AKG Pro Audio K361 Wired, Over-Ear, Closed-Back, Light Weight, Foldable, Professional Recording Studio Headphones, Studio Monitor Mixing, Podcast, DJ Stereo Headsets, Black

Been into audio and headphones for years. Excellent sound quality for the price, especially on sale. The only negative is the unusual size locking plug cable, so a replacement non-OEM cable would be more difficult.

Material quality and comfort are great. It's very light weight. I'm one to watch many reviews prior to purchasing, but if you're reading this trying to get clues about the sound quality then allow me to prepare you - the bass is pretty mild if you're looking for some heavy bass listening. The K371 has more bass to give you that low end punch. I for once prefer the cleaner and more balanced sound since I have a variety of cans. The midrange and high frequencies are very subjective to taste, so I won't bother and all I'll say is it's rather balanced for most, no peaks or weird areas in the frequency range.

Good headphones. Received them in very good quality. Headphones feel nice but do squeeze and feel uncomfortable after about an hour. Earcups are also fairly shallow resulting in your ears touching the driver which adds to the discomfort. Sound is good. Very mid focused. Very recessed top end. Results in a similar sound to the HD650 but much more exaggerated in terms of the "veil" they display. Still a good sound. Mostly follow the Harman target and as a result can sound harsh to some but mostly laid back. The headphones are also very sensitive and can take plenty of EQ without a lot of power as a result. Very good for the price and nice as a closed back to accompany my openbacks.

They are even better than anticipated. Light weight. Has 2 Chords, a short and long. Adapter to use on the smaller jack sizes. Colorless, Flat. Low Impedance - meaning it doesn’t tax your headphone amp, headphone out. Took my mixing to a new level. Also very quiet when nothing is playing, I noticed that as soon as I put them on. Lightweight, wearable for hrs.

So far the K361 are my favorite headphones. I used them every day at my computer since July, 2021. They broke on me twice but customer care has been fantastic so far. The first time the wire became frayed and eventually failed after around 6 months of use. I called support and they sent me a new cord for free because it was under warranty. Around the 11 month mark the plastic on the ears started to wear off and eventually the foam ear fell off making them unusable. I sent them in for repair and I'm still waiting for them to be returned. The support team has been in contact with me and is sending me a new set. I will update when the replacement arrives but the customer service I have received so far has convinced me that the new headphones are going to be great. I would highly recommend the K361. Comfortable, great sound, folds easily, the only downside is that the 3.5mm cable is not interchangeable, it has a special plastic clip that keeps it in the phone so you can't just use any 3.5mm cable if it frays. Have to buy the special one only they sell.

I really like these. But you have to judge what you like, not what I like. :-) I tried the K371's 1st, in that I also have the K553 Pro's. I really like the K553, but they could use a little more low end. The K371 went too far, imo, I *tried* to like them, but I got a headache from the low end every time I tried. Now, I also like the Beyer DT770 Pro 80 ohm, the Thinksound ON2, the Senn 569, the Meze 99 Noir, and the M40x. I do not like the M50x though. Too bassy for me, and I didn't like the extreme clamping force either. By now you should get the idea that price is not an issue. I'm solely a sound quality/tonality guy. Oh, also didn't the like V6/7506, not enough low end for those. So I find the K361 preferable to the K371 because I feel they have a much more balanced sound signature. Comfort is great, I wore them for maybe 3 or 4 hrs today.

This review is for the K361 which were $100 in Nov 2022. Sound: 3/5. They sound like $100 headphones. They are relatively flat. Not too much treble, not too much bass, but no magic or wow factor. They sounded a bit claustrophobic to me. They will probably sound good if you are coming from $50 or less headphones. The HD6XX for $200 sounds waaaay better than these. Comfort: 4.5/5 they are very light weight, compact, low clamp force, easy to forget you are wearing them. Low profile and comfortable when lying down. Nice oval ear shaped cups. Only complaint is the pads could be a bit thicker, my ears touched inside a little bit. Quality: 2/5 Mine had a channel imbalance, one side was louder than the other. The cable is very cheap and stays kinked. They are very sensitive and easy to drive with any headphone jack, no amp needed. Overall these are fine for the price (if they don't have a channel imbalance) but if you want a more high end sound, look elsewhere and spend a bit more. I returned these.

Impressive sound quality for the price. I also like how you can fold them up and Bluetooth works well. However, long-term durability and comfort are lacking. The headband on my original snapped when I accidentally slammed them into my PC case. It was my fault, but support replaced them anyway and even upgraded me to the wireless version for free, so no complaints about customer service. That said, they get hot quickly, the ear cups fall apart over time, and they're hard to repair or replace, making build quality disappointing for the price range.

Buen sonido y comodidad aceptable

This headset is great, super comfortable because it is very light, the sound signature is exactly what I like. The best headset at this price if you enjoy a balanced sound signature from your headphones!

