Akg Pro Audio K271 Mkii Channel Studio Headphones

At this price point, and after having owned 5 studio headphones over a few decades, AKG K240 MKII, K553 MKII, Sony MDR-7506, KOSS PRO 4AA & 4AAA, I have found THE Referred Personal Listening Tool.

Perfect AKG studio headphones

I use the K271 headphones for mixing my audio projects. The sound is great! They are pretty comfortable, though I have to take them off periodically to give my ears a break. Over long periods of time they start to be of slight discomfort, but that can be said about any headphones. The sound quality is great. The low end may be a little lean, as others have stated. But the response is pretty flat and the sound is awesome. One plus is that the headphones turn off as soon as you remove them from your head. The way the headband is designed allows a switch to be activated when putting them on, which allows the audio to pass through. Pretty cool feature. I'm digging these headphones.

I have 2 of these sweet cases. One for my mastering lab AKG K712 headphones and one for my location headphones (AKG K240 MKII). Protection galore. I highly recommend this case.

Arrived quickly (Sunday FedEx delivery) during Xmas-New Years Holiday week. Co-existing alongside my Audio=technica ATH-M50 for music keyboard use. The Audio-technica is louder, and has always performed satisfactorily. The AKG-K553 MKII is gorgeous with a professional appearance. Clear, pure sound quality. After extensive comparison amongst numerous equivalent brands, I'm quite pleased with my choice of the AKG-K553 MKII. Would buy it again. 5 stars!

These are one of the best headphones that I have ever owned. I needed closed can for running our 32 channel church mixer and all my past headphones have been AKG as well. This is top of my list on the phones that I have owned in the past

I have this hooked up with my PC's Line Out with Realtek Audio Console and with my AKG K240s, sound quality is very nice. Construction of the amp is solid, all ports are secured and dials are easy to turn. I would recommend buying a four channel amp like this instead of a single channel for its versatility for use cases such as podcasting or studio work. Overall, very happy with this purchase.

I got the K271 MKII yesterday. The bass is better then I thought it would be. People are saying the 271 have no bass I think the bass is very good. The mids and highs are great

These headphones are exactly what I was looking for when I purchased them almost 30 days ago. Basically I like everything about them: The sound is perfect for what I do in the studio, that is a sound and video editing very clear and transparent with a lot of detail. I think these are the best headphones I have ever owned. The AKG K812 headphones are very comfortable, well/solid built, and easy to adjust while on your head. I also like very much a stand that comes with these headphones. I purchase the headphones with the AKG HP4E 4-Channel Headphone Amplifier - all works great!

Comparing this to AKG K240 Studio monitoring headphones it is not as good. But it's very close. This was the only headphone I could find with a removable cable at this price point. Sound quality is very good but not excellent. This may be that I haven't broken the headphones in yet, but the sound stage is stiff and the treble with percussion is a bit muddled without good separation like on the AKG. These headphones have more emphasis on the low-end than the AKG 240's though. Comfort-wise these headphones fit better than AKG from the get-go -- it took awhile for the AKG's to loosen and stop squeezing my glasses to my head. However, I wish the pads were slightly bigger or oval shaped to fit the ears more comfortably. The padding is very soft. Another reviewer noted that the Polsen's 32ohm drivers cannot be driven by an iPad, but this is not the case. I had no issues when testing with normal volumes on an iPad Mini 2. The AKG K240's are 55 ohms in comparison and are decidedly quieter. A good purchase for good quality monitoring.