AKG Pro Audio K371 Wired Over-Ear, Closed-Back, Foldable Professional Recording Studio Headphones, Studio Monitor Mixing, Podcast, DJ Stereo Headsets, Black
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Discover the perfect balance of studio-quality sound, plush comfort, and sleek design with the AKG K371 Professional Studio Headphones. Whether you’re a musician, engineer, podcaster, video editor, or content creator, the K371s are designed to keep you in your creative zone. These studio monitor headphones are precision-engineered to match AKG’s Reference Response acoustic target, delivering natural, balanced audio with extraordinary detail. Perfect for critical listening, mixing, and editing, they offer deeper bass and higher highs than any other model in their class, boasting a stunning frequency response of 5 Hz to 40 kHz. Comfort is paramount with the K371s. The plush, ergonomic earcups cradle your ears, ensuring luxurious comfort during long sessions. The premium isolating oval ear pads make these headphones ideal for recording, podcasting, and music production, providing excellent sound isolation. The adjustable headband ensures a perfect fit for every user, so you can focus on your work without any distractions. Built to stand up to your mobile lifestyle, the foldable K371s are not only functional but also stylish and durable. The titanium-coated 50mm diaphragms provide superior sound quality, making these headphones a favorite among audiophiles and professionals alike. Whether you need headphones for recording music, podcasting, or video editing, the K371s are your go-to choice for professional studio headphones. Embrace the confidence that comes with using AKG K371 Professional Studio Headphones. Make more informed decisions in your mixes and edits with headphones that deliver unparalleled sound quality and comfort. Elevate your creative projects with the best in studio headphones – because once you experience the K371s, you won’t want to take them off.
Closed-Back, Oval Over-Ear Design Offers Superior Isolation, Improved Low-Frequency Response, Ergonomic Fit
Largest-In-Class, Titanium-Coated 50Mm Transducers With Pure Ofc Voice Coils
Engineered To Match Akg’S Reference Response Curve Acoustic Target For Accurate, Neutral Sound. Features: Best-In-Class Frequency Response: 5 Hz To 40 Khz, Best-In-Class Sensitivity: 114 Db And Optimal 32-Ohm Impedance To Supports A Range Of Sound Sources
Country Of Origin : China
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Customers find the headphones offer good sound quality, value for money, and listening ability. They are described as crisp, comfortable, and portable. Many find them great for listening to music and gaming. The design is also appreciated. However, some customers have mixed opinions on comfort, build quality, and cable variety.
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Original price was: $157.99.$138.00Current price is: $138.00.
Riley Smolie –
These are not bass cannons. They’re even better.
To preface this review, audio is always subjective, especially when listening for fun. I prefer neutral headphones. I like to hear the whole track in a very analytical and detailed way. That means the lows, mids and highs are all evenly represented without any washing out, muffling or muddying of any piece of the song. My daily driver for all kinds of music is the Audeze LCD-X, a high end reference headphone that is considered by many to be too analytical and detailed for casual listening.I’ve been in the market for closed back headphones for a bit now. I initially was planning to get some Meze 99 classics/neos. They are phenomenally light and comfortable and exceptionally well built. but after trying them I found that they tend towards being heavy in the bass which I found muffled the mids and left the highs with something to be desired. The other thing I didn’t like was that the Mezes will “woof” leaving the enhanced bass muddy and fuzzed out, which is something a lot of people enjoy. I’m not one of them.Now, onto the AKG 371s. These headphones are neutral. Not quite as neutral as the LCD-X. But comparing these AKGs to a pair of headphone that cost more than five to six times as much is unfair. But I think it’s warranted since they punch up extremely well given their price tag. The 371s trend towards neutral sound, leaving the bass tight and clean, not overpowering the mids while leaving the high clear enough to listen to without becoming fatiguing or painful. Playing games with them is great, I can hear everything from the booming explosions of grenades and tank shells to the high pitched crack of gunfire while hearing footsteps all at once without it becoming muddled together or painful to listen to. Music is fantastically clear and enjoyable to listen to, they are easy to drive so you don’t need a dedicated amp to get them to that comfortable volume you want. Even when I’m sitting six feet from a noisy swamp cooler that clarity sticks around making it easy to listen to what I want without damaging my hearing in the process.They are light, but sturdy. They don’t feel cheap, and have metal in the right places. They also have a removable cable, meaning they’re way more likely to hold in the long term. They also fold up for easy storage or transport. The pads are leather and very plush, but big enough to accommodate my elephant ears. And on that note I’ve worn these for upwards of ten hours at a shot and they haven’t gotten hot or uncomfortable to wear in that entire time.The only real negative I have is if you have long hair, the hinges and pads might grab it if you’re lazy when taking them off leading to a bit of pulling. But two handing them on and off completely mitigates that issue.In short I love these headphones, and they’re the best ones I’ve bought in this price bracket in a long time. They’re not bass cannons, but they also weren’t meant to be. If you want that bone shaking bass, look elsewhere.But, if you want to hear what’s really going on in that booming bass note. Or even just pick out some new bits of detail in your favorite song, maybe give these a shot. They’ll be different to your classic gaming headset or Beats. But different can be fun.
