AKG K-52

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AKG K-52
£30
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You get what you paid for
onogio 16.09.2020
PROS:
-Very lightweight and comfortable;
-Decent quality for 30€, but do not expect "high quality" as I saw many people (and AKG) writing;
-2.5m cable, which could be a pro but also a con :D ;
-Decent bass for the price.
CONS:
-Very bad isolation;
-Really bad frequency response: highs totally messed up, mids with strange behavior;
-Consequentially, stereo image is pretty messed up;
-Materials do not feel like solid, balanced or strong - they're still acceptable for price range.

I am a master's degree student in electroacoustic composition, ergo: not an expert but not just an enthusiast.
I have to say my recent headphones have been AKG702 and Beyerdynamic 990 PRO, also in these days I am listening in a very great studio (well treated - enormous Genelecs), so my standards may be strongly influenced by this.

So, these headphones are pretty much ok for the money you're about to spend. But do NOT expect a decent isolation, a reasonably fair frequency response, a nice stereo image.

I just thought this pair of headphones would have been something better. Unfortunately it does not satisfy me, so I will send it back.
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The gap between the vocals and instrumental music is not too dense, the taste is on the light side, in short, will not let you f
Heartstring 13.03.2022
You want to rush to death metal, rock music, do not buy you like the Japanese small fresh Caiqin, classical instrumental music such as this is a good performance, durable listening
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Very good, cheap and a good first choice for a home studio
Lamda3c 23.04.2023
It's a very good pair of headphones. Weightless, comfortable and kinda worth for first home studio choice. Meanwhile, as a backup pair, taking the seat of my favourite DT 770, it's good. Its good for its price.
Also i was thinking if this is a quality pair of headphones for a home studio. Yeah ok it is. When I first unboxed it, I saw and felt the low quality plastic materials, but, once again, for its price it's good.
Now the sound. Ok they have kinda lovely sound, flat, but not almost flat. Something like when you adjust the volume of the audio interface starts a beat peaking before the peak level. Is the reason for that the ohms? - I don't think so.
The type of the product, I'm 100% sure is not closed.
Volume knob 30% - everyone in my room can hear what I hear.
Volume knob 50% - everyone in the next two rooms can hear what I hear.
If move them upon my head, lay them on the desk, move from room to my hall, I still hear them. So I think this item it's worth to start from a cheap pair of headphones, but not as described.
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Good value for money
Samuel Burns 24.03.2018
In this price range i couldn`t expect more. I use them for bass practise at home and they are OK. Nothing special, they handle well the low frequencies all though they seem to not be responding well in the higher spectrum. Build quality is good, the pads hug my ears gently but firm and the cable is long enough to give free movement here und there.
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Not Quite
RSrapaka 22.01.2021
Quality is excellent, personally, I found the following points.
1. Treble response is too high and not realistic when compared with KRK pro monitors, so if I use it for mastering my balance will be off.
2. Fit - A Headphones deliver bass response based on how good it covers ears airtight in my opinion, the ear cups are not oval, they are round and too big for most of them I think, leaking the air all around and very difficult to judge BASS and not convenient. Ear cups are a bit rough.
3. I know you get what you pay for, but for the price, I shall say very nice but I do not recommend them for mixing.
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AKG K-52
text 11.10.2021
Rather good sound for price.
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johnknuckles 23.04.2020
i was high again, hi im back, i was broke af after buying that £1600 computer so i bough this broke ass budget headphones, got my new bong, hit that baby then used this headphones to test and i was listening to chinese music! im not even chinese! amazing quality ,made me felt like im from hong kong
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Great sound!
Tiberiy 05.05.2023
Accurate sound reproduction. Correct accents in all meetings. Bright upper right middle. I definitely recommend.
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Great headphones for the price!
Arman B. 19.10.2021
They are very comfortable and do not feel at all on the head. I don't get tired after them. When recording, the sound is not skipped. This product fully justifies its price.
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Excellent casque ouvert
Anonymous 15.12.2022
Son très bon pour de l'écoute quotidienne. Il n'est pas parfaitement neutre mais le son est vraiment bon. Le confort d'écoute est vraiment excellent.
Je suis à ma 2e paire vu que l'écoute gauche de ma première ne fonctionne plus :-(... Cela ne m'empêche pas de le racheter quand même tant il a un bon rapport qualité-prix.
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