Low quality build
I bought a pair of AKG K371 in Australia for AUD290.
Although the sound quality is ok, the build quality is terrible. After 1.5 years of home use only, everything that looks like leather on the headphone (headband and ear pads) have literally decomposed/decayed. I have to emphasise that I didn't do anything to them to get them to this state, they just fell apart. I hang them from a large hook under my table so they don't drag on the floor or on any surface.
I'm a bit wary of using them now as all the rips and tears in the faux-leather must be nice and cozy places for all sorts of bugs to get into, then into my ear...
I have asked the shop where I bought them from for after-sales service with no results. It's a good shop though - I have bought from them before - so their lack of enthusiasm is more to do with AKG no providing them with applicable solutions, I think.
I hear that AKG replacement pads are expensive, however why would I buy from them the same low-quality replacement pads again, even if they were cheap?
If I hadn't paid a decent amount of money for the headphones I would throw them in the bin and buy something better made, and that means NOT from AKG, probably BeyerDynamic.
As it stands, I can get some generic replacements ear pads from eBay or Amazon. As far as the ripped headband goes, there's nothing I can do about that. Way to go, AKG. Never again, bye bye AKG....eeek!.
25. mars 2025
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