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Poseidon · Senior Member Joined: 08 Jul 2018 Posts: 373

I have just bought AKG K712 headphones (Made in Slovakia),
and I must say this:

K712 have given my Korg Kronos 2/88 (2018) a new lease of life.
There are no words to describe it, you have to hear it.
Anyone who’s got funds I say go for it !
You will not have any regrets whatsoever, just an opposite.

I have Mackie Hr824 (1st Gen) run through KRK 12sHO subwoofer, however I have always struggled to place each track in their own unique space in the dimensions of depth and width. To do it with monitors I had to turn a volume up, and my old Sony caps were simply “crap”.
Now with that purchase it looks like my misery will vanish slowly but surely.

I add, that after short evaluation of K712, I have discovered how some Kronos patches, and combis are simply stunning, and there are as well some that sound really BAD.

I highly recommend AKG K712.

Rigel · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:38 am Post subject:

I thought they were made in Austria..

Anyway, it's an open back headphones, which are considered superior to closed ones regarding sound fidelity and a very good one at that as far as I know from the opinions of people using it.
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Liviou2004 · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 2:29 pm Post subject:

The most important thing is to get an headphone wich has the most linear frequency ressponse curve as possibile. it must not enhance one band or another.
Some brands provide specific monitoring headphones. (Senheiser, AKG, Beyerdynamic, Audio-Technica, ....)

AKG K712 Pro is one of them.

I'm using the Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro. Very adequate too.

Poseidon · Senior Member Joined: 08 Jul 2018 Posts: 373

timbukktwo · Senior Member Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 287

Where do I start (I MUST contribute to your post, OP)!

To keep things simple. Among many things, dac’s in the digital world (Kronos is PCM1793) and monitoring are CRUCIAL!! Why in the world would music stores use crappy cables and speakers to sell a high-end keyboard?? The Kronos sounds like **** through those! I’m working my **** to pay for what I own, but I monitor with a Mackie HR824 / Mackie HRS 120 speaker/sub combo (using MonsterCable SP-1000 Mic Cable throughout [another bashed company, but this cable is the ****, MY imo, lol] and an Akg K812 / Grace Design M920 headphone combo setup. (Side note- Kronos dac and analog out are both good, so don’t worry.) To you OP, YES I understand what your saying! Case in point, the Kronos sounds SO much better through a higher-end monitoring set-up, for sure! In my speaker set-up, I even route the sound through an improperly-bashed (yes) BBE Sonic Maximizer 882i (don’t overdue it, though!- it sounds fricken’ AMAZING!)

OP, I connected with your discovery; so I KNOW just how good the Kronos can sound with a good monitoring set-up! I’m happy for you!

Poseidon · Senior Member Joined: 08 Jul 2018 Posts: 373