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    AKG K340 Electrostatic Phones

    You don't have to go that far. Unscrew the side parts on both sides (fastened with a screw, then pull down), loosen the plastic parts that hold the plastic headband with a screw (there are three parts) and go to the local supermarket and buy suitable hair elastics (not too thick) in the women's...
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    AKG K240 Sextett--Grado'd AKG?

    I have tested both myself, the original TH900 pads and the Lambskin TH900 from Dekoni Audio are very close to the original. However, it can be said that with the slightly greater distance and angle exactly what you emphasize, "forward sounding" as known from a Grado, is slightly lost. The K240...
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    Wow! Sennheiser HD 540 Reference are so good.

    I honestly don't understand and what any fuses have to do with it - the HD540 (especially the 600 Ohm variant) is brightly tuned and sharp S sounds are therefore nothing unexpected. Every ear is different, everyone hears differently, and it may be that your own ear resonance is simply in a range...
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    The Vintage AKG Headphones appreciation thread

    Whether K240DF, K500 or K501 - sound characteristics always remain the same, it is detailed and enormously transparent, what the Sextett sometimes completely lacks. Transparency means: The clear separation of instruments, with the Sextett it is always quite muddled in comparison. Detailed means...
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    The Vintage AKG Headphones appreciation thread

    I have read through the impressions of the Sextett and can agree, I guess you got a good example. I don't really care about the comparisons between higher-quality stuff either, because the K240 Sextett managed to replace an LCD-2 for me within three days, so much I couldn't get out of my...
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    The Vintage AKG Headphones appreciation thread

    I have never been able to hear the Realistic, however, the K250 was clearly adopted here. But the Pro 50 uses the passive radiators from the K240 Sextett LP, the driver is unknown. Could sound quite good.
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    The Vintage AKG Headphones appreciation thread

    By the way: The K4 and K145 were cheaper and lighter versions of the K340, which sold poorly because it was so heavy. In terms of sound, they are absolutely not the same - the K340 is clearly better in terms of sound.
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    The Vintage AKG Headphones appreciation thread

    You're welcome, glad to hear it. However, I like to point out the series variations also for other readers, every AKG headphone sounds slightly different from the factory and handling, use and storage over the years make the differences even greater. If you get a K240DF, make sure you get a...
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    The Vintage AKG Headphones appreciation thread

    Both very similar headphones, actually scary that AKG completely redesigned the K-Series in 1993 with new drivers but sonically almost identical to already existing headphones. The K500 has slightly more resolution, which you have to look for with a magnifying glass, but again a good bit more...
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    AKG K340 Electrostatic Phones

    The problem with the K1000 is the peak at 2 kHz, which gives female voices in particular an amount of energy - this is not positive, because it can get fatiguing. In the fundamental range the K1000 has too little energy, especially the later models (above serial number 05000) lack warmth. The...
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    AKG K340 Electrostatic Phones

    All of them are miserable headphones, only the K270 is halfway usable. The Parabolic sounds awful, no matter which version, like a worse K240 Monitor. It does not matter with the K290 Surround/Stereo how they turn the baffle, you localize the sound in between the drivers. A K270 has a large dip...
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    AKG K340 Electrostatic Phones

    The DF has different passive radiators, first the ones from the original 240 Monitor (three white, three black) as paper, then later six black ones with first smaller and later larger holes (similar to K270), until at the very end the white paper from the K240 Studio from 2004 was installed. The...
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    AKG K340 Electrostatic Phones

    Yeah, this is a rare EP.
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    AKG K340 Electrostatic Phones

    Haven't followed the whole conversation now, would just like to note that this is an LP Sextett (Davidzak64), the AKG lettering is on the emblem not in a black box. You can recognize EPs because they have a different grill and the black box (I assume Richard51 had this one) - and these are also...
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    AKG K340 Electrostatic Phones

    The biggest competition for the K340 comes from AKG itself - a good example of a K240 Sextett is on a par with the K340 and I am curious about @Davidzak64 impressions. My personal reference is the HD800. I don't like the sound of planar headphones, I prefer dynamic headphones after some time...
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