Hello, I am in the process of buying and collecting vintage headphones mainly from the mid to late 1980's to early 1990's such as the AKG K340, AKG K240, Beyerdynamic DT 990, Sennheiser HD 540 Reference II, Sennheiser HD 560 Ovation II, etc. Has anyone out there ever did a head to head...

I recently acquired a K340 (400 ohms) and think a tube amp will sound better with it, especially the treble. As I want to use 6SN7 inputs, I'm looking at the Darkvoices and La Figaros.   Has anyone tried either brand with K340? Which model / tubes?   How does it sound? Would you recommend...

Hi headfi, I recently got myself these ancient headphones, and thought I might keep them. I would like to know what options are there for replacement leather pads that should preferably be deeper than original. The size of the cans are larger than their traditional models like K240... A few...

I think all the K340 love here has finally gotten to me, as I've bitten on a sale of an used pair in pretty decent condition. I am just curious how power hungry they are. I currently have the PPX3 using the 6CG7 tubes, and I'm wondering if that can provide enough power to drive the K340.

There have been a lot of discussions, comparisons and lengthy reviews that went over all of the virtues and faults of these headphones. I don't want to star another thread like this. I want this to be a simple headcount for people that had both and preferred one over the other. There are a...

Dear all, i was wondering which is the definitive solution about the amplfier to make those headphone sing.. I tried an OTL with 2 6080..but the bass is not so nice... i was thinking to use directly (maybe with some resistors) the speaker out of my venerable Leak stereo 20 (11w)..what do you...

I've been listening to my AKG K340's through the speaker outputs and today I was wondering if the polarity is correct. I assumed that the 'dash' meant 'negative' but after reading a bit more about speaker polarity I'm not so sure I got it right.   So I need your help figuring out if the 'dash'...

Got these in the mail today from Mantra Audio in the U.K. Didn't expect them so quickly, it only took about 6 days to ship fron England to Texas. The first thing i noticed was the size of the headphones, they're smaller than the pictures make them look. Not small, but not as big as Senn. 6...

Unexpectedly stumbled across these headphones at a friends and he gave em' to me for 10 bucks. I saw that they were AKG, which automatically heightened my interest. After doing some brief reading on my iPhone, I decided to make the purchase. I couldn't find any definitive price as they seem to...

Hope there's no recent thread for this, and if so I apologise   Anyhow, I posted in the Headphone amp section but not many owner in that thread. My question is, what would be the best under $200 amp for these. I realise they need good power to get them to shine. My last nice experience with...

I bought my pair of AKG K340 headphones around 1985.  They still look in as-new condition, and have given me a lot of enjoyment over the years, but I really haven't used them must for about the last 20 years.   here's my dilemma.  I am just getting back into headphone listening, first with a...

I got my K340’s in the 80's, still stock except for the rubber bands. I'd like to get the soft-leather pads from KT88 and put in cloth screens to replace the plastic grills, without destroying the grills. The threads about these things are years old. How do I proceed at this point in time?

So I just had a pair of AKG K340s land in my lap for the cannot be beat price of $0.00. I only have a few questions about them. I have searched the forum and found answers to a few, like they are SUPER HARD to drive. Takes every bit of power my STX can put out to get decent sound from them. Now...

I'm thinking of getting a Q701 but the rubber band or elastic string that connects the driver housing to the headband looks very flimsy. Do long term owners of these have any problems with the rubber bands? Thanks

I just picked up an Apogee Duet 2.  It is a cool piece of kit, and it pairs very nicely with my DT130.  There are 2 issue that keep the pairing from being excellent:   1) output impedance of the duet 2 is about 35 ohm.  Using the 8x rule, somewhere around 250 to 300 ohm would be about right...

Hello everyone,   I have this idea sitting in the back of my head for a long time, and didn't follow up mainly due to the lack of time as I'm preoccupied with other projects (some of which are related to stereo/headphones as well). Eventually I've decided to share it with this forum and see...

hello audio and headphone lovers,   I recently became the akg K340 but this one has a defective dynamic driver which I very gladly would like to replace because the headphones are still in new condition. Now I ask myself whether the dynamic drivers still somehow be available on the market...

I was looking at the site for the ZO 2 and saw the full-size headphones on the left. Can anyone ID them?    

These are the phones I've been using for ever it seems and really like the sound quality and signature of these (neutral version). But they are quite big and are a bit too warm the wear for long in summer.   So, with that in mind what would be a decent headphone that would sound similar and...

I think my AKG K340 headphones sound great with my circa 1984 yamaha A-1000 Integrated Amp.....(This is the old A-1000 Yamaha amp, not the newer model 1000 DSP yamaha amp...) When using the K340s with the amp, the volume knob on the amp is very sensitive, i only have to move the volume knob a...

I would have to say that the AKG K340 Electrostatic-Dynamic Systems headphone should be included in the top 5 most innovative headphone designs ever..... What other headphone designs could be included in the top most unique and innovative designs? By design i mean engineering and method of...

Shorter version: I'm looking for a headphone that does not leak much at all, is bass-light but defined, nice mids, and not sibilant, running in the $200-$400 gambit. I'm not looking for the AKG K271MKII because I have one, or the DT770 because it has too much bass for me. I am looking at the...

The recent K-340 threads and pictures have got me to wondering how many variation and versions there are, so I took the two I own apart and photographed the internals, then scoured head-fi for pictures others have taken and saved those too. Below are pictures of all the internals I could find...

After some preliminary auditioning--about 10-12 hours' worth--I'm pretty impressed with the K340. The pair I bought from Jesse Lussier, known henceforth as "The Green Mountain Gentleman", already have the screen mod done and velveteen ear pads installed. According to KT88, these two mods bring...

Hello all... Recently i bought the MS1's and have a pair of HD600's... However i now feel the well known force thats trying to push me into more cans Have read good things and bad things about the K340... Mostly good i think... Even though it apparently "needs" to be recabled and modded...