AKG K361 Studio Headphones, Over-Ear Closed-Back Design for Professional Performance, Lightweight and Foldable with 3 position hinges, Premium Isolating Earpads, Reinforced for AKG Durability

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In Sia’s Chandelier, meanwhile, the intentional compression, noise and grainy texture that helps dirty up Sia’s range later on is revealed, as the K371-BT continue to dig up more detail than you’d expect for the money. The treble is clear, sparkling and never harsh. While they could be a bit more upbeat in terms of timing, it’s a minor shortfall at this level. With the AKG K361, users can be sure to have quality sounding audio regardless of use. The headphone delivers a really nice audio quality when listening to vocals, or even when connected with instruments. It produces clear sound with outstanding detail. The AKG K361 has a low treble and produces an unstrained sound that allows users to be able to hear sub-bass frequencies very well though it might not exactly deliver as much quality with mid-range as sound is not balanced at that level. It does, however, deliver quality highs and lows when in use and provides a sort of light sound feel. It’s not often we don’t equate good sound with a good review, but there are significant design flaws here that cannot be overlooked. The fragile build isn’t up to AKG’s usual high standards and the touch controls are unreliable. You don't get any of the usual user-friendly features here either, remember – the AKG Y400 and Y500 Wireless both offer auto-off functionality, an Ambient Aware mode and USB-C charging all for slightly less outlay. The AKG K361 headphone is among the cheapest that you'd find, well that's if you're looking for something that offers quite as much as the AKG K361 does. Choosing the right headphones by different professionals certainly depends on quite a number of things, one of which is how well the sound quality appeals to the ears. With the AKG K361, potential users can surely expect to enjoy full benefits as they want and while the headphone doesn't exactly have everything or does as well as most high budget and expensive headphones, it does make a suitable option especially for studio or casual listening. You might not get the best of experiences with outdoor use if it's something you're expecting to use it for but professionals like podcasters, vloggers, or audio engineers would enjoy it as long as surrounding noise is at a minimal level around the recording space. But this is where the problems start. Where the slider and the headband meet, there’s a weak point where it looks like the frame almost comes apart when the headphones are worn. This is an obvious pressure point and we wouldn’t be surprised to see the headband break in this area over time.

The ear cups swivel vertically up into the headband void for travel, making these a relatively portable option that took up residence in our laptop bag without a hitch, with the option to transport them sans cable making things even easier. As a bonus, the swivel mechanism also makes it easy to slip one can off for DJ headphone duties if that’s your thing.When cabled, the K361’s overall sound signature is tuned to the Harman curve, a response that’s theoretically the most pleasing to the majority of listeners, which makes sense because AKG are owned by Harman Audio. This still sounded a little harsh to our ears at times, with what seemed to be a pronounced bump around the 1-2kHz region, making these quite fatiguing to listen to for long periods at a moderate volume. AKG K361-BT review: Verdict

I needed headphones with low impedence that I could use to listen to music on my phone aswell as in the studio to record/mix a little with. As the drums, shaker, saxophone and regimental layers in Kuti’s creation build, we realise that these cans are a dab hand at separation. There’s actually space around a cowbell and other metallic percussion instruments in the mix – sonic ingredients and entire musical passages that can be lost through lesser headphones. We also note during our testing that the K371-BT don’t leak much sound either – impressive in a design that still feels ergonomically svelte, and reassuring if you’re cagey about inflicting your music choice upon others. Perhaps a feature that many would feel might be attributed to the price in the absence of a noise-canceling feature that would help to accurately isolate sounds at different levels. However, the AKG K361 is still capable of isolating sound even though at a minimal level as compared with a headphone that would be having the noise-canceling feature. This, it is able to do, because of the design of the headphone. The oval ear design is pretty much a reasonable addition from AKG and surely makes up for a noise-canceling attribute, even though that can be said to be at about a really low level as the ear pads are only capable of sealing the ear, and that way you don't get to hear surrounding noise especially when it is low. You surely can expect to have your audio disrupted when you have a really loud surrounding noise. This is also similar to the AKG K361's ability to leak sounds from the headphone. With low or moderate level volume, you can expect to have no issues of sound leakage, though, with high volume, it doesn't turn out the same way.We’re reviewing the AKG K371-BT primarily as a headphone proposition for the hi-fi enthusiast and music-lover, rather than a dedicated tool for professional recording and mixing. That said, both parties want similar things: transparency, neutrality, a sound that’s open, detailed, faithful and uncoloured by stylised tuning, lag or poor integration. Brilliant all-rounder studio reference headphone with a gentle but satisfying bass boost and added Bluetooth features. The AKG K371-BT include Bluetooth 5.0 and support SBC and AAC codecs, but aptX or aptX HD are seemingly overlooked here. It’s a minor disappointment but hardly a deal-breaker – and of little consequence if you’re mainly plugging them in anyway.