AKG K141MKII High-Quality, Semi-Open, On-Ear Headphones For Studio And Broadcast Use

1. Rocky

   Posted by Rocky on 16th Apr 2012

   which works with Apple devices ilnducing iPhone/iTouch 4, if you use a different device the mic might not be recognised. You also get a normal cable ~50cm (also lime!) which is so short it's next to useless. Both are very thin (for portability?) that does raise questions as to their life expectancy. I'm buying a thicker, longer (1m), black replacement cable.The on the ear closed design works and does isolate you from the background noise pretty well; they won't beat active noise cancelling but they work well for me. I find them confortable considering I prefer over the ear versions.How do they sound? I compared them against AKG K141, Beyerdynamic 235, Sennheiser HD600 and in-ear Sennheiser CX 500, 400, 300 II and 300 original on amp, laptop, Cowon MP3 player and various phones.If you like bass and lively music you'll like them: don't expect (monitor) flat response but for travelling I think it's ideal. They are also pretty sensitive so you don't need to turn the volume to the max to blow your ears off; on the laptop, 10% volume is more than sufficient at home and 20% while travelling so there is plenty left.If you want something better than in-ear but pocketable for travelling I think these are great; if you have Apple kit they should be worth it, otherwise there's K450 or even K430 for (much) less though I have not tried them to see whether they sound worse.

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