Wednesday, October 9th 2013
AKG K812 Reference Headphones - Perfect Sound Five Years In The Making
HARMAN's AKG proudly announces its new K812 reference headphones - the completely new open-back design optimized for pristine and natural sound. The K812 offers an oversized 53mm driver for the highest dynamic range ever in an AKG headphone. Its copper-covered aluminum voice coil extends sounds beyond the limits of human hearing, hitting a full spectrum of frequencies. Each K812 is built for comfort with a fast, adjustable headband and extremely soft ear pads to ensure comfort in any application, for extended periods of time.
"The AKG K812's are not only our newest reference headphones, but they are the very pinnacle of technological innovation to which we've aspired in our 65 years of innovation," stated Kent Iverson, Director of Marketing and Product Development, AKG. "K812 is the result of an intensive 5-year research and development program to achieve, as near as possible, the perfect headphone. The level of technology and engineering invested in K812 exceeds the industry standard, resulting in truly the best sounding headphones AKG has ever released."AKG's long-standing tenure in the headphones industry has delivered numerous world-renowned professional pieces, from the original K120 in 1949, and iconic K1000 head speaker system for advanced, binaural reproduction for the hi-fi purist and studio pros, to the revolutionary flat-wire technology K701's for studio professionals.
"The AKG K812's are not only our newest reference headphones, but they are the very pinnacle of technological innovation to which we've aspired in our 65 years of innovation," stated Kent Iverson, Director of Marketing and Product Development, AKG. "K812 is the result of an intensive 5-year research and development program to achieve, as near as possible, the perfect headphone. The level of technology and engineering invested in K812 exceeds the industry standard, resulting in truly the best sounding headphones AKG has ever released."AKG's long-standing tenure in the headphones industry has delivered numerous world-renowned professional pieces, from the original K120 in 1949, and iconic K1000 head speaker system for advanced, binaural reproduction for the hi-fi purist and studio pros, to the revolutionary flat-wire technology K701's for studio professionals.
11 Comments on AKG K812 Reference Headphones - Perfect Sound Five Years In The Making
It appears that it does compete quite well against the HD800 right now, it is an extremely neutral headphone, the only thing it loses to with the HD800 seems to be the same thing everything loses to it, soundstage. The MSRP is currently looking to hit US around 1,500 or so. Looks like AKG is really aiming for the HD800.
One big thing to keep in mind though, so far AKG never has been reinforcing their MSRPs like Grados and Sennheiser tend to do, won't be surprised if these drop like a rock after a couple of months on the market. AKG headphones notoriously drop from MSRP by a good 25% to even 50% after some time. Beautiful thing what the market does to prices.
My current K601 has really soft fabric pads which i prefer.
www.head-fi.org/t/685339/new-akg-flagship-k812-first-impression#post_9877645