Price Paid:  $120.00 from SameDayMusic.Com

Summary:
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.

Strengths:
Neutral. Clear. Detailed.

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

Similar Products Used:
sony, jvc, philips, panasonic headphones

Price Paid:  $180.00

Summary:
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.

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

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

Similar Products Used:
sennheiser 490,433 alot of sonny MDR audio tecnica and many other junk =)

Price Paid:  $210.00

Summary:
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.

Price Paid:  $125.00 from Music store

Summary:
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.

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

Weaknesses:
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 :--)

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

Price Paid:  $140.00

Summary:
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

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

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

Similar Products Used:
AKG K240, AKG K1000, Sennheiser and some ol' Pioneer cans from the 70's