AKG Pro Audio K271 MKII Over-Ear, Closed-Back, Professional Studio Headphones
$114.99
Price: $114.99
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The K271 MKIIs are professional over-ear headphones for studio and live use. They combine the comfort of an over-the-ear design and the benefits of closed-back technology for best possible sound reproduction. The sealed design ensures low signal bleeding into microphones in the studio and maximum isolation for live mixing applications. The K271 MKIIs feature a switch in the headband that mutes the audio just as soon as the headphones are taken off. They provide a professional mini XLR connector for quick replacement of the cable. The package includes a 3m (10ft) straight and 5m (16ft) coiled cable.
Over-ear design maximum wearing comfort for long work sessions
Advanced closed technologyfor high noise insulation, best possible sound reproduction
Auto-mute feature mutes headphones when they are taken off
Sealed design with lowest signal bleeding for vocal and instrument recordings without unwanted spill
Self-adjusting headband for optimum fit and ease of use
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Customers say
Customers find the headphones comfortable and good value for money. They appreciate the sound quality, comfort, and neutrality of the headphones. Many describe them as studio-quality headphones with a great midrange. The adjustable headband is considered more comfortable than padded plastic ones. The lightweight feel and automatic mute feature are also appreciated. While some customers appreciate clarity and ear design, others have differing opinions on build quality and functionality.
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I picked up a pair of AKGs back in November on sale for $[…] to substitute my Paradigm Monitor speakers while I am not at home. After much scrutiny, I picked the AKG K271 MKII; while it is not the most recent model released by the company, it offers the same sound quality and more. To put it bluntly, I was extremely satisfied.To start, the most important aspect of headphones (aka cans) of this nature: sound quality. The general consensus is that AKG is very muddy in the bass while being very bright on the high end. While the stereotype may be true in some models, the headphones are fantastic at covering the entire spectrum from muddy to crisp. I will have to agree the highs are bright, but nothing that can’t be fixed to your liking in an equalizer. When I first started listening to them, I experienced the “wow, I’v never noticed that cymbal hit before” symptom. I could (and have) lay on my bed listening to music for hours, completely enveloped in music; the downside is the drop in external perception leads to being very startled by visitors.While an impedance of 55 Ohms doesn’t necessarily call for a headphone amp, I picked one up just to see the difference. The PA2V2 was recommended to me, so I emailed the gentleman over at Electric-Avenue.com and bought one. The K271 and PA2v2 pair nicely with each other: boosting the bass and bringing out the sound as a whole, without the amp I had most audio outputs turned very high up. The amp has also been nice to have for all my headphones, but more to come on that in the PA2v2 full review.The build of the headphones is solid and I don’t feel like I’m going to break them. I quite enjoy the features that have been integrated into these headphones, from them turning off when you take them off, to a small slit allowing for easy earpad replacement. To begin, the auto adjusting headband: size fitting to everyone, the band being pushed up also enables the sound to come through the drivers. The K271 also comes with a detachable cable, so you can have the long studio cable, or the spiral stretch cable (and you don’t have to worry about wrapping the cable around the cans). Lastly, the cans come with leatherette or velour eapads: I personally use the velour as they warm the bass and are very comfortable.After reading through hundreds of reviews for AKG, Grado, Sennheiser, and Beyerdynamic, I cut my final choice down to the AKG K271 and K272. The difference? A whole bunch of accessories, color, and price. The K272 retails at $329 on amazon, comes in black with a 1/4 inch adapter and Velour ear pads. The K271 MKII retails at $151 on amazon, comes in dark blue with a 1/4 inch adapter, Leatherette and Velour ear pads, detachable 3m cable and 5m coiled cable.After about 70 hours of listening these cans have burned in to sound even better than when I first got them, and I strongly recommend them if you’re looking for this style. (Note: these headphones can’t really be used for DJing)[…].
