AKG K 240 MK II

The venerable Austrian-made AKG k240M served for decades as the reference headphone in professional studios across Europe, Asia, and North America. Hoping to catch on with the listener at home as well as in the recording environment, AKG released the k240 Studio headphone. Now comes the k240 MK-II headphone re-designed with a few extra convenient accessories while keeping the original k240's signature sound largely intact. Those looking for some tight bottom-end push with silky highs will enjoy these k240 MK-II headphones a lot. The lower frequency ranges are lean & focused with the midranges/highs a hair forward, making for a pleasingly smooth tonal signature compared to most other cans around this pricepoint. The k240 remain fairly efficient full-size headphones at 55 ohm impedance rating and should get clean moderate-to-loud listening levels with most portable players like Mp3s, iPods and laptop computers. However, keep in mind any quality dedicated headphone amplifier stage will fully maximize the audio clarity, dynamic range extension ('quickness'), and overall musical detail resolution of the k240 MK-II. Although this edition shares the same numerical appellation as the older -- now sadly discontinued -- AKG k240M and AKG k240DF models, the k240 MK-II are significantly less expensive and, hence, are not quite built to the same demanding specification level as those more spendy 'true' reference-application headphones. However, their quality construction is superb since the k240 MK-II remain 100% manufactured in Austria.

The AKG k240 MK-II headphone now offers two user-friendly 'quick-detach' cords provided in the package: a 5-meter length straight cable plus a 3-meter coiled cord, both exiting from the left earcup via a mini-XLR 3-pin connection system. The k240's self-adjusting headband, lightweight frame design, and full-size circumaural pleather earpads makes them very comfortable during long extended listening sessions at home or in the studio. As another plus, the k240 MK-II also includes an extra set of velour fabric earpads, allowing the listener to employ the earpads of their choice. The k240 headphone cable terminates to an 1/8" [3.5mm] mini-plug. A full-size 1/4" [6.3mm] adaptor is handily included in the package. A superb 2-year product warranty remains standard with all AKG headphones.