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AKG240S followup
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| Leon Oziel |
Wow, the moment I put them on I listened to Daft Punk - Digital Love and carried a smile all the way home.
Just want to say thank you for the pointing me in the right direction! I'm hearing crap in my mixes that are kinda embarrassing :o
p.s.HAHAH at the bass flick thing, this is incredible
p.s.s. everything sounds so damn punchy and juicy!! |
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| System101 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Leon Oziel
Wow, the moment I put them on I listened to Daft Punk - Digital Love and carried a smile all the way home.
Just want to say thank you for the pointing me in the right direction! I'm hearing crap in my mixes that are kinda embarrassing :o
p.s.HAHAH at the bass flick thing, this is incredible
p.s.s. everything sounds so damn punchy and juicy!! |
you're welcome! and yes they are absolutely incredible! |
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| Leon Oziel |
| I came on here asking about headphone monitors, and almost everyone said AKG's heh |
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| Eldritch |
Just wait until they're completely burned in.
They're gonna sound even better. :)
If you don't want to wait, just put an album on repeat and turn the volume up to a reasonably loud level (not too loud though!) and leave them playing overnight for a few nights. |
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| Centra Spike |
| quote: | Originally posted by Leon Oziel
p.s.HAHAH at the bass flick thing, this is incredible |
What do you mean by bass flick thing? :conf:
| quote: | Originally posted by Eldritch
Just wait until they're completely burned in.
They're gonna sound even better. :)
If you don't want to wait, just put an album on repeat and turn the volume up to a reasonably loud level (not too loud though!) and leave them playing overnight for a few nights. |
I thought mine were broke when I first got them. They sounded very weird. I don't know if I just got used to them or burn in changed the sound dramatically but after a couple of days it was fine.
Unfortunately the left and right speakers have different frequency responses which makes some tracks sound panned a bit to the right. Left side has more bass, right more mid/highs.
Apart from that they're pretty good. I wonder how much better top of the line headphones/monitors are though. Somebody who has much more expensive equipment may think K 240Ss are rubbish. |
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| Leon Oziel |
Hey I was just mastering my track and I noticed that I have a bit more bass to the left in my mix? Probably just my mixdown...
Bass flick thing? There was a thread a bit ago where someone flicked the top tubular belt and created a phat ass bass sound. Try flicking it and hear for yourself haha!
What the hell is burning in?? :S!! |
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| B_man |
| quote: | Originally posted by Leon Oziel
Hey I was just mastering my track and I noticed that I have a bit more bass to the left in my mix? Probably just my mixdown...
Bass flick thing? There was a thread a bit ago where someone flicked the top tubular belt and created a phat ass bass sound. Try flicking it and hear for yourself haha!
What the hell is burning in?? :S!! |
I believe you mean this thread (probably the one this is following up):
When you want to record a sound (humorous)
Yeah, I'm the one who brought up that flickering nonesense. I've been trying to be the TA-class-clown for the past month and it hasn't been working. :toothless
They are indeed awesome headphones. I assume that "burning in" means that you've gotten use to how they sound and your mind has a clearer picture of the sonic spectrum that they represent (just a guess). When I first wore my AKGs, the sound was crisp, but sounded more muffed than my previous phones. Once I realized the difference, the listening quality was incredible! |
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| Centra Spike |
| quote: | Originally posted by B_man
They are indeed awesome headphones. I assume that "burning in" means that you've gotten use to how they sound and your mind has a clearer picture of the sonic spectrum that they represent (just a guess). When I first wore my AKGs, the sound was crisp, but sounded more muffed than my previous phones. Once I realized the difference, the listening quality was incredible! |
Burn in is the drivers changing shape and loosening up when they are first used. Some people think this is a myth or a mostly placebo based effect. I'm not 100% sure, but I would tend to disagree. |
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| Eldritch |
| quote: | Originally posted by Centra Spike
Burn in is the drivers changing shape and loosening up when they are first used. Some people think this is a myth or a mostly placebo based effect. I'm not 100% sure, but I would tend to disagree. |
It's definately not a myth. Atleast not with my Alesis monitor's tweeters. They were horribly harsh in the first couple of days. It was unbearable to even be in the same room. |
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