AKG K-240 Studio 3-stars Reviews

Ok-ish for the price

Bass response is weak. Impotent. I’m new to studio headphones though. Maybe it’s supposed to be so weak - maybe what I call weak, more competent people call flat. My reference point is Bose QC35 and Airpods 2nd gen. I don’t any other studio headphones to compare AKG 240 to.

Mediocre headphones

I expected more, especially after reading reviews here and there. The reality is that the headphones are mediocre. The lack of low frequencies is obvious, making the overall sound look flat, even though the highs sound right. They are also not very comfy and your ears get hot soon.

The open design does not excuse the sound quality as I also have Audio Technica ATH AVA400 which is way-way better.

I expected more in terms of comfort...

I recently returned a Focusrite Scarlet Solo because it didn't suit my needs and the headphones that came with it were far better than these at a similar price i guess (It was a bundle deal).

These headphone have an elastic system that 'auto adjusts' to your head/ear size and i really don't like it. Its not as comfortable as adjustable headphones and you cant 'overadjust' them a bit to reduce the weight/contact with you head so you've always got a plastic strip on your head.

For me the padding around the ears is too hard for long use comfort, and they are quite small - which, if like me you have chunky earrings, makes it really uncomfortable until you kind of tuck them into the headphones!

I also found the tension too much and feel too much pressure on my ears, again with no way to adjust it.

And finally, a small but irritating thing is the elastic adjuster means that (on one side) some of the auto adjusting sliding stuff hits the metal rim around the speaker scratching the gold colour off.

Overall they sound OK but for the reasons above, I cant wear them for long so i'm changing them

Does the job (mostly)

Decent for the low price. Not ideal for users with long hair as hair catches easily in the hinges. Cable seems rather flimsy but is replaceable.

Good but not loud enough !!

Very decent sound but i thought it is not loud enough for me!

AKG K-240 Studio

This headphones are pretty robust and very comfortable, but the sound is not so good, especially the low end. AKG K-240 mkII are little expensive but they are much much better sounding headphones.

Good But Needs Improvements

Sounds great into a iphone or a laptop and it doesn't need any amplification. So it works very well just for listening to music. Giving you favorite tracks a pleasent sound and a fresh start.

I would consider buying a smaller helix cable to use as a alternative but i think the one that comes with the 240 is good for the recording process.

They are comfortable and look nice.

I feel i will use them for many years to come.

A down side - They need to improve on the quality of materials ,construction and details !

very well made and so clear tone, i play guitar for over 8 years now and play gigs alot almost every week but recently i moved into a small apartment so i can't really practice so i bought this headset and it's totally rocking \mXm/

(after 5 years)

it has a lot of low end and thats a pain when I try to mix