[Sir Nobax]

Call me strange but i really dont know why everybody think the AKG K81's are great headphones!

IMO they are very bass heavy, undetailed, they have an enourmous lack of high-mid's and total absence of tones in the upper spectrum.
They completly sound unbalanced, especially with music with female vocals, i thought the Sony EX71's had troubles with it, the K81 makes it even worse by making the bass overshadow erverything.
I also have the Creative HQ-1700 wich is an rebranded ATH-FC7, they are to my ears a lot better, still the mid and high bass' make the phones very undetailed but they dont color the music as the K81's do.
I've heard only the still-fresh-from-the-shop-K81's, no recable, no other mods, just stock.

Am i the only one here who thinks like this or are the K81 only great when you do some silver recabling?

 

[Minarets]

i hope so. mine are sitting at my front door waiting to be picked up....that UPS dropped off today.

 

[Minarets]

did you remove the inner foams?

that mod seems to be the mod that 90% of owners think, tames the bass and makes the highs more clear and recessed

 

[swmtnbiker]

Yep, you're the only one.

 

[evilking]

Send them back, save up for a while, and get some ES7s or HD25s!

 

[MonkeyA**Sucka]

You're not the only one to ask this question: Am I the only one to hate K81DJ?

 

[luckybaer]

Different sound signatures for different ears.

 

[Morph201]

OT: I just have to say, that avatar, Monkey, is SCARY!

 

[xenochimera]

nope your not the only one, my roomate loves his triports, and hates my k81s, so i guess people go for different things.

 

[Sir Nobax]

Quote:

Originally Posted by evilking /img/forum/go_quote.gif Send them back, save up for a while, and get some ES7s or HD25s!

I dont have them anymore, they where priced the same as my HQ-1700's and they where meant for same purpose.
I had high expectations for them but the really sound like those $4,99 "turbo-bass-headphones" you can buy everwhere.

I just wonder why everyone loves them.

 

[Minarets]

just got mine!!!!! woooooooooooooooooot!!! so far so good....i have roughly 3min and 42 sec in on these badboys!

Into the Mystic!!!...................



a little Van Morrison ..........and lots of bass.....liken' it so far

 

[norseman8485]

They sound awful new. You have to give it at less 50 hours of burning in and remove the pads. The people who like them are those who stick with them for some time. It's worth it.

 

[Minarets]

i will say within 30 min the pad removal is a clear winner. has to be the easiest mod too. even i cant screw that one up.

 

[cantsleep]

not my type. silver sounded okay tho'