nw130d
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Agreed, it is like you can hear the colour of the tubes. Maybe it is the flat freq response of the 550 that help with this?
What have they changed for the K553?
Looks exactly like the K550. AKG prob renamed it so they can increase profit out of an old design. As the K550 have been dropping in retail price over the years (like most headphone products).
It be really difficult to make a headphone warmer yet more transparent using the same driver. Normally warmer signature yields less perceived detail and transparency.
Are we sure it's the same driver, and if it is, we don't really know if it's implemented identically? Just sayin'. As for warmth and and the asserted lack of detail and transparency, we'll just have to agree to disagree. Never mind the LCD2.
The AKG spokesman calls the cans a "brand new design." Make of that what you will.
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AKG must done a lot of work to set out and produce an all new driver (for real & sounds different) with exact same specifications as the old one!
Didn't know there was a "bright LCD2" to be compared to the standard?
I'll hold my verdict till I see some reviews... I live in Canada can't compare them myself.
what are the differences between k550 and k545? i cannot fiind anywhere, or 545 is only meant to be the version with detachable cable?