie' type of headfier.
i just don't like this discontent of their history spilling over to effect the interest in their current crop of headphones. The interest in the k550 has been very underwhelming so far.
I really cant say much about them, I haven't heard them.. however from what I read on Head-fi.. and my animosity of i********, I think they deserve it. I will now bring something up which some might not understand here.
The problem with the iTransformation of AKG, from the perspective of a businessman.
AKG is a company with not a lot of commercial success on the present iMarket (if we can call the consumer electronics market like that). What they are attempting to do, is to transform a company which used to produce quality audio gear for professionals and audiophiles, into a consumer electronic manufacturer.
What they fail to see is that, a company with almost no reputation at all amongst consumers cannot place its products like for example: Bose, Monster, BO, Scullcandy, even Sennheiser.
Customers will always prefer Bose as their noise cancelling headphone, and Beats by dre their show off headphone, or their "no-name" quality headphone with Sennheiser. Because that is how consumers perceive these manufacturers. "Oh YEAAA Beats are sooo COOL, but some geeks that know about audio, think that Bose are better, they might be right" These people have no idea what is going on beyond that circle.
What happens when AKG comes in, they are regarded as a complete outsider. They don't look cool, sound good to the consumer taste, or have the show off function. They are absolutely geeky in a world of "absolute coolness".
Therefore.. harman are absolute losers cos they don't understand this. I would much rather compete on a smaller market especially having already built a name there, rather than wasting money on marketing to look like a complete moron in front of a larger group of ignorant morons.