Chester –
For sub $200 these are awesome do it all headphoens
I needed a good set of cans for some recording at home as well as some music listening at the office. I picked these up after hearing some good reviews from friends for the K240’s. I decided to upgrade a little and go for the 271’s mostly because I heard there’s a bit more sound leakage from the 240’s. These things are awesome. For the office they are great. You can listen to these at a pretty good level without bothering coworkers in tight quarters. For recording I thought they were great. They feel good on the head, very light and not a lot of fatigue when keeping these on for a long time. Sound coming out of them is great. I mostly listen to a lot of death metal and even the distorted noisy crap I listen to sounds really good. The self adjusting head band thing is ok. Works well but sometimes i do find myself adjusting them for fit every now and then while wearing. The best feature is that they auto-mute when you take them off which makes it great when your listening in the office and someone wants to talk to you. Just pick them up off your head or slide them down around your neck and they silence themselves, no pausing music no fidgeting with volumes. Comes with some extras including a separate pair velvet ear pads and a coiled cord as well. If you’re looking for awesome, affordable, very balanced head phones these are the way to go.
Drift Racer –
Amazing headphones for the price IMO
I paid $135 for these headphones, and I can say that they’re definitely worth the money. First off, if you like bass, these aren’t for you. There isn’t a ton of bass present in the sound signature HOWEVER, the bass that is there is very tight and accurate. The overall sound signature of these cans is pretty neutral, with very detailed mids/highs. This also means that they have a tendency to put your music “under a microscope” and expose lots of little details. This is a good thing as long as you have well-recorded music, but poorly recorded/mixed albums won’t benefit as much. Also, lower bitrate mp3 music will sound worse compared to cheaper headphones because of the detail.Earpads are comfortable, although the velvet pads seem to be for slightly smaller ears. Really minor though, as they eventually form to fit you better. The 55ohm impedance does mean that these won’t be blaring on portable players, however I have never had a problem playing these loudly on my computer.Overall, I thought these were a pretty good bargain at their price. This is especially true when they really do sound better than Beats or Bose, and at a fraction of the cost.PROS-Very detailed sound-Comfortable, especially with velvet earpads-Good build quality-Auto-adjusting headband is convienentCons-Some might not like the lean bass-Exposes bad quality music quickly
Jayro Moreira –
Chegou antes da data prevista, muito bom esse headphone, testado e aprovado!
Bob Espinosa –
Estos audÃfonos todavÃa funcioanan como nuevos.
Gabriel D. –
Casque que j’utilise sur une Scarlett 18i20. Excellent casque, léger et confortable, un grand classique dans les studios et c’est mérité vu la clarté et la qualité de l’écoute y’a pas photo, pour le prix. Qualité-prix au top! Fortement conseillé pour une écoute précise, avec des basses présentent mais pas de trop, c’est propre.Si vous voulez désactiver la fonction de coupure du son automatique, c’est très simple, une petite manipulation à faire sur une vis (tuto sur YouTube) et le tour est joué !Pourquoi couper cette fonction? Car comme tout interrupteur, il est sujet à l’usure mécanique sur le temps, il constitue donc une faiblesse majeure dans ce casque dans son utilisation sur la durée. Pour éviter l’usure et la casse de cet interrupteur, j’ai préféré désactiver ce mécanisme dès la première utilisation. Prolongeant ainsi sa durée de vie potentielle.