Ho avuto il piacere di testare questa soluzione recentemente e devo dire che le mie aspettative sono state ampiamente superate. Fin dal primo momento, si percepisce chiaramente l'attenzione ai dettagli e la cura riposta nella realizzazione, elementi che oggi non sono affatto scontati. La qualità dei materiali (o del servizio offerto) è evidente e trasmette una piacevole sensazione di affidabilità e solidità. Ciò che mi ha colpito maggiormente è stata l'estrema facilità d'uso, unita a un design intuitivo che rende l'intera esperienza fluida e priva di intoppi. È raro trovare un equilibrio così perfetto tra estetica e funzionalità. Anche il supporto e l'assistenza si sono dimostrati all'altezza, rispondendo con cortesia e professionalità a ogni mia curiosità. In conclusione, mi sento di consigliare vivamente questo acquisto a chiunque cerchi un prodotto di alto livello che mantenga davvero ciò che promette. Un investimento sicuro di cui sono pienamente soddisfatto."

Alright, for those of you all who are wondering if you should just splurge the extra little bit take the 371's instead, or heck, even the wireless ones, DON'T. This has the more appealing sound signature of the two, even if it feels cheaper than the other one. that does in no way mean that this feels cheap by itself though, it has a solid construction and works well. It's also much better than the wireless one, simply because its lighter. if you want to spend 10k on some audio gear then go ahead and get a good set of Chi-Fi IEM's instead, or take these and a set of Koss-kph30i's, which are my default recommendation for cheap headphones. And please, for the love of all things holy, do not take the audio technica's. They're over recommended piles of hot garbage, yes I said that and you should too. Here's some advice I'd give if you just bought these headphones, a) Burn-in: My set sounded just like a normal set of random headphones and didn't really open up until it had about 30 hours of burn-in, and it didn't't really sounds as advertised by the harman curve until it actually had 50 hours of burn in. Now though, it sounds much better. b) The pads: The pads themselves are great, but something to be wary of is the face that the actual padding underneath the photo-leatherish texture (it has leather texturing, even if it doesn't feel like it) isn't thick enough to prevent it from entirely touching the tips of your ears (its an annoying caveat until you get used to it), but a hack that I used that worked superbly with this was that I had an old set of earpads lying about from when I had swapped my Bose QC-35's, since the cloth around those pads began to come off and it left the green foam within it very exposed. I took out the foam from the QC's, simply because the pad shape is the exact same as this, its just that those pads are angled, while this has very little in the form of side to side angling. so what you can do is this, since the pads on this are swappable, by virtue of the way AKG created the pads, you can expose the foam on purpose of these pads, by simply pulling the pad covers out from behind the metal plate, without actually destroying the pads. its easy enough to put back as well, just takes like 30 seconds. when you have the foam exposed, simply lie the green foam from the QC on top of it and then cover it back up with the cloth, with 2 pieces of foam per pad now. I know this changed my sounds signature by a fair bit, but I think I prefer the sound now than what I had earlier. Pros: Sound: Great if you burn it in and do the pad swap I recommended, still good with the normal pad swap and after a burn in, but I prefer the pad swapped sound signature. Everything in the box: Its 5000 rupees, that's incredible, they give you an actually well built headphone, 2 cables (2!!!) one long one and a short one, you get a screw on 3.5mm to quarter inch adapter and you also get a carry on bag (which is much better than I expected, although I haven't found much use for it considering I just leave these out on a headphone stand to listen to from time to time.) Headband: Its silicon and has this strange smooth texture that feels great. you can kind of feel the wire passing through it if you press the silicon hard enough and the silicon feels much thinner when you actually press it, but on wearing the headphone you realize that the silicon that they added, as well as the air cushioning under it is just right so keep the weight distributed evenly, taking away much of the force around your ears while still letting them clamp well, (I'd say I have fairly large ears and a slightly larger than normal sized head.) Pad Size: While not as deep as I would prefer, given that my ears barely touch the tip of the plate that covers the driver, the pads themselves are more than adequate. They happen to be a solid 3 and a half knuckles on my hand, which is larger than anyone I know, which means that for most people, it'll be at least a loose four knuckle Cons: It has only one con per se, and that's only because it was designed too well, the hinge mechanism around the ear cups, which make it swivel are of that cool, semi-gimmicky style of freely movable and a 360 degree hinge, which admittedly works great on certain headphones, especially for small adjustments, but those headphones all have something that this one doesn't: Angled Pads! This headphone does not happen to have any angled pads, thereby making this over-engineered free floating hinge not enough to actually angle the ear cups so the headphone sits with the drivers positioned towards my ears. This does not take away from comfort though, still very comfortable after your ears adjust a little. So in conclusion, I can only say that you should give this a shot, great pruduct at an amazing price and completely worth all the money you pay for it. Can't think of any other headphone that really competes with it at this price range other than the Koss kph-30i's, which sound beyond incredible for all their terrible build quality, looking like a cheap set of headphones from a library in the 1980's.

Excellent sound and the round ear style is comfortable.