m00hk00h
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HI folks.
http://www.akg.com/akg_structuretree...nguage,EN.html
Look at this.
They say these are 8 new phones. That's not the whole truth, though.
I just saw them today on the IFA and I listened to them, too.
The K301Xtra is now the K530, they just made it it of the K701 plastics and renamed it. It sounds exactly the same as the K301Xtra (which you won't find on the IFA!)
Next ist the K518DJ, the K81DJ with ja slight facelift. It has a black shiny iPod-like plastic instead of the silerisch one on the K81.
It sounds exactly like the K81 (which you find, too).
The K24P is now the K412P. It misses the yellow color but it sounds the exact same as the K24 (guess!).
Note, that from now on every AKG model has a three-digit number in the name.
They introduced some new earbuds an inears, too.
I also have a brochure where the "old" headphones are not mentioned any more. Instead there are the renamed and facelifted "old" ones, which AKG claims to be "new" headphones.
I also visited Beyerdynamic.
They finally updated the look of their other products after DT770/880/990 have been facelifted in 2005:
DT440
DT660
DT860
I think I like the new style.
They also introduced the "headzone" system you can read about in another thread.
Some Manufaktur-phones were hanging around, too.
I also spoke to a leading member of beyer about the headzone, the A1 and their top of the lines products.
And guess what, their new boss is unsatisfied with the DT990. They are already working on, or will start working on improvements (major, not minor!) for the DT990 soon. He wasn't able to tell me, because he spent the last time creating the A1 and so he wasn't sure.
I also asked him to tell me, if the new DT770/880/990 are made for 0Ohm or 120Ohm outputs or whatever. He will email me the answer after he has asked someone who knows.
I will share the answer with you, of course.
That's it. I will report on beyer's own new headamp (A1) in the ampsection now.
m00h
http://www.akg.com/akg_structuretree...nguage,EN.html
Look at this.
They say these are 8 new phones. That's not the whole truth, though.
I just saw them today on the IFA and I listened to them, too.
The K301Xtra is now the K530, they just made it it of the K701 plastics and renamed it. It sounds exactly the same as the K301Xtra (which you won't find on the IFA!)
Next ist the K518DJ, the K81DJ with ja slight facelift. It has a black shiny iPod-like plastic instead of the silerisch one on the K81.
It sounds exactly like the K81 (which you find, too).
The K24P is now the K412P. It misses the yellow color but it sounds the exact same as the K24 (guess!).
Note, that from now on every AKG model has a three-digit number in the name.
They introduced some new earbuds an inears, too.
I also have a brochure where the "old" headphones are not mentioned any more. Instead there are the renamed and facelifted "old" ones, which AKG claims to be "new" headphones.
I also visited Beyerdynamic.
They finally updated the look of their other products after DT770/880/990 have been facelifted in 2005:
DT440
DT660
DT860
I think I like the new style.
They also introduced the "headzone" system you can read about in another thread.
Some Manufaktur-phones were hanging around, too.
I also spoke to a leading member of beyer about the headzone, the A1 and their top of the lines products.
And guess what, their new boss is unsatisfied with the DT990. They are already working on, or will start working on improvements (major, not minor!) for the DT990 soon. He wasn't able to tell me, because he spent the last time creating the A1 and so he wasn't sure.
I also asked him to tell me, if the new DT770/880/990 are made for 0Ohm or 120Ohm outputs or whatever. He will email me the answer after he has asked someone who knows.
I will share the answer with you, of course.
That's it. I will report on beyer's own new headamp (A1) in the ampsection now.
m00h
