Great sound and very comfortable

I used these phones in the recording studio for tracking my vocals with premixed tracks. I have a pair of 240 Mk II's in my own home studio for mixing, and these are very similar, but the 240's are semi-open and these are closed back, which is important for tracking vocals in front of a sensitive studio microphone. The sound is very clean and open, and they are very comfortable to wear for long studio sessions. Having only used them for one project, I'm no expert, but they seem like an excellent value.

Very well sounding,accurate

Sound almost exactly the same as my main (5 way, 3 way multi amped, 15 inch sub) monitoring sytem, on a Lexicon MX400 used as convertor (from sweetwater...), minus the room reverb, which is absolutely geat for reference. Also, the bass variations, the sampling reconstruction issues and the stereo imaging issues sound alike, apart from the obvious binoral matters, s I'm ver glad my monitoring agrees almost rucksichtloss with itself: changes my major monitor system (with high grade electronics components and no bass-reflex) reveal a *very* similar overall soundscape sthese tyes of hedphones by chance are extremely slim, so I feel very good to be able to cleanly hear what's there in a mix, instead of some interpretation.

Best headphones I"ve heard in 30 years

I received the AKG K 271 MK II headphones today. They are fantastic - best 'phones I've ever heard. They sound very detailed, natural, and well balanced from top to bottom. And they reveal any colorations in the source material quite well. The K 271 MK II headphones seem to combine the best traits of the AKG K 240 and Sony MDR 7506. The K 271 MK II has the smooth, non-harsh mids and highs of the K240, plus the deep, tight bass of the MDR 7506 -- but none of the exaggerated boom and sizzle of the 7506. I'm a happy customer!

Great for mixing

I purchased these headphones for mixing purposes and they give me exactly what I wanted. They're not that good just to walk around with an iPOD.

good not for monitoring!

details in high and mids are excellent but no suitable for judgment in bas frequency!(it is a close one) its bas response is very different from what i can hear from my genelecs(8040) and i think this problem is normal from close headphones.
great

not. the 1choise.....

i have them for 3 years ....
the leather pads are looking like a dry lake now !and the inner foam is out on both ears i had to glue them...so not the best built quality,and the luck of bass its true!but they still work...i would not recommend them for the studio,TV guys may find them useful and i think that they will do well for vocalists in monitor proposes.

Good but lacking low end

All around good sound, but as a previous reviewer mentioned these do not provide accurate bass. The highs and mids are clear and stable, even at high volume, but the bass is lacking punch. If you try to mix with these you will end up turning the bass too high, resulting in a very bass heavy mix when played back through speakers.