RIP to AKG K553 MKII

Submitted by Regular-Mousse7841 t3_10ozgdl in headphones

Today i lost a closed back person (no pun intended) dear to my heart, it's my AKG K553 MK2. i dropped it while cleaning my desk (wife made me do that) and from that moment bass was low on one side. I thought hm this could be a sealing issue, noted also that one earcup is loose, tried to fix it, a nut very small placed in a very awkard area, what do you know i cut the wire. And there goes the life of my beloved k553 and my family of headphones is in turmoil. I'll be soon welcoming a new member but it will never be the same.

What headphone did you lost ? What were you feelings about it ?

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BiC_MC t1_j6i6t2v wrote

I have the same headset (AKG 553 MKII), it broke after a couple months, I got it replaced, and its almost broken again (earcup nut w/e broken same as what you described) just seems to be a badly designed headset in terms of durability; just normal use seems to be enough to break it (I never dropped either).

(I am not really into headsets, I just noticed this post while scrolling down and how I had a somewhat similar experience)

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Regular-Mousse7841 OP t1_j6ic8fw wrote

Very good sounding headphones, but terrible terrible quality. They seem sturdy but they are definitely not ! Stay away

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gr_e t1_j6iqvlp wrote

I've been using the original k550s for 11 years now. I wasn't especially careful with them but had no big issues. Of course the pads had to be replaced couple of times and there's a crack on the plastic part of the headband that doesn't really affect anything, otherwise still going strong

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Regular-Mousse7841 OP t1_j6iytch wrote

Well for me it was just one drop and they are gone. Maybe there was a drop in quality, they are manufactured in china now, maybe your pair was better

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Bugg100 t1_j6kzvsc wrote

There are spare parts available, have you checked if the parts you need is available?

Not sure dropping a pair of fairly heavy cans and then breaking from that rates a "terrible terrible quality" rating. Mine are about 2.5 yrs old and doing fine. Adding thus viewpoint for others who may be researching these....

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Regular-Mousse7841 OP t1_j6mhk0e wrote

I never stated that the cans were bad, i'm even planning on buying them again once they go on sale. I dare not speak ill of the dead

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