[draven5494]

Keeping an eye on this one.  Love my K702s.  They have made me an AKG fan for sure.

 

[ACDOAN]

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Keeping an eye on this one.  Love my K702s.  They have made me an AKG fan for sure.

Me three!  I want the Made in Austria embossed on the ring of the ear cups instead of the made in China BS.

 

[Dubwisee57]

They look very nice !

 

[Proglover]

Specifications

MODEL K550

Headphones weight without cable (g) 305
Sensitivity (dB/mW, dB/V) 114
Audio bandwidth (Hz to kHz) 14 - 28
Max. input power (mW) 200
Rated impedance (ohms) 32
Convertible jack plug (1/4“ to 1/8“) YES
2D-Axis YES
Cable length (m) 3
Single-sided cable YES
Hard gold-plated jack plugand contacts YES
Design closed 
 

 

[Alpha Trion]

These look pretty sweet, but I'm going to have sell my body to science to afford all of this stuff.

 

[mindy123]

Looks nice and understated. I have been looking for a closed phone with as much style as AKG offers and now they have made a closed phone. Hope its not too expensive!

 

[Kernmac]

Based on the claimed frequency response published, I doubt that AKG are pitching this as a flagship model.  1 + 1 doesn't equal= 6  Just because you might want a new flagship doesn't mean it is one.  And just because they list it above the K701 doesn't mean that it is meant to be more accurate etc.  It is simply a new closed model, no flagship claim beyond that.

 

[Katun]

The phrases, "open sound" and "private experience" are two things I wish went together more often.

 

[duytran]

Look very nice. I will wait review about it

 

[mr.khali]

 

[EddieE]

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Based on the claimed frequency response published, I doubt that AKG are pitching this as a flagship model.  1 + 1 doesn't equal= 6  Just because you might want a new flagship doesn't mean it is one.  And just because they list it above the K701 doesn't mean that it is meant to be more accurate etc.  It is simply a new closed model, no flagship claim beyond that.

The frequency range of a phone tells us absolutely nothing about how it will sound. The range of human hearing is roughly 20-20k.
 
eta: It may not be their closed flasgship, but it looks like a wise assumption to me. All of their higher end phones are open or semi-open and the closed phones they have are mid-range and unsuitable for portable use. I'm sure Harman have noticed that there is a market for expensive closed efficient phones right now what with beats and bose circumaurals being worn all over the place.

 

[Kernmac]

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The frequency range of a phone tells us absolutely nothing about how it will sound. The range of human hearing is roughly 20-20k.

I am not saying it does.  What I am saying is that AKG or Harman would not publish the restricted response if they were pitching it as a K701 flagship beater.  It would simply not be a wise marketing move, it has nothing to do with how they sound.  People started to speculate (as they do) that this might be a Flagship can, I am speculating based on published performance figures, AKG is not pitching it there.
 
EDIT: And not that it matters, but I doubt too many can hear to 20K.

 

[asmagus]

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The frequency range of a phone tells us absolutely nothing about how it will sound. The range of human hearing is roughly 20-20k.
 
eta: It may not be their closed flasgship, but it looks like a wise assumption to me. All of their higher end phones are open or semi-open and the closed phones they have are mid-range and unsuitable for portable use. I'm sure Harman have noticed that there is a market for expensive closed efficient phones right now what with beats and bose circumaurals being worn all over the place.

 
I heard that the pianist Rafał Blechacz hears from ok 5 Hz up to close 30 000 Hz.
 
 
About AKG - price will set this headphones on the market.
 
 

 

[EddieE]

If true, Rafał Blechacz is a pretty narrow market to be aiming at for a major headphone manufacturer...

 
Re "K701 beater" - I think what was being suggested was that this could be their flagship closed phone - similar in relation to the K701 as the intended relationship between the T1 and the T5P or the DT880 and DT770 of old.
 
But I don't see why it couldn't be better than the K701 though, Harman have had a lot of time for R&D since the release of that phone to do better, and certainly other manufacturers have bested it since.

 

[CantScareMe]

Oh my god. Is this real.
 
I've been waiting for this to happen for 3 years.