[timbukktwo]

IMHO (of course)- (Presuming you mean 'UP'grade), I can only recommend to you on the cable side of things; though subjectively speaking (goes without saying), I cannot recommend enough to you Forza Audio Works (F.A.W.) run by a guy named Matt (here on Head-Fi- Matez) as one premium option. Top notch quality from head to toe in customer service, build quality, presentation, sound quality, and value. With F.A.W. you get MORE than you pay for. NOT to knock any other company. Do your homework, but here on Head-Fi, check out the 'Forza Impressions Thread' for PLENTY of satisfied folks, myself included. Good luck to you!

 

[timbukktwo]

Hi guys,

Is there any recommondations of amp and dac (Within 600 GBP) for K812? Also, I'm looking for the ungrade cable for K812, any suggestion?

Cheers!

IMHO (of course)- (Presuming you mean 'UPgrade'), I can only recommend to you on the cable side of things; though subjectively speaking (goes without saying), I cannot recommend enough to you Forza Audio Works (F.A.W.) run by a guy named Matt (here on Head-Fi- Matez) as one premium option. Top notch quality from head to toe in customer service, build quality, presentation, sound quality, and value. With F.A.W. you get MORE than you pay for. NOT to knock any other company. Do your homework, but here on Head-Fi, check out the 'Forza Impressions Thread' for PLENTY of satisfied folks, myself included. Good luck to you!

 

[timbukktwo]

Sorry, everyone, I'm just learning how how to do this! Can I delete mis-post^, or no?

 

[lydhenry]

IMHO- I can only recommend to you on the cable side of things; though subjectively speaking (goes without saying), I cannot recommend enough to you Forza Audio Works (F.A.W.) run by a guy named Matt (here on Head-Fi- Matez) as one premium option. Top notch quality from head to toe in customer service, build quality, presentation, sound quality, and value. With F.A.W. you get MORE than you pay for. NOT to knock any other company. Do your homework, but here on Head-Fi, check out the 'Forza Impressions Thread' for PLENTY of satisfied folks, myself included. Good luck to you!

Thank you so much! I will look at it!

 

[timbukktwo]

Please do! You AT LEAST won't regret it!!

 

[lfsszd]

Hi guys!
 
I recently purchased a K812 with Hifiman901s as the source, but I felt K812 was somewhere too SHARP. Now I am planning to get a system for K812 to deal with  sharpness. Any recommendation of DACs?
 
Thanks! 

 

[theveterans]

  Hi guys!
 
I recently purchased a K812 with Hifiman901s as the source, but I felt K812 was somewhere too SHARP. Now I am planning to get a system for K812 to deal with  sharpness. Any recommendation of DACs?
 
Thanks! 

 
K812 sharp? Maybe you haven't burned them completely. K812 is pretty smooth for an AKG headphone IMO. You'll get more smoothness with a tube amp than a DAC IMO.

 

[bosiemoncrieff]

  Hi guys!
 
I recently purchased a K812 with Hifiman901s as the source, but I felt K812 was somewhere too SHARP. Now I am planning to get a system for K812 to deal with  sharpness. Any recommendation of DACs?
 
Thanks! 

Mimby.

 

[Me x3]

I'm getting the K812 in some days, will be able to compare side by side with (late) Tesla T1.1 / HD800 / K712 / K702
I wonder why these (K812) are so out of fashion.

 

[timbukktwo]

How do you mean 'out of fashion'?

 

[oneguy]

How do you mean 'out of fashion'?

Put the tiger back in his cage man, it's not worth it, lol

 

[Tiddlesworth]

How do you mean 'out of fashion'?

He might've meant it as not popular.

 

[Me x3]

  He might've meant it as not popular.

Yeap.
 
The K812 was designed to be among the very best if not the best dynamic headphone.
HD800-like with added (needed) warmth and less of a 6kHz treble peak.
But even when you can find some early reviews and users placing the K812 right at the top, more often than not people prefer to look elsewhere these days.
 
Many things affected the K812 popularity.
Harman/AKG is pretty terrible when it comes to marketing
Add some less than ideal reviews like the one from Innerfidelity (we all know Tyll prefer darker headphones)
Moving production to Slovakia when other top performers are still built in their respective countries.
 
Sennheiser is huge and much better at marketing.
I guess an HD800 made by Beyer or AKG would have been forgotten long ago.
Sennheiser HD800 is blessed somehow then it's still very popular even after HD800S.
People will always blame the rest of the chain, mod them and EQ them quite a lot to get pleasant sound, but it still retains popularity and acceptance.
 
On the other hand, a week can pass and no one write in here about K812.

 

[theveterans]

If thy price it at $500 street I'd get one.

 

[Me x3]

If thy price it at $500 street I'd get one.

How much would you pay for HD800 or Tesla T1?