AKG K 28 NC

• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 6 reviews
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• 9 stars

  Excellent All Around Performer

  by lawadvisors on July 8, 2006

  Pros: Very Good Sonics, Good Noise Cancellation

  Cons: long cord, noise cancellation housed in cord

  Summary: Recently I purchased a demo pair these cans for $93.00 from a local retailer. It's the best value I can remember for headpones considering the street price is $...

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  Summary: Recently I purchased a demo pair these cans for $93.00 from a local retailer. It's the best value I can remember for headpones considering the street price is $159.00. In terms of sound quality for portable sized headphones these phones sound better than every portable phone I've tried other that the Etymotic ER-4ps (which I ended up selling because they were too uncomfortable in my ears after 30-45 minutes). Bass is great and the mids and highs are fairly clear and smooth when using the phones my with my 40GB Ipod and PocketAmp Version 2 headphone Amp. After purchasing, I returned my Bose QC3 headphones. Noise cancellation is slightly superior with the Bose, however sonics are better with the AKGs as the QCs have a muffled midrange and high end. Strongly recommended for portable use. Have high efficiency so you should be able to crank the volume with most MP3 players and portable video devices.

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  7 out of 7 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 8 stars

  Great sound but they break EASILY

  by goosh69 on July 24, 2006

  Pros: Great sound, as good as more expensive models

  Cons: I have had to return them 2x cuz they break

  Summary: These sound 99$ as good as Bose QC2's AND better than Sennheiser PXC 250's for pop/rock/r&B. HOWEVER, I bought my pair in Feb 2006, ...

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  Summary: These sound 99$ as good as Bose QC2's AND better than Sennheiser PXC 250's for pop/rock/r&B. HOWEVER, I bought my pair in Feb 2006, and have had to send them in under warrenty TWICE since they break very easily from normal wear and tear. They are more brittle than a child's toy.

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  5 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 5 stars

  Uncomfortable on the ears, "noisy" noise-cancellation

  by dexterboygenius on March 23, 2007

  Pros: air plane adapter, big bass, relatively detailed sound

  Cons: high pressure on the ears, noise cancellation adds noise by itself

  Summary: For people with sensible ears, these headphones are not the right choice. The cups add a fair amount of pressure on your ears, which let my ears ache already after ...

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  Summary: For people with sensible ears, these headphones are not the right choice. The cups add a fair amount of pressure on your ears, which let my ears ache already after an hour.
  
  I was somewhat disappointed by the noise cancellation, which canceled less than I expected. Furthermore, the cancellation curcuit is producing a small noise by itself, which limits its use further.

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  2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 9 stars

  Almost perfect

  by navinrjohnson on February 3, 2007

  Pros: Bass response, size, lightweight, comfortable

  Cons: Switch on NR unit easy to leave on

  Summary: I have only two complaints about these phones - (1) imaging and detail is not the greatest, (2) the power switch on the noise reduction unit easily gets switched on ...

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  Summary: I have only two complaints about these phones - (1) imaging and detail is not the greatest, (2) the power switch on the noise reduction unit easily gets switched on while it's packed away, which drains your batteries.

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  2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 3 stars

  Lousy headset

  by glangenwalter on October 2, 2007

  Pros: Small size; easy to pack; excellent sound

  Cons: Poor noise reduction; no volume control

  Summary: Not worth the $100+! Did such a poor job of canceling noise on a flight to Australia that I had to put my foam earplugs in.
  You're much better
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  Summary: Not worth the $100+! Did such a poor job of canceling noise on a flight to Australia that I had to put my foam earplugs in.
  You're much better off with $150 Sharper Image over-the-ear headset, except for its bulk. It did a much better job canceling noise on a flight to Australia, and had excellent sound quality as well.

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  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 6 stars

  Great sound & noise cancelling, but poor in other respects

  by headphone guy on June 11, 2007

  Pros: Great sound quality, highly effective noise cancelling

  Cons: Folding design is goofy and annoying

  Summary: It is unfortunate that whoever did the physical design for these headphones chose such a goofy folding design, because if it weren't for that, these would be excellent headphones....

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  Summary: It is unfortunate that whoever did the physical design for these headphones chose such a goofy folding design, because if it weren't for that, these would be excellent headphones.
  
  The sound quality is excellent. The bass belies the small size. The bass may even be too strong for many, but it is quality bass, which is to say that it is reasonably uniform over the bass frequencies, and without the muddy sound that typically accompanies drivers that are underdamped. The frequency response is very uniform over the full audible range, and there are no obvious resonances or peaks anywhere. The noise cancellation circuitry works as well as any noise cancelling headphones that I've ever used or listened to.
  
  Notwithstanding all that, I still can't recommend these headphones, because the folding design is goofy and highly annoying. If you study the picture, you will see that the hinges that allow it to fold on each side, are not oriented at right angles to the band. The hinges are set at an angle, so that instead of folding straight, one side folds toward one the front and the other side folds toward the back. There was no reason to do this, because the earcups are easily small enough to fold up within the band and still close the band most of the way. The intent was that the two earcups also rotate, so that they rest against each other face-to-face. They won't quite do that in the way that you would expect, because the pivots won't allow them to rotate far enough for that. It works better if you rotate the cups the other way, so that the backsides of the cups rub against each other. But it is still just goofy and annoying. Each and every time that you use them, you will look at it and wonder what in the world possessed someone to do this this way.
  
  The stretchy sack that comes with it is just barely large enough to hold the headphones alone, much less the separate module. The two plug adapters just toss into the sack, and sooner or later they will fall out onto the floor of an airplane or train or whatever, never to be seen again.
  
  The cord is ungainly, mostly due to the excess length of the section between it and the headphones. The headphones are able to be much lighter as a result of the separate module, but thus far no one has figured out a good way to do this. Because of the extra length of the cords, you can sort of it configure it however you like, by shortening one or the other of the two cables. You can find or make a small spool of sorts on which to wind the extra cord. I reduced the length of the cord between the headphone and the module to less than half what it was originally, so that it it works well for when the module is in my shirt pocket. The other option would be to use small wire ties and make it as though the headphones and the module were both connected into the plug.
  
  The headband is also uncomfortable. The pads on the two points where each half of the metal band terminates with the other part sliding through, are much to hard to be comfortable. I wondered why this was different from the similar Koss headphones, so I compared the two. The Koss headphones have a much thinner pad, and the surface under the pad is completely flat. AKG chose to incorporate a rim on the four sides of that little square, with a recess for the pad. In effect, the greater thickness of the pad was made necessary by that recess, which was put there, ostensibly, for the pad. The recess is not needed, and were it not for the recess, the pad itself would not need to be as thick or as firm. I replaced the pads with some softer foam, and I added a short length of cloth-covered neoprene to the underneath of the metal band.

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