[xinoxide]

this looks to be an older headphone.

but i cant find ANYTHING on this headphone in the english language, and on some of the sites where im seeing these images, theres alot of "AKG K801" in the text, is this correct? and can someone fill me in a wee bit on these cans? they are beautiful 8D

 

[Duggeh]

There's no AKG K801. Nothing between 701 and 1000.

 

[xinoxide]

can you then shine some light on what these are.... they are giving me a ******...

 

[qazwsx]

I read somewhere K801's are popping up in China (mostly eBay) and they are all fakes.

 

[xinoxide]

theres nothing great about them?

i love the AKG headband plus vintage slotted cups.

 

[Superpredator]

Quote:

Originally Posted by xinoxide /img/forum/go_quote.gif can you then shine some light on what these are.... they are giving me a ******...

Dude, did you just say ******?

 

[xinoxide]

no, i said "******" typed exactly as such.

 

[Fitz]

That's a really bad attempt at a knockoff. It looks absolutely nothing like an AKG.

 

[cotdt]

the headband looks very AKG to me

 

[ericj]

The alleged "K801" is quite fake. And like Fitz said, it looks nothing like an AKG.

 

[ericj]

Quote:

Originally Posted by cotdt /img/forum/go_quote.gif the headband looks very AKG to me

The band/strap, sure, but i can't think of a single AKG model that used that sort of strut arrangement. Even solid vs. wire.

It looks more Koss than anything else to me, but it's a mishmash really.

 

[Fitz]

I don't know much about Koss headphones, but the earcups themselves and the way the inner headband attaches to the sliders both look similar to older Beyerdynamics to me. The cable and connector looks more like Audio-Technica though.

 

[spinali]

Do a search on the K801. Lots of hits - all from Chinese websites.

This gives you an idea of how hugely successful the K701s are.

 

[Sieg9198]

I've googled about it, K801 is just a fake, they(china) sell it for less than $100

 

[amphead]

Doing a search of google images produced just a few hits. Certainly appeared aimed at the chinese market, which commonly skirts patent and copyright laws in the west. They call some of the products made there anything that appeals to their tastes.