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812? srlsy?  Who numbers these things?

 

That said, the one picture certainly looks a bit K340ish, no?

17*5*4 = 340

 

and 

 

29*7*4 = 812

 

Seems obvious to me. 

They look 701ish to me, which is to say comfy. And moar black.

 

Sensitivity of 110. OK fine. I wonder if it will take less than a bulldozer to drive them. AKG doesn't have the greatest track record for drive-ablity. (Thinking not so much of the K1K, which is supposed to be a pig to drive as the 701, which is nominally drive-able by almost any amp, but sounds like ass on the vast majority of them.)

And, they have out-Tesla'd the Beyer T1....

 

Could be interesting; the 701 sounds pretty darn good out of Doug's DSHA-1.....

@shellyh - LOL!

 

@AKG - more insane flagship headphone pricing.

Nate, my guess is they just increase them incrementally, but then they don't release all the ones in between.

there's an akg 512, akg 612, and akg 712, so an akg 812 makes sense to me

Official AKG 812 page - Looks interesting, wonder how they sound.

812? srlsy?  Who numbers these things?

 

That said, the one picture certainly looks a bit K340ish, no?

 

 

17*5*4 = 340

 

and 

 

29*7*4 = 812

 

Seems obvious to me. 

 And see I thought it was implying that it was a jump on the bandwagon moniker, Like "OK, I ate one too".

That said, the one picture certainly looks a bit K340ish, no?

 

That was my thought when I first saw the picture.

 

@AKG - more insane flagship headphone pricing.

 

They figure that it sounds 2/3 as good as an HD-800 so should cost 2/3 as much.

Edited November 5, 201312 yr by guzziguy

They are the same price, aren't they?

 

http://www.headphone.com/headphones/akg-k812.php

http://www.headphone.com/headphones/sennheiser-hd-800.php

Got one coming....we'll see.

They are the same price, aren't they?

 

http://www.headphone.com/headphones/akg-k812.php

http://www.headphone.com/headphones/sennheiser-hd-800.php

 

I thought I saw $1K somewhere.  Maybe it was 1K Euros.

 

Also, I was joking about the sound quality, having never heard them.  I'll be interested in hearing what you think, Tyll.

Edited November 5, 201312 yr by guzziguy

1K euros is what I've seen thrown around. I just sold my k1000's so I'm mildy interested in these.

pleased to see a thread on these here and looking forward to Tyll's assessment.

Just what I need, a reason to spend more money on headphones. 

 

It does look a little like a modern K340 size/comfort/style - wise.  I'd be interested in hearing what someone I know has to say about them.  The impressions written by 'Ra97oR' on head-if sound promising, but I know nothing of this reviewer besides the terrible screen name.

 

Looking forward to reading what Tyll has to say about them.

Edited November 26, 201312 yr by philodox

Sound On Sound wrote positive reviews on the AKG K612 and K712 in this month's issue.

Cool, thanks for the tip.  Will see if I can pick up that issue this afternoon.

It's a short review – as in thumbs up.

I like headphones

I imagine you won't be back after your 14 day warning period is up.

And turtles I hope.

 

This was a good reminder though, need to check Chapters tonight to see if I can find a copy of that magazine.

They're not a zingy as the T1, but they ring a bit. Kinda sounds like there's always a triangle (the instrument) in the treble info. Measurements show a pretty severe double peak on initial 300Hz leading edge.  Imaging and resolution aren't as good as the HD800, but I think I like the overall tonal character better. Very nice comfort and build quality. The included headphone stand is a nice touch, but the cable seems a bit cheezy for a $1500 headphone.