AKG K-66/M-80 - What Are They?

[Seidhepriest]

Has anyone had any experience with either the K-66 or M-80?

Those look like general-purpose studio audition headphones. The M-80 looks like an open version of the K-66 (and it's not in the AKG archive). Both have been popping up really cheap used.

 

[ericj]

They're really cheap new, too.

 

[Seidhepriest]

Well the point is - are they worth it for relatively undistorted auditioning over, say, Denon AH-D550?

 

[Seidhepriest]

A musician commented the M-80 bleed, but as semi-open similar to the K-240 they could have a cleaner sounding than the K-66.

 

[ericj]

I haven't heard the K66, but the K44 and K55 are cheap crappy garbage.

AKG's low-end line is far worse than sennheiser or beyer low-end lines. On par with low-end Sony, actually.

 

[Seidhepriest]

Aha. So AH-D550 gains (at $50 shipped sounds like decent enough).

This is for auditioning, not editing or dedicated listening. Just the kind of headphones to give to actors/outside listeners during editing/playback on-site.

 

[Seidhepriest]

Or Sennheiser HD-201? It'd all go with a multichannel headphone amplifier.

 

[Fitz]

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AKG K-66/M-80 - What Are They?

Crap.

 

[Seidhepriest]

Roger.

 

[Seidhepriest]

Anything you'd recommend for simple auditioning (not listening or monitoring)? Something cheap which is suitable for studio rehearsal (this is for rehearsal after recording, so bleeding won't matter)?

 

[ericj]

What's your benchmark for 'cheap'?

Equation RP-15mc's are $50ish and are reasonably neutral, if a bit one-dimensional. At least from what I've heard people say - i haven't worn them myself.

 

[Seidhepriest]

Anything <=US $30-40. With delivery costs, that's about $50-$60 to here.

Closed or semi-open circumaural headphones (with cleanable pads), for use by several people.

Denon AH-D550 seems to fit the bill.

But there's also Sennheiser HD-201.