I have owned a pair of K270 for several years now and i have always appreciated the neutral sound and the absolute lack of distortion.

The K270 needs a powerful amplifier.

I have used them both as a sound engineer at concerts and home at they do the job every time, but i had to dispose some records because the sound quality was too poor on them, and my speakers (they have almost same characteristics as K270)

About the Bass. If there a lack of bass in the K270, the record contains no bass.

But don't purchase any Hi-Fi equipment unless you have tried it for a period and like it personally.

The sound is clear, no strong bass, no strong high just extremly neutral.
You can hear things clear as you wouldn't with others (e.g. groaning of a chair in a classic orchestra, finest deatils in voices, ...)

I'm owning the AKG K270 since 18 years and I didn't really care about them - they still look like new even I use them every day.

One of my best parts I've bought.

I have a AKG K270 Studio and I like it very much.
I really love good sounding audio. No extra bass or high tones in it.
This headphone has that!
I am a musician and play piano, keyboard, synth.
I need a headphone like this in my home-studio!

BEST!

Neutral. Clear. Detailed.

do you love thuddering bass? this earphone is not for you....

Out from the box, this earphones is the clearest, neutral, most detailed set i've ever owned. I have Mission 783 speakers and an all-Arcam set-up and listening to this baby was as enjoyable to listening to my speakers. I plugged it directly to my Arcam AVR100 headphone output and man was I in heaven! If you love honest presentations of recordings and looking for a honest-sounding headphone, the search is over.

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- sturdy, ruged and well built - comfortable for long hours wearing - accurate - closed design

not for everyday listening becouse of the flat and a bit of the bass shy factor.. (suitabl;e in recording environtment only)

i can asure that people dislike this headphones are just ordinary listener who expect boom bass and think that boom bass is awesome... =) the 270S is very-very honest sounding, its true that its a bit 'bass shy' becouse of the "flat" factor- but thats why its very accurate and help you judge the mixing process besides the monitor... i definately think that if you buy the 270s for listening you might wont like it or might be dissaponted ( but i love it becouse of the 'honest' factor-- too bad the badly recorded CD would sounds more awefull in this), but if you do sound enginering, tracking and use it in studio environtment this one a true champion =) i even considering to get another same pair since i love it so much and its been dicontinued and replaced by the 271 which dont have the dual driver in each ear cup. if you're a bass maniac this product will dissapoint you.. you dont haer bass... you feel bass!!!! 'careful with your judge... btw, this headphones need long burn in period... but its worthed since the sounds even more tranparent after the burn in.

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I bought the AKG 270 S based on a recommendation from a friend. Then I read a negative review about them on the internet. I don't think that negative review is justified. These headphones may be somewhat weak in the bass, but they sound very accurate and very open in the mid and high ranges. I like the automatic switch feature that turns off the sound when you take the phones off your head. I've worn them for hours, and they feel light and comfortable. They can really output deafening sound volume, very nicely, if you were so inclined to do so. That info's not for listening, but as an investment protection, in case you accidentally turn un-mute your system when the volume is way up high. These headphones are closed-design, and they do a good job of excluding surrounding noise... which I appreciate.

Linear, faithful reproduction of original signal. very clear reproduction of soundstage, very spatial sound. sometimes even non-headphonelike sound (in a good way)

they're quite big, although comfortable and very lightweight for their size. far from the most fashionable product of the year, more like from last century :--)

I was looking for accurate monitoring headphones for daw use. On that area these are great (maybe best?) headphones for the money. The design is very professional: two (!) transducers per ear and specially shaped earpads so that signal is focused on ear entrance. The sound is VERY detailed, also doesn't add anything to the original sound so everything comes out as intended. I don't consider my sennheiser HD 25-1 as monitors anymore allthough they sell them as a studio monitor (works for DJs maybe but for accurate mixing/monitoring, no thanks). I can simply hear things that sennheisers didn't reveal and they even cost more than these cans! I wouldn't buy these headphones for casual listening purposes, however. That's what hifi products are for. Allthough with good material these never fail to satisfy, but don't even try those badly recorded commercial recordings, you'll just get disappointed.

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I own already a pair of Sennheiser HD25-1 and tried also akg 240 & sennheiser hd500-600 series.

Comfort - you can have these on for hours Soundstage is accurate, almost visual. Sound isolation

Transducers cost a bomb to replace (they come in pairs) - don't drop 'em

I have had a pair of these for a long-time. I too have used AKG240's in studios and found them to be a great monitor. I have the K270 P which for my money are even better due to the comfort factor, and they are better isolated from extraneous noise (which might explain why the first reviewer was put-off - you only hear what is being fed to the transducers, not that + your dog barking etc...). This is why they are good monitors - designed for serious listening, they are not designed to make the soundstage big, if it isn't. At the end of the day I trust what I hear from these

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Open "natural" airy sound. Can listen for hours without developing ear fatique.

For recording engineers, they might not have as accurate and flat freq. response as the K240DF, but hey ... at the end of the day it''s about the listening pleasure.

I did not actually purchase the K270S model. I acquired a set of K280''s back in 1992. They were the forerunner to the K270S model. I had auditioned just about everything in the AKG, Sennheiser and Beyer-Dynamic lines. The K240DF and K240M sets had a very closed (something is on my head) sound in comparison to the K280''s. They K240DF may have flatter frequency response; and both are cheaper, but by my listening criteria the K280''s were far beyond the 240 series in realized listening pleasure. The Sennheiser and Beyer-Dynamic products I found to be unimpressive. They just didn''t jump out at me and say, I''m the best headphone product you can buy with your hard earned cash for $300 or less. I returned a pair of Sony MDR-V600''s to pursue AKG''s product line. The Sony''s gave you a bad case of cauliflower ear after about 45 minutes of listening. I can''t imagine any pair of single driver headphones beating these for general listening purposes. Do yourself a favor; and at the very least, compare these with the other contenders for your headphone budget via A-B listening tests. I don''t think you''ll be disappointed!

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well, if i must say anything, it''s an akg (not to slag akg in general, just this product)

pricey; horribly horrid sound quality; hard to drive

first off, don''t even consider buying these; in fact don''t even consider going down to your local dealer to audition these. however, if you really must hear how these sound, all you need to do is stay at home and do the following: 1) point your speakers directly forward (into your room) 2) while sitting directly BETWEEN your speakers, place an empty (or if that''s your thing, a full) ice cream bucket over your head 3) play your favorite musical selection the above illustration is not an exaggeration these thing really do sound that bad. if i could, i''d rate these zero star

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