Basilisk –
Nothing I expected from YouTube reviews
Judging by the majority of audiophile reviews of these on YouTube, these are well tuned, reasonably “detailed” with very average for the price “technicalities”, mediocre build pair of headphones.I disagree. First, materials are awesome – great plastics, great headband, very hygienic, 7/10 comfortable.Pads are almost great – they lack like maybe a couple of millimeters of depth for my ears, though they’re sewed smartly, and plush, and easy to clean.The adjustment and folding mechanism looks junky on videos, while in the real life it’s sturdy, clicks are very precise, controllable, the joint seems sturdy.And these are very, very compact when folded – I carry them in my fanny pack, this is ridiculously convenient for a full size headphones.Cables suck, all three of them, they’re like kings of microphonic effect, you need a replacement. Btw, choose Hart Audio cables, they’re awesome.If it’s hot, you need an AC in the room, since in 2-3 hours K371 will become hot and sweaty. Plus, since they slightly touch my pinna, I can wear them like 4 hours tops.And no amp is needed, you can drive them out your finger probably.Sound isolation is mediocre – I found it worse compared to Elegia and DT770.Ok, now sound.Out of the box AKG K371 sucks. Like a lot. It’s like really bad. It’s dry. It’s low bass. It’s shouty. It doesn’t make any sense at all.But give them time. I don’t know if that’s pads burn-in, your brain’s burn-in or driver burn-in and it doesn’t matter actually. The fact it – that you need to run them on your head for quite a while to get to the point when they start to sound good.And OMG they change. I do have DCA AEON Open Flow RT, DT770 250Om and Focal Elegia, plus I have experience with many other cans and iems in very different pricing brackets.AKG K371 shocked me. I couldn’t believe my ears.They’re very balanced overall, mids are tight, natural, vocals are distinct, natural and well placed – not too far, not too “intimate”.Brass instruments and electric guitars got some very pleasant bite.Bass is just how I like it – it’s neutral. And yes, there is a very, very notable rise in sub-bass, but that’s really much closer to how speakers sound in real life.Highs do not attract much of my attention, they’re balanced. You can hear hits on hi-hats, you can hear a pretty ok decay on cymbals, there is nothing bothering me at any volume level (I’m looking at you, almost every other headphone I’ve heard).They’re reasonably wide, way outside your head and there is a perceived soundstage depth, not to Elegia’s level, but K371 is not flat at all in this department. Just place them kind of slightly forward on your ear and you’re fine.Regarding the detail – I don’t know, really. I don’t feel that my planars or Elegia, both EQed to Harman and non EQed, are like more or less “detailed”. I’d say I stopped listening my DCA AFO RT, that’s for sure and I LOVED that headphone. Now AKG spoiled them for me and just can’t.Elegia is still a thing of it’s own and makes a lot of sense compared to AKG still. Elegia is the punchiest headphone I heard ever, it’s textured and “physical” and no one else is close (I never auditioned 900MK2 or first gen HE-6). K371 is not flat, they’re also reasonably textured, and that bite on brass is not available on Elegia, not to speak of light weight and portability of AKG. And the price.AKG K371 is better that Beyerdynamic DT770 250OM in almost every aspect. DT770 still got a ton of spare parts, a bigger comfy earcup and the stock cable is significantly better.I apply Oratory 1990 EQ to K371, but only up from 1KHz, changes are minor, but improvement is noticeable.With no EQ they actually do not sound “close” and with Oratory’s EQ up from 1KHz they disappear slightly more. I know, right? No one was telling me that in any review.To sum it up. AKG K371 broke my 15+ years of audiophile experience. I’m puzzled, pleasantly surprised and don’t know what to think.It looks as neutral FR is almost everything, with some place for speculation in punchiness and soundstage topics.I don’t know. Like, buy these, try them out, give them time, be open minded, don’t listen to overs, don’t look at the price, be ready to change your opinion and accept that your previous experiences, opinions and spending stopped making any sense.I had a dream, that a perfect sound will become available to anyone sometime far in the future, but apparently that future is now.
Morper –
En relación al audio, bueno, suenan muy bien, con un gran balance. Los bajos son robustos y claros aunque no son exagerados; los medios es donde mejor se desempeñan, creo yo, pues se escuchan claros y con presencia y los agudos son precisos, sin ruidos extraños y sin llegar a cansar o molestar. La construcción de los audÃfonos es buena, el mecanismo para plegar las almohadillas se siente firme y con agradables clics al ir moviendolas. Las almohadillas son comodÃsimas. Vienen los 3 cables y el adaptador que se muestran en la foto además de una bolsa transportadora con interior afelpado y cierre mediante cordón (no subà fotos).Grandes audÃfonos con mejoras en relación a su hermano menor, el 361, pero con un incremento de precio que a mi parecer lo vale.
