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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Yeah, this is a rare EP.

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...

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...

Briefly adding, that my posts in this thread shows measurements to see the impact of some modifications. The reason AKG developers didn't do this was for practical reasons - there was no unlimited budget for development and all old AKGs share the same ear pads. At the same time, a grill was...

I can only agree with you, a large amount in this thread is constantly repeated, but I have made exactly the same experience. For me it took five copies to find a K340 that sounded like you describe. For a re-bias I asked a specialist around Stax electrostats and he says that the effort is...

I have locally picked up an unused K240 Sextett EP, from an estate, at least 3mm thick brown dust all over it. It comes with the original box and all documentation. This one was bought on 14. January 1978 in Bremen for 178 DM. Also included is the original adapter. Since this is an EP...

By "claustrophobic" I mean the exact comparison of first listening to the K1000 and then the K240 Sextett or K340. Of course, the location outside the head works perfectly with all named headphones, but with the K1000, everything is just further away, almost exaggerated, even with a tendency...

The K340 and the K1000 are two completely different headphones, you can't really compare them. My K1000 is already one of the "warmest" compared to other K1000s (yes, I have heard several) and yet the K340 is a good bit darker. The K340 is quite neutral for me, there is nothing that stands out...

At that point I no longer had a K340 and was actually convinced based on the three models I had before that the K340s are bad. My two NOS pairs arrived after the picture have shown me the opposite. I have currently received a restoration order for a K340, this submitted model sounds so...

Can it be that these headphones use absolutely low-quality electronics? The amplifier on the right side whines slightly, after three seconds both sides are deactivated for energy saving reasons, which is noticeable with a quiet "pop". The ANC has far too much background noise (on Max it's so...

The ageing of the electrets is already noticeable. Even worse: The series variations are due to differences in the thickness and polarisation of the electret, the production tolerances were high at that time. Just as Heinz Renner, the developer of the K1000, could only produce the first 5000...

My posts and reviews are also scattered in time, half a year ago I had a completely different opinion of the K340. But thanks for the praise! As I have already written: I consider amping more important than any modifications. I currently have the exact comparison with a rewired K340 and a...

I wanted to add one measurements of the screen mod - indeed, there are some changes in the frequency response. Have now also done this with my other pair. In fact, as I have already described, the headphones become brighter in the range of the electret from 4 kHz. The few openings of the...