Product Description

This closed-back design offers both excellent comfort and a fantastic sound that is both powerful (Turbo Bass) and accurate. High ambient noise attenuation makes the K 55 a perfect choice for all applications where isolating headphones with zero leakage are needed.

Product Details

• Brand: AKG
• Model: K55
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .46 pounds

Features

• Light, highly comfortable headphones
• Skin-compatible leatherette ear pads
• Excellent price/performance

Customer Reviews

Good Sound, Lasted Me Many Years
Getting a pair of quality headphones is a great way to exhance your musical listening experience. The AKG K-55s are the headphones I use at home, being a fan of progressive rock "headphone records", they're kind of an essential. I've had them for many years and they work just as well as when I first got them. The sound is crisp and clear and the dynamic range is great (sounds good quiet, sounds good loud).

The headphones come with a super long cable, which tends to be handy in a studio if the drummer in the back of the place wants to listen to the mix as he plays. It's quite handy for us regular people too. With such a long cable, you can get up and dance with them on in the privacy of your room, and no one will even know, cause they won't hear it. I do it all the time.

The leather earpieces are comfortable and the headband is snug but not tight, often after I've stopped playing music through my laptop I forget to take them off! With nothing playing through them, you can still hear and talk to someone, but with the music up, you'll be hard pressed to hear anything else. I've almost missed my phone on a few occasions!

I've heard that the bass is a little weaker compared to similar headphones. I haven't noticed that much, except when I whip up some homemade electronic music and use these 'phones to mix it, I usually end up with a bit more bass in the track to compensate. It's minor, really, though those who are or have to be strict audiophiles may want to invest in a more precise pair.

Personally, though, I think the AKG K-55 is a great value pair of headphones. I'm going to be sad when my pair finally wears out, but that doesn't look like its going to be for a while yet.

perfict fo the kid who wants cheep good sounding headphones that are HUGE
First off I really really like large head phones. I also like loud headphones. I like the person next to me on the train, so i obviously want him to rock out with me! these headphones are great they isolate well and are of a reasonable price. also super comfortable for those long car trips.

They seam durable and i;m HARD on my hear phones (I've broken 2 of those dinky sony's in a week)but i've only had them for 3 months

Pretty good
I've used a few models of cheap headphone, and they are typically dreadful. These are the first ones I've used that have been good with strings, for example. Very good for the money.