MelquÃades Zurrón –
Soy un consumidor final particular. Tengo un buen equipo de música por componentes. Y en mi ordenador instalé hace unos años una tarjeta de audio dedicada, la Asus Xonar Essence.La Xonar la adquirà en su dÃa, también en Amazon, tras investigar mucho. No es una tarjeta profesional, no. Pero sà que sus calidades están diseñadas para un cliente audiófilo. Me hice de ella pensando en dar el “salto” a unos auriculares de cierta calidad. Pues tiene amplificador de auriculares que, para unos cascos como estos, resulta imprescindible. El amplificador de la Xonar es un TI TPA6120A2, excelente y capaz de soportar 600 ohms de impedancia con una distorsión menor del 0.001%. La Xonar también tiene conversor D/A de gran calidad, el conversor Digital/Analógico Burr-Brown PCM 1792ª, capaz de convertir la señal con un SNR de 127dBs.Vengo de unos cascos inalámbricos Sony, que han colmado mis expectativas desde hace años. Les tengo mucho cariño. Con los MDR IF410 venÃa escuchando música tipo rock, clásica, jazz fusión y, sobre todo, me resultaban muy cómodos para la escucha de pelÃculas.¿Por qué decidirme entonces por los AKG K271 MKII? Sencillo: la diadema de pasta de mis Sony de toda la vida se ha rajado tras muchos años. Y aún los seguiré utilizando para pelÃculas, si consigo recuperarlos.¿Y por qué decidirme, en concreto, por este modelo, existiendo una oferta tan amplia en el mercado? Sencillo. Referencias de primera mano, bastante fiables de familiares músicos. Tienen estudio profesional y utilizan esta marca como referencia. Me hablaron de este modelo K271 MKII, por su excelente calidad precio. Pero no lo tenÃa del todo claro.En un estudio precisan hacer las mezclas con “referencia verdadera”. Esto es, “sonidos no coloreados” en graves ni agudos. Si la referencia no es correcta, no es “plana”, es “coloreada”, crees que has grabado A. Y cuando escuchas el resultado en altavoces o cascos de referencia, “planos”, “sin colorear”, como estos AKG u otros similares, escuchas B. Algo completamente diferente a lo que se pretendÃa crear. Sonidos menos vivos, menos atractivos. Eso ocurre porque se graba con referencia falsa.Mi duda era si las necesidades de un estudio coincidÃan con las mÃas. Si no me eran más interesantes unos auriculares que realzaran graves y agudos. ¿La solución? ¡Probarlos! Y me llevé mis Sony y otros Bose in ear a un estudio y los comparé con unos AKG. ¡Y claro que coincidÃan mis necesidades! La calidad es poco opinable. Simplemente, se siente. También los probé sobre la Xonar y más de lo mismo. C A L I D A D.¿Qué noté? Lo que he notado cuando me han llegado y he podido dedicarles algunas horas a la escucha de mi música y pelÃculas favoritas. He redescubierto la música y el cine que me gusta. Escucho sonidos y matices nuevos, información auditiva donde antes no habÃa. Lo que me hace pensar que, dado que los profesionales dicen que âno coloreaâ los sonidos y yo capto más graves, agudos, riqueza, información, profundidad, separación, la diferencia fundamental ha de ser motivada por la calidad AKG y sus componentes.Amazon, como es habitual. Perfecto. Llegó la caja protegida en un sobre de plástico. Y la saqué sin marcas. Perfectamente nuevo, sellado y precintado. Impecable.Pongo algunas fotos del contenido en caja. Los cascos, con un conector en el auricular derecho de tres pins. Y dos cables con conector de tres pins, por un extremo, y jack estéreo de 3,5 mm, por el otro. Uno de ellos recto cilÃndrico de aproximadamente 3 m (que no se aprecia en la foto porque ya está instalado y he hecho la revisión dÃas después). Y otro de espiral de aproximadamente 1,5 m. Asà como un adaptador hembra de jack estéreo 3,5 mm a jack estéreo 6,3 mm. Y un juego de almohadillas de terciopelo. Las que llevan originalmente los cascos son tipo piel fina.En resumen, muy contento con la decisión de compra y muy satisfecho con el producto. En estos dÃas que llevo utilizándolos, mi experiencia de uso es inmejorable. Ningún clic, como he leÃdo en alguna revisión. Ninguna pega. Plena satisfacción. Calidad. Ojalá me hubiera decidido antes.
Habrawk –
At the 80 CDN price tag I got them for, they were a real deal. They are comfortable and sound great. As noted in other reviews,the bias on these is neutral; everything shows up on stage and is measured. Not for the “deep bass” experience.