21 Jul
2004
21 Jul
'04
12:51 p.m.
AKG make 2 levels of resistance headphones. The ones that can be "hard to
drive" are 600 ohm. They now make several versions that are around 55 ohm I
think which is significantly less resistant resulting in needing a less
powerful amplifier.
Matthew Polashek
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Hi all!!
I was looking for a good Studio hearphones...
I saw the sennheiser HD 555...
It costs 165 EUR more or less...
did you ever tried it?
or...
can you suggest something good?
AKG-271S, they sound and feel great, and your ears don't get tired.
Mine have a two year warranty, which is nice. AKG's have a reputation
for being hard to drive; that's been fixed in recent models.
Cheers,
Chris
21 Jul
21 Jul
5:45 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Good Studio Hearphones
Hallo,
Polashek, Matthew hat gesagt: // Polashek, Matthew wrote:
AKG make 2 levels of resistance headphones. The ones
that can be
"hard to drive" are 600 ohm. They now make several versions that
are around 55 ohm I think which is significantly less resistant
resulting in needing a less powerful amplifier.
That's true, and because of this, AKG isstill selling out the older
models very cheap. I got my own 240DF for little money. 240DF is the
the reference headphone at german radio stations. I see them
everywhere at work. Still for our PCs at work, we bought the lower
resistance newer AKG-140 models, because the directly plug into the
soundcard there. I think, AKG phones rock. Very nice to wear and good
sound.
Ciao
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Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__
7:52 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Good Studio Hearphones
On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 09:30:36PM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:
That's true, and because of this, AKG isstill
selling out the older
models very cheap. I got my own 240DF for little money. 240DF is the
the reference headphone at german radio stations. I see them
everywhere at work. Still for our PCs at work, we bought the lower
resistance newer AKG-140 models, because the directly plug into the
soundcard there.
FWIW, I've had no trouble driving my 600-ohm K240 phones
directly from a consumer soundcard, or anything else.
I guess it depends how loud you want to go, for me it's fine.
I don't know if the efficiency is the same with the various 240 models.
(K240, 240DF etc).
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Paul Winkler
http://www.slinkp.com
8:10 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Good Studio Hearphones
Paul Winkler wrote:
On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 09:30:36PM +0200, Frank
Barknecht wrote:
I had a pair of K141's, and I had to crank the headphone control on my
mixer to 10/10 (with per-channel levels at 0 db). With 271S's and
anything else, louder than 5/10 is actually painful. But, I really
loved the sound of the K141's as well (they fell apart eventually).
By the way, is any old leather softener fine for the ear pieces? I find
that the hardened leather hurts my ears after a while.
Chris
That's true, and because of this, AKG isstill
selling out the older
models very cheap. I got my own 240DF for little money. 240DF is the
the reference headphone at german radio stations. I see them
everywhere at work. Still for our PCs at work, we bought the lower
resistance newer AKG-140 models, because the directly plug into the
soundcard there.
FWIW, I've had no trouble driving my 600-ohm K240 phones
directly from a consumer soundcard, or anything else.
I guess it depends how loud you want to go, for me it's fine.
I don't know if the efficiency is the same with the various 240 models.
(K240, 240DF etc). 
9:24 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Good Studio Hearphones
On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 17:59, Chris Pickett wrote:
I had a pair of K141's, and I had to crank the
headphone control on my
mixer to 10/10 (with per-channel levels at 0 db). With 271S's and
anything else, louder than 5/10 is actually painful. But, I really
loved the sound of the K141's as well (they fell apart eventually).
By the way, is any old leather softener fine for the ear pieces? I find
that the hardened leather hurts my ears after a while.
Chris
I have a pair of K141's as well, I use them for pretty much everything.
They are hard to drive, but I have an amp so I don't really care. :)
I like the sound of them over almost any set of 'phones I've heard
though...
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