[Kukuk]

I'd be curious to see if my Little Dot I+ would power these decently. My money is on "no"...
 
These are fairly low impedance aren't they? I know the Little Dot I+ was built for low impedance, but the K1000's could very well be too much for the amp.

 

[ericj]

Yeah, scratch me down as having bet a wooden nickel that we don't see another hinged extra-aural design from AKG any time soon.

 

[sachu]

Hopefully it will be an ortho and not just another over priced dynamic headphone.

 

[NapalmK]

Interested to see if AKG is finally getting their act together or if it will end up being a pitiful underdesigned ploy. I'm hoping for the former though it will probably be a good while before we find out. Subscribed....

 

[Anaxilus]

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Hopefully it will be an ortho and not just another over priced dynamic headphone.

Has AKG ever done an ortho?  I know they did stats hybrids w/ the 340.

 

[smeggy]

It's getting hard to take AKG seriously in the consumer market when they start making bright green Dr Dre, I mean Quincy Jones *signature* phones..

 

[matthewh133]

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It's getting hard to take AKG seriously in the consumer market when they start making bright green Dr Dre, I mean Quincy Jones *signature* phones..

This is a chance for redemption I guess, lets hope they can produce a quality product.

 

[rhythmdevils]

Hopefully they'll go knock on the doors of the engineers that brought us the Sextett, K340 and K400 and beg for forgiveness.

 

[Uncle Erik]

How much were the K1Ks before they were discontinued? Do you need a nuclear power plant to drive them?

The K-1000 sold for as low as $380 at one time. When they were discontinued, there was a spike of interest and prices went up to MSRP, $1,000.

I managed to snag the last pair HeadRoom had for $1,000. I could have saved a few hundred if I had gotten around to it earlier, but I'm still glad to be the original owner of this pair. I kept all the original packaging, too.

Driving the K-1000 is not that difficult. The owner's manual says that you should use a speaker amp with 8W of power of better. If you follow that, they work great. Personally, I like to run them off the speaker taps on the Moth Si2A3. It only puts out 3W, but that's enough for me. The 2A3s really make the K-1000 sing.

Hopefully, the new version will be earspeakers of similar or better quality. If AKG doesn't mess up the tonal balance (the K-701/2 is horrible, but the K-601 is alright), then I might pick up the new one.

Since it's too late to drop a new model for the 2010 holidays, my guess is that we'll get this for 2011 CES.

I'll look forward to this.

 

[vvanrij]

It will be wait and see again, one of these threads pops up every 6 months or so. Imo, AKG doesn't even have the ability anymore to make something that approaches the K1000, let alone better it.

 

[elwappo99]

very excited to see what they can pull....

 

[Kukuk]

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The K-1000 sold for as low as $380 at one time. When they were discontinued, there was a spike of interest and prices went up to MSRP, $1,000.I managed to snag the last pair HeadRoom had for $1,000. I could have saved a few hundred if I had gotten around to it earlier, but I'm still glad to be the original owner of this pair. I kept all the original packaging, too.Driving the K-1000 is not that difficult. The owner's manual says that you should use a speaker amp with 8W of power of better. If you follow that, they work great. Personally, I like to run them off the speaker taps on the Moth Si2A3. It only puts out 3W, but that's enough for me. The 2A3s really make the K-1000 sing.Hopefully, the new version will be earspeakers of similar or better quality. If AKG doesn't mess up the tonal balance (the K-701/2 is horrible, but the K-601 is alright), then I might pick up the new one.Since it's too late to drop a new model for the 2010 holidays, my guess is that we'll get this for 2011 CES.I'll look forward to this.

 
Welp, there goes my chance. And I thought 800mw@32 ohm was impressive for an amp. lol.

 

[RockCity]

I never understood why they can't re-release the K1000. Has the technology really been forgotten or did they lose their second-party sourcing like Grado?

 

[matthewh133]

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I never understood why they can't re-release the K1000. Has the technology really been forgotten or did they lose their second-party sourcing like Grado?

Certain parts used in construction are no longer made.

 

[IPodPJ]

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Yeah, scratch me down as having bet a wooden nickel that we don't see another hinged extra-aural design from AKG any time soon.

I doubt they would make one like the K1000.  It would probably be something more along the lines of an HD800.  Hopefully the AKG will also have angled drivers.