Pierre F –
Attention, ce casque est en 32 Ohms !Comparé au beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO, pas de variation entre les versions, et donc de type d’écouteur. Il n’y a qu’un AKG K371, donc un seul type d’écouteur. Et il est super.Je le branche directement à un laptop, une tablette ou un smartphone. Je conseille d’enlever toute amplification et égalisation. Ãa ne sert à rien et ça dénaturera plus qu’autre chose ! J’ai eu des basses de fou à 100% de volume avec du Aphex Twins avec mon smartphone (j’utilise VLC). J’étais très impressionné. Je reste personnellement raisonnable sur le volume.Je l’utilise aussi avec mon PC de bureau. Ce qui me permet de ne pas passer par un hasardeux ampli, comme avec DT 770 Pro 80 Ohms. Je le branche directement sur la carte mère. Pas besoin de mettre du gain en plus avec VLC (peut etre avec les tout premiers CD). Vous etes en 32 Ohms !Ãvitez d’utiliser le AKG K371 avec un gros ampli. Il n’est pas conçu pour ça.J’avais peur qu’il y ait trop ou pas assez de basse, de médiums ou d’aigus. Le son est très équilibré avec un très bon rendu des détails.Le AKG K371 n’est pas un casque d’extérieur. C’est définitivement un casque de salon. Vous seriez embeté avec la fiche de branchement. Il y a une fuite sonore pour les autres à un certain volume. Vous etes moyennement isolés bien que le casque soit fermé. Il ne serre pas fort et il est très confortable meme avec des lunettes.Les accessoires sont super (3 cables, un adaptateur jack). Le sac gris est très classe.Si vous etes moins soigneux, ou si votre studio est parfois un champ de bataille, la solidité du beyerdynamic DT 770 pro vous conviendra mieux.Les coussins peuvent se changer. Mon choix va se porter vers des Dekoni Audio Choice Suede qui vont préserver la courbe originale qui est extra. D’autres de ce fabricant peuvent ajouter des effets (ex : plus de basses). Mauvaise nouvelle : Amazon ne les propose pas ! Et c’est rageant !J’ai longement hésité. C’est avant tout la courbe de rendu qui m’a convaincu. Pour le prix, et encore une fois si vous etes soigneux, c’est un très bon achat.
Aivars Olins –
Perfect quality for both, the build and the sound. As it can be expected from Harman and AKG. Highly recommend.
MR B R LYNN –
These arrived yesterday after i had returned a different open back rival at this price point. I had been very disappointed with them and after watching and reading countless reviews went ahead and ordered the K371s.Opened the nicely packaged headphones to find 3 different leads – short one for your phone etc, longer one ( with the required adaptor) for use with a home stereo system and a coiled one for use in a studio.The K371s are nicely made with decent build quality, not too big and they cut exterior noise out quite well.Sound quality, to me, is very good and is able to handle most genres which the other ones i sent back did not. They are easily driven by my Android phone, volume can go more than high enough. Bass is good, not excessive and they just have a nice sound. I have not had too many other headphones but id find it hard to imagine you could do better for the money. I would recommend these .
Donal –
I’m just getting into over the ear headphones, but have a good idea on what good sound is. I’m overall very satisfied with the buy read along to know why. I’m a big sucker for Harman tuning and the tonality it provides hence this headphone has been on my radar for a while.Sound signature: Theres tones of reviews talking bout these but here’s my two cents. This closely follows the Harman curve with subtle differences I notice. The sub bass bump other people perceive at 30hz for me was at 50-60 hz. The mid was flat as a pancake with lower mid boost of around 2db 300-500hz which gives it some warmth not muddy as some people say. Treble was where I was a little disappointed, The overall nature is alright but I am extremely sensitive at 8khz (most people are) and most songs play into it giving it a bit of harshness Turn it down with an eq(2-4 dB depending on how it feels) to enjoy a more balanced sound. there is a big dip at 4hz probably around 5ish dB hence I could never see any studio professional using it.Build and comfort : not much complains here the headband is plastic but wrapped with a soft touch material there is this weird silicon balloon instead of foam at headband which is comfortable enough. The earpads are large and comfortable I have very large protruding ears which have no problem at all. The provided cables are not particularly premium but gets the job done. The connection to the headphone is provided by the tried and tested locking mini XLR port should last you well. My biggest worry here is the rotating earcups that pivot point seems to wobble quite a bit and I can see it loosening or even breaking over timeUse cases:casual listening: Not a very fatiguing sound and great comfort. Do note for travel, these are bulky and heavy and don’t isolate quite as well but it does fold up nice and smallStudio Use: Since the mid is flat and overall it has nice tonality and can be used for monitoring vocals or feedback to the singers. Not recommended for mixing (should be alright for small independent producers) you should be mixing with monitors anyway.