Are the AKG K301 any good?

[fjf]

Just saw them for a reasonable price (120 euro). Can't find any reviews. Anyone has it and can comment?

Regards

 

[sgrossklass]

These are no good, IIRC - the frequency response shows a fat bass hump and very bright highs with sucked-out mids in between. Better get a HD555, DT440 or something like that.

 

[fjf]

Thanks for your reply. I need them mainly to listen classical music, and they must be easy to drive because I have no amp (yet) in my computer. I am thinking about the SD595, which is highly regarded here as one of the best sub-300$ headphones. If I can find it, can it be driven just by my computer's sound card?.

Regards.

 

[sgrossklass]

Dunno whether HD595s would fit within a €120 budget everywhere... you can barely get them for <120 here in .de. As for running those from a sound card, it may be helpful to state which model you have there. Headphone driving capabilities can vary greatly between them.

 

[fjf]

I know they will be more expensive...I have an asus a8n-sli deluxe motherboard with integrated Realtec ALC850 8-channel codec sound, with analog and digital output (optical and also through RCA connector).

 

[VR6ofpain]

I didn't want to create a new thread, so here you go.

http://cgi.ebay.com/AKG-K301-Studio-...QQcmdZViewItem

looks like an extremely cheap K501. Now was there a K401.

 

[kramer5150]

I know DIY frequency response plots aren't everything, but theres a measurement (relative to an HD580) in this thread.

http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24295

Garrett

 

[dhp]

Why not get K501s for about the same price?

 

[sgrossklass]

http://graphs.headphone.com/index.ph...=AKG+K301+XTRA
Looks like it's semi-open. Probably not a bad deal for 50...60 bucks or so.

And yes, there used to be a K401, you can even find a review for this model on headphonereviews.org and a comparative frequency response measurement in j-curve's old thread (similar to K501, but slightly dropping off at both extremes of the spectrum).

 

[blomquist]

If you take a look into the K401/K501 service manual you'll find out that they're almost identical. I think basically its just the real leather headband... Got a K401 for 40€ on ebay, not that bad

 

[fjf]

Wow! This post resurected fom the dead!

Finally I got a dt880 and an ety er4p, quite happy with them!.