AKG K242HD my first headphone
Jun 8th, 2009 by AnA
After building the amp. I decided to hunt for a decent headphone. In this end, I purchased a AKG K242 HD headphone after a 2 hours long audition session with comparing with other headphones. This AKG is a “oldies” looking headphone and I like the design very much. This piece could produce bass down to only 15Hz but it specially “match” my amp as the roll off frequency is also only around 15Hz.
Before I finialised my decision on getting this AKG headphone, I like Sennheiser. I had tried their HD 600 model at the shop and I find it has a little punchy bass. Pretty clear sound overall. But the price is too high as my first headphone. I think, getting a headphone more than $400 is not so worth as the ratio between price and performance may not justify.
Another headphones I had tried were the famous Beyerdynamic the DT 770 and th DT880 series. The bass is very smooth and not as punchy as Sennheiser HD600. I like how is sound for the bass for the Beyer’s DT series. But, I find the treble is too sharp for my liking. Anyway, this headphone need amplifier to drive as it has high impedence of 250 ohms. Normal earphone only 32 – 55 ohms on average and only require the source to drive it well.
All in all, which ever headphone we choose, it has to match with the whole chain of system we use; such as the source, the amplifier etc. For now, AKG K242HD is good enough and for the first time, the headphone is challenging my hearing rather than the other way around. Cheers!
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