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AKG K181 DJ UE Reference Headphones – Flash Sale
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AKG K181 DJ UE Reference Headphones – Flash Sale
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Previous AKG offerings on Massdrop like the open-back K7XX and the closed-back K553 share a lot of great traits: both boast an expansive soundstage, bassy goodness, and a killer price-to-performance value. However, the large size of the headphones and their long stock cable make them unusable on the go Read More
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Aug 21, 2024
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Little late to the party...
I got these pretty cheap all the way back when, they sound for the price I paid (IIRC ~35$) they sound pretty good its nothing to make you write home about but it sounds good for any genre and they can provide some decent bass without ever sounding muddy to my ears. I think the thing that most remarks me to me is the quality.
These poor things have been through at least 6 moves, disregarded for years I completely forgot about them for a long time. Crushed in boxes thrown in stupid warm attics with questionable amounts of humidity. Now they become my daily driver? They still sound like a took them out of the box.
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BlvPika
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Aug 8, 2021
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It's meh.
Good price for such sound quality but it's just uncomfortable. The clamping force is just way too much. Had to spend some time just stretching out the headband for it not to crush my head every time I wore it. Earcups felt stiffer and not as comfortable
Recommends this product? No
rocketfueled
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Dec 15, 2020
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Solid build, could take a beating. Not so comfortable for long sessions because of the earcups though.
Recommends this product? Yes
JonathanL
4
Apr 25, 2020
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Uncomfortable
Clamping force on the headphones were too much, sound signature very bass heavy.
die7go
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Nov 9, 2019
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Amazing
one of my favorite pairs of headphones. The fit is a bit tight but if you replace the ear pads with ones that go around your ears instead of sitting on top of them, they become significantly more comfortable
Recommends this product? Yes
RENERIZE
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Nov 9, 2019
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Loving these set of cans
Great light weight great sounding able to take whatever sounds I throw at it and they deliver. Love how portable they are. How they fit has to get a bit of gettin used to though.
Recommends this product? Yes
Kerry_Maxwell
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Apr 25, 2019
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The official headphone of the Spanish Inquisition. I forgot I even had these in my drawer, but busted them out to see if the pain I remembered was just a nightmare I had. These induce almost instant agony on my ears, which is a shame because they sound half-decent. I have a large head (size 8+) so these might be bearable for those with smaller craniums and less nerve endings in the ears, and/ or masochists. I cannibalized the cord for another pair of AKGs, so I upped the rating one star.
JJDeviloper
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Jan 27, 2019
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For the price, you get one of AKG's best closed back headphones. Only downside is that they are on ear, not over ear. For the price these usually drop for, they are difficult to beat. And the bass boost is fun, and sounds great for bassheads or songs that sound better with more bass. The only more popular AKG closed back is probably the K550/K553, well beyond the price of this model. The build quality is also decent, with good quality plastic.
yeah_cheddar
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Jan 11, 2019
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Really uncomfortable during long sessions, the tightness was likely the reason, they have a high clamping force, made the tips of my ears hurt after a while . One of the ear outputs stopped working about 5 months in. Audio quality was great, did use them pretty frequently and traveled with them a lot.
Wounded_Audiophile
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Nov 21, 2018
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These have very good sound and good value for the price. I like the separate bass control on each earphone if you were to use these for mixing but my biggest complaint and key for me is that out of 25 pairs of headphones these have the strongest clamping force and that's a huge drawback for me. *** Update*** I decided to attempt to remove the clamping force which I did manage to make them much more tolerable. I put them on a short 8 inch headphone block for a week, this worked for about 40 minutes until full clamp came back. I then redid this a month later on the same block and I let them sit for two weeks. I then opened them fully and stretched them to their limit by putting them separated on a 10 inch spaced bookshelf where they were fully spread and left them for a 5 days. After testing them they are 85% corrected and wore them for 4 hours and felt a minimal clamp return so I now returned them back to the bookshelf for another 2-3 days. It's worth the effort instead of man handling them and possibly breaking the outer plastic headband cover